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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 18 4
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 151 44 118
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 12.19% 11.80% 18.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.48% 44.00% 39.86%
Number of salaries quoted 113 29 63
10th Percentile £46,500 £30,956 £54,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £32,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -31.03% +3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +1.82%

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 373 100 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 30.10% 26.81% 47.44%
Number of salaries quoted 323 84 167
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,956 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,125 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -24.14% +11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £75,000 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +16.67%

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 October 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 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.66%) CMS
1 1 (0.66%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.66%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 26 (17.22%) AWS
2 20 (13.25%) Azure
3 13 (8.61%) GCP
4 6 (3.97%) Azure AI
5 5 (3.31%) GitHub
6 3 (1.99%) Amazon Bedrock
6 3 (1.99%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.32%) ChatGPT
7 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.32%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.32%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.32%) Serverless
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.65%) LTE
2 3 (1.99%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.99%) Wireless
3 2 (1.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.66%) DHCP
4 1 (0.66%) Firewall
4 1 (0.66%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.66%) VLAN
4 1 (0.66%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.66%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.99%) Power BI
2 3 (1.99%) Tableau
3 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.32%) Redis
3 2 (1.32%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.66%) Big Data
4 1 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.66%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) GitLab
2 3 (1.99%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.32%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.32%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.32%) MLflow
4 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.66%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 20 (13.25%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.28%) Electronics
3 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.99%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.66%) Automotive
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing
7 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (39.74%) Software Engineer
2 41 (27.15%) Python Engineer
3 38 (25.17%) Senior
4 36 (23.84%) Developer
5 34 (22.52%) Python Software Engineer
6 33 (21.85%) Python Developer
7 23 (15.23%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (6.62%) Junior
9 9 (5.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Senior Developer
10 8 (5.30%) Senior Python Developer
11 7 (4.64%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) RF Engineer
12 5 (3.31%) Electronics Engineer
12 5 (3.31%) Lead
12 5 (3.31%) Principal Engineer
13 4 (2.65%) Linux Engineer
13 4 (2.65%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) TensorFlow
2 6 (3.97%) PyTorch
2 6 (3.97%) React
3 5 (3.31%) Google JAX
3 5 (3.31%) JAX
3 5 (3.31%) Terraform
3 5 (3.31%) Yocto
4 4 (2.65%) FastAPI
4 4 (2.65%) Keras
5 3 (1.99%) Django
5 3 (1.99%) Flask
5 3 (1.99%) STL
5 3 (1.99%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.32%) Middleware
6 2 (1.32%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.32%) OpenTofu
6 2 (1.32%) PostGIS
6 2 (1.32%) REST
6 2 (1.32%) RESTful
6 2 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (31.13%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (22.52%) Algorithms
3 10 (6.62%) FPGA
4 9 (5.96%) Robotics
5 8 (5.30%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (3.97%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.97%) Verilog
7 5 (3.31%) Acoustics
7 5 (3.31%) IoT
7 5 (3.31%) VHDL
8 4 (2.65%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (2.65%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.65%) Device Driver
9 3 (1.99%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.99%) Life Science
10 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.32%) PCIe
10 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.92%) Linux
2 6 (3.97%) Windows
3 5 (3.31%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.66%) Android
4 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.66%) CentOS
4 1 (0.66%) Debian
4 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.66%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.66%) Unix
4 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (71.52%) Software Engineering
2 84 (55.63%) AI
3 55 (36.42%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (33.77%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (15.89%) Machine Learning
6 19 (12.58%) Computer Science
7 13 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.95%) Agile
8 12 (7.95%) Prototyping
9 11 (7.28%) Rapid Prototyping
10 10 (6.62%) CI/CD
11 9 (5.96%) Critical Thinking
11 9 (5.96%) Data Science
11 9 (5.96%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (5.96%) Physics
12 8 (5.30%) Data Analysis
12 8 (5.30%) Mathematics
13 7 (4.64%) Mentoring
13 7 (4.64%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (4.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.87%) C++
2 18 (11.92%) Rust
3 16 (10.60%) C
4 12 (7.95%) TypeScript
5 9 (5.96%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.30%) SQL
7 7 (4.64%) C#
7 7 (4.64%) Embedded C
7 7 (4.64%) MATLAB
8 6 (3.97%) Embedded C++
9 5 (3.31%) Java
10 3 (1.99%) Bash
11 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.66%) Clojure
12 1 (0.66%) Fortran
12 1 (0.66%) Scala
12 1 (0.66%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 42 (27.81%) Degree
2 11 (7.28%) Master's Degree
3 10 (6.62%) PhD
4 9 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.30%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.97%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.99%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.32%) HND
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CISM
9 1 (0.66%) CISSP
9 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.66%) GSEC
9 1 (0.66%) HNC
9 1 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.65%) QA
2 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.66%) NIST
2 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (6.62%) Docker
2 3 (1.99%) Firmware
3 2 (1.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.66%) Ceph
4 1 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.66%) Lustre
4 1 (0.66%) NFS
4 1 (0.66%) Samba
Systems Management
1 5 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.32%) Ansible
2 2 (1.32%) Podman
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 7 (4.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.31%) EMC
3 3 (1.99%) Databricks
3 3 (1.99%) Google
4 1 (0.66%) Apple
4 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.66%) Red Hat