Python Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Python Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Python Engineer salary in Cambridge is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 65 82
Rank change year-on-year +24 +17 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 7 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.37% 1.73% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% 1.77% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 3
10th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £51,050
25th Percentile - £72,500 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £58,750 £87,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £62,500 £93,500 £89,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £82,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +13.79% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

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 277 1,016 687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 97.50% 83.37%
Number of salaries quoted 187 795 349
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Python Engineer in Cambridge

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Python Engineer in Cambridge

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in Cambridge

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Python Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (42.86%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (42.86%) Anaconda
3 3 (42.86%) Health Technology
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) NHS
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) QA
5 1 (14.29%) Django
5 1 (14.29%) UX Design
5 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
5 1 (14.29%) Bash
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) C++
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 1 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Rust
5 1 (14.29%) SDLC
5 1 (14.29%) API Development

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (42.86%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Anaconda
2 1 (14.29%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (28.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (14.29%) API Development
3 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Rust
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA