Generative AI Job Trends in Cambridge

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Generative AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 65 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Permanent jobs citing Generative AI 16 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 4.01% 0.34% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 0.42% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £30,272 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,370 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £30,372 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £30,370 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Generative AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 375 477 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 93.98% 80.17% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 253 260 251
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,313 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £52,500 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £72,250 £89,775 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £62,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -32.00% +16.82% +1.90%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Generative AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Generative AI job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Generative AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Amazon Alexa
General
1 16 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (68.75%) German Language
3 6 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) AI
1 16 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 16 (100.00%) LLM
1 16 (100.00%) Open Source
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft