Python Job Trends in Cambridge

Python
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 83 99 175
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 15.17% 21.62% 22.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.25% 43.61% 45.22%
Number of salaries quoted 44 47 126
10th Percentile £31,419 £49,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £40,938 £61,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,750 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £83,050 £90,000 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -28.57% +9.80% -1.92%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 153 227 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.97% 49.56% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 111 113 267
10th Percentile £39,438 - £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £93,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Python job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Python
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Cambridge over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Cambridge

Python
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.61%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.69%) AWS
2 11 (13.25%) Azure
3 7 (8.43%) Azure AI
3 7 (8.43%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 6 (7.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (6.02%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 5 (6.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 5 (6.02%) CloudFront
6 3 (3.61%) GitHub
7 2 (2.41%) Serverless
8 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.20%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.20%) Datadog
8 1 (1.20%) GCP
8 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.41%) Internet
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.05%) Tableau
2 7 (8.43%) Power BI
3 5 (6.02%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (6.02%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.61%) Data Mining
5 3 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (3.61%) Redis
6 1 (1.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Git
1 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.20%) Selenium
2 1 (1.20%) WebDriver
General
1 26 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) German Language
3 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.23%) Electronics
5 4 (4.82%) Finance
6 2 (2.41%) Tech for Good
6 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.20%) Advertising
7 1 (1.20%) Billing
7 1 (1.20%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (15.66%) Software Engineer
2 11 (13.25%) Senior
3 10 (12.05%) Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) Junior
4 8 (9.64%) Lead
4 8 (9.64%) Test Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
5 7 (8.43%) Junior Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Junior Data Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Lead Software Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Python Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Test Automation Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (28.92%) HTML
2 22 (26.51%) JSON
2 22 (26.51%) Regular Expression
2 22 (26.51%) XML
3 13 (15.66%) React
4 7 (8.43%) Web Services
5 5 (6.02%) AngularJS
5 5 (6.02%) Loki
5 5 (6.02%) TensorFlow
6 4 (4.82%) Vue
7 3 (3.61%) Node.js
7 3 (3.61%) PyTorch
8 2 (2.41%) CSS
8 2 (2.41%) Google JAX
8 2 (2.41%) JAX
8 2 (2.41%) Keras
9 1 (1.20%) A2A Protocol
9 1 (1.20%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (1.20%) Semantic Kernel
9 1 (1.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.71%) Linux Command Line
1 23 (27.71%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.64%) Product Ownership
3 7 (8.43%) Algorithms
3 7 (8.43%) e-Learning
4 5 (6.02%) FPGA
5 4 (4.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (3.61%) PCIe
7 2 (2.41%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.41%) CUDA
7 2 (2.41%) Life Science
7 2 (2.41%) NHS
7 2 (2.41%) Verilog
7 2 (2.41%) VHDL
8 1 (1.20%) ASIC
8 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.20%) IoT
8 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.51%) Unix
2 12 (14.46%) Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.82%) Windows
4 1 (1.20%) Android
4 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (49.40%) AI
2 26 (31.33%) Data Analysis
3 24 (28.92%) LLM
4 18 (21.69%) Software Engineering
5 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (15.66%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (14.46%) Agile
7 12 (14.46%) Test Automation
8 11 (13.25%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.25%) Machine Learning
8 11 (13.25%) User Experience
8 11 (13.25%) UX Design
9 9 (10.84%) Computer Science
9 9 (10.84%) Scrum
10 8 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.64%) DevOps
10 8 (9.64%) Kanban
10 8 (9.64%) Web Development
11 7 (8.43%) Scrum-ban
11 7 (8.43%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.69%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.07%) Java
3 11 (13.25%) SQL
4 8 (9.64%) C++
4 8 (9.64%) TypeScript
5 7 (8.43%) Bash
6 4 (4.82%) C
6 4 (4.82%) MATLAB
7 3 (3.61%) C#
8 1 (1.20%) Go
8 1 (1.20%) PHP
8 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.20%) R
8 1 (1.20%) Rust
8 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.20%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (1.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 38 (45.78%) Degree
2 11 (13.25%) DBS Check
3 8 (9.64%) Azure Certification
4 6 (7.23%) PhD
5 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.66%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Docker
2 4 (4.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Kubernetes
1 7 (8.43%) Terraform
2 6 (7.23%) Grafana
3 5 (6.02%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) Altera
3 1 (1.20%) Foundry
3 1 (1.20%) Huawei