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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 81 101 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 14.86% 21.72% 21.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.36% 43.53% 43.87%
Number of salaries quoted 43 47 100
10th Percentile £31,265 £49,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £39,375 £61,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £90,000 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +3.70% +0.75%

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 149 232 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.34% 49.89% 48.88%
Number of salaries quoted 109 116 220
10th Percentile £39,300 - £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,620
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +2.87% +9.37%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £78,800 £81,750 £92,625
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 24 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 (1.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.47%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.99%) AWS
2 11 (13.58%) Azure
3 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.41%) Azure AI
5 4 (4.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (4.94%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (4.94%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 4 (4.94%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 4 (4.94%) CloudFront
5 4 (4.94%) GitHub
5 4 (4.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) GCP
6 2 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.23%) dbt
7 1 (1.23%) Fivetran
7 1 (1.23%) Google Data Studio
7 1 (1.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.47%) Internet
2 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) Tableau
2 7 (8.64%) Power BI
3 4 (4.94%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.70%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.70%) Redis
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.23%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.23%) Looker
5 1 (1.23%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Git
2 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.23%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.23%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.23%) Selenium
3 1 (1.23%) WebDriver
General
1 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.88%) German Language
3 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Electronics
4 5 (6.17%) Finance
5 2 (2.47%) Tech for Good
5 2 (2.47%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.23%) Advertising
6 1 (1.23%) Billing
6 1 (1.23%) Marketing
6 1 (1.23%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.23%) Publishing
6 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Software Engineer
2 11 (13.58%) Senior
3 10 (12.35%) Analyst
4 9 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 8 (9.88%) Lead
5 8 (9.88%) Test Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
6 7 (8.64%) Junior
6 7 (8.64%) Lead Software Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Python Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Test Automation Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (7.41%) Junior Data Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.94%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Linux Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.94%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (29.63%) HTML
2 22 (27.16%) JSON
2 22 (27.16%) Regular Expression
2 22 (27.16%) XML
3 13 (16.05%) React
4 7 (8.64%) Web Services
5 6 (7.41%) TensorFlow
6 5 (6.17%) AngularJS
7 4 (4.94%) Loki
7 4 (4.94%) PyTorch
7 4 (4.94%) Vue
8 3 (3.70%) Google JAX
8 3 (3.70%) JAX
8 3 (3.70%) Node.js
9 2 (2.47%) CSS
9 2 (2.47%) Keras
10 1 (1.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 1 (1.23%) RESTful
10 1 (1.23%) scikit-learn
10 1 (1.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (28.40%) Linux Command Line
1 23 (28.40%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.64%) e-Learning
2 7 (8.64%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.41%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.94%) FPGA
4 4 (4.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (3.70%) CUDA
6 2 (2.47%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.47%) Life Science
6 2 (2.47%) NHS
6 2 (2.47%) PCIe
6 2 (2.47%) Verilog
6 2 (2.47%) VHDL
7 1 (1.23%) ASIC
7 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.23%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (27.16%) Unix
2 11 (13.58%) Linux
3 4 (4.94%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.94%) Windows
4 1 (1.23%) Android
4 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (51.85%) AI
2 26 (32.10%) Data Analysis
3 24 (29.63%) LLM
4 17 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (20.99%) Software Engineering
5 13 (16.05%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (16.05%) Machine Learning
6 12 (14.81%) Agile
7 11 (13.58%) Test Automation
7 11 (13.58%) User Experience
7 11 (13.58%) UX Design
8 10 (12.35%) Computer Science
9 9 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 9 (11.11%) Scrum
10 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) DevOps
10 8 (9.88%) Kanban
10 8 (9.88%) Physics
10 8 (9.88%) Web Development
11 7 (8.64%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.52%) Java
3 11 (13.58%) SQL
4 8 (9.88%) TypeScript
5 7 (8.64%) C++
6 5 (6.17%) Bash
7 3 (3.70%) C
7 3 (3.70%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.47%) C#
9 1 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.23%) Go
9 1 (1.23%) PHP
9 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.23%) R
9 1 (1.23%) Rust
9 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.23%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (1.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 36 (44.44%) Degree
2 11 (13.58%) DBS Check
3 7 (8.64%) Azure Certification
4 5 (6.17%) PhD
5 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.94%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.23%) MCP
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.05%) QA
2 1 (1.23%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.23%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Docker
2 3 (3.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.17%) Grafana
2 5 (6.17%) Terraform
3 4 (4.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.47%) Altera
3 1 (1.23%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.23%) Foundry
3 1 (1.23%) Google
3 1 (1.23%) Huawei
3 1 (1.23%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.23%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.23%) Talend
3 1 (1.23%) Zoho