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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 87 52 215
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 10.52% 20.16% 19.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.55% 50.49% 43.70%
Number of salaries quoted 46 30 161
10th Percentile £46,875 £31,025 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.00% -20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £91,875 £67,188 £80,001
90th Percentile £92,988 £77,625 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £75,750 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +51.50% -20.00% -3.85%

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 191 103 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 23.10% 39.92% 45.47%
Number of salaries quoted 137 76 369
10th Percentile £39,775 £26,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,125 £92,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -2.44%

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 10 June 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 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.60%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 25 (28.74%) Azure
2 23 (26.44%) Azure AI
2 23 (26.44%) Power Platform
3 22 (25.29%) AWS
4 6 (6.90%) Dataform
4 6 (6.90%) dbt
5 5 (5.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 5 (5.75%) SaaS
5 5 (5.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.45%) CloudFront
7 2 (2.30%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.30%) Serverless
8 1 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.60%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.15%) DNS
3 1 (1.15%) Firewall
3 1 (1.15%) Internet
3 1 (1.15%) VLAN
3 1 (1.15%) VPN
3 1 (1.15%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (26.44%) Power BI
1 23 (26.44%) Tableau
2 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.90%) Looker
2 6 (6.90%) Metabase
3 5 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.75%) Redis
4 4 (4.60%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (3.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Git
1 2 (2.30%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.15%) Poetry
2 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.05%) Electronics
4 3 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.15%) Automotive
6 1 (1.15%) German Language
6 1 (1.15%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 25 (28.74%) Software Engineer
2 18 (20.69%) Junior
3 17 (19.54%) Analyst
3 17 (19.54%) Data Analyst
3 17 (19.54%) Junior Analyst
3 17 (19.54%) Junior Data Analyst
4 16 (18.39%) Lead
4 16 (18.39%) Lead Software Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Python Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Senior
6 6 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) Data Scientist
6 6 (6.90%) Principal Data Scientist
6 6 (6.90%) Senior Data Scientist
7 5 (5.75%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Test Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.54%) React
2 13 (14.94%) Web Services
3 5 (5.75%) PyTorch
3 5 (5.75%) TensorFlow
4 4 (4.60%) AngularJS
4 4 (4.60%) Vue
5 3 (3.45%) FastAPI
5 3 (3.45%) Google JAX
5 3 (3.45%) JAX
5 3 (3.45%) Loki
5 3 (3.45%) Node.js
5 3 (3.45%) Yocto
6 2 (2.30%) Flask
6 2 (2.30%) HTML
6 2 (2.30%) LangGraph
6 2 (2.30%) NumPy
7 1 (1.15%) Django
7 1 (1.15%) JSON
7 1 (1.15%) SciPy
7 1 (1.15%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Product Ownership
2 13 (14.94%) e-Learning
3 8 (9.20%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.60%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (4.60%) FPGA
4 4 (4.60%) PCIe
5 3 (3.45%) CUDA
5 3 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.45%) IoT
6 2 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.30%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.30%) Device Driver
6 2 (2.30%) Robotics
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.05%) Linux
2 3 (3.45%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.30%) Windows
4 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) AI
2 32 (36.78%) Software Engineering
3 23 (26.44%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (22.99%) Machine Learning
6 17 (19.54%) Full-Stack Development
7 16 (18.39%) User Experience
7 16 (18.39%) UX Design
8 15 (17.24%) Agile
8 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (17.24%) Web Development
9 14 (16.09%) OO
10 13 (14.94%) CI/CD
10 13 (14.94%) Computer Science
10 13 (14.94%) Kanban
10 13 (14.94%) Product Vision
10 13 (14.94%) Requirements Gathering
10 13 (14.94%) Scrum
10 13 (14.94%) Scrum-ban
10 13 (14.94%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) SQL
2 20 (22.99%) JavaScript
3 16 (18.39%) Java
4 13 (14.94%) TypeScript
5 12 (13.79%) C++
6 9 (10.34%) C
7 7 (8.05%) C#
7 7 (8.05%) R
8 6 (6.90%) Bash
8 6 (6.90%) Julia
9 5 (5.75%) MATLAB
10 4 (4.60%) Rust
11 2 (2.30%) Elixir
11 2 (2.30%) Embedded C
11 2 (2.30%) Embedded C++
11 2 (2.30%) Ruby
11 2 (2.30%) Scala
12 1 (1.15%) Clojure
12 1 (1.15%) Haskell
12 1 (1.15%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 24 (27.59%) Azure Certification
1 24 (27.59%) Degree
2 20 (22.99%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.75%) Master's Degree
3 5 (5.75%) PhD
4 3 (3.45%) Postgraduate
4 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.15%) CISM
5 1 (1.15%) CISSP
5 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.15%) GSEC
5 1 (1.15%) HND
5 1 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.69%) QA
2 6 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) NIST
3 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Firmware
2 5 (5.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Terraform
2 5 (5.75%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.45%) Grafana
3 3 (3.45%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 18 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.60%) Altera
3 1 (1.15%) Google
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle