The median Python Engineer salary in Cambridge is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
29 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
48 |
48 |
53 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
+5 |
+2 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer |
28 |
6 |
8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge |
2.50% |
1.63% |
1.30% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.69% |
1.68% |
1.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
28 |
6 |
8 |
| 10th Percentile |
£53,500 |
£51,250 |
£52,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£55,000 |
- |
£67,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£80,000 |
£55,000 |
£82,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+45.45% |
-33.33% |
+6.45% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£58,750 |
£87,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£62,500 |
£95,375 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£80,000 |
£55,000 |
£80,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+45.45% |
-31.25% |
+3.23% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title |
1,041 |
358 |
602 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.95% |
97.28% |
97.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
801 |
250 |
447 |
| 10th Percentile |
£33,750 |
£26,250 |
£30,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£47,500 |
£29,813 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£65,000 |
£47,500 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+36.84% |
-20.83% |
+4.35% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£62,500 |
£76,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£72,625 |
£85,000 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£45,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+22.22% |
-14.29% |
-1.87% |
