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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 89 87 221
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 14.26% 24.10% 24.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.35% 48.88% 47.94%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 165
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £78,500 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% -

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 170 178 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.24% 49.31% 50.77%
Number of salaries quoted 117 112 334
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% +1.42%
75th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.23%

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 15 March 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 2 (2.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.22%) AWS
1 18 (20.22%) Azure
2 15 (16.85%) Power Platform
3 13 (14.61%) Azure AI
4 7 (7.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 7 (7.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (5.62%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (5.62%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (5.62%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 5 (5.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 5 (5.62%) CloudFront
6 4 (4.49%) GitHub
7 3 (3.37%) SaaS
7 3 (3.37%) Serverless
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.25%) Dataform
8 2 (2.25%) dbt
9 1 (1.12%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.49%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.37%) Internet
3 2 (2.25%) Network Security
4 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.22%) Tableau
2 15 (16.85%) Power BI
3 5 (5.62%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (5.62%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.49%) Redis
5 3 (3.37%) Data Mining
5 3 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.25%) Looker
6 2 (2.25%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Git
2 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.12%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.12%) GitLab
3 1 (1.12%) Selenium
3 1 (1.12%) WebDriver
General
1 26 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.99%) German Language
4 6 (6.74%) Electronics
5 3 (3.37%) Finance
6 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.25%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.25%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.12%) Advertising
7 1 (1.12%) Billing
7 1 (1.12%) Publishing
7 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (17.98%) Analyst
1 16 (17.98%) Data Analyst
2 14 (15.73%) Junior
2 14 (15.73%) Software Engineer
3 13 (14.61%) Junior Analyst
3 13 (14.61%) Junior Data Analyst
4 10 (11.24%) Lead
4 10 (11.24%) Lead Software Engineer
5 9 (10.11%) Senior
6 8 (8.99%) Python Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
7 7 (7.87%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Test Automation Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Test Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Senior Test Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (28.09%) HTML
2 22 (24.72%) JSON
2 22 (24.72%) Regular Expression
2 22 (24.72%) XML
3 12 (13.48%) React
4 7 (7.87%) TensorFlow
4 7 (7.87%) Web Services
5 5 (5.62%) AngularJS
5 5 (5.62%) Loki
5 5 (5.62%) PyTorch
6 4 (4.49%) Vue
7 3 (3.37%) CSS
7 3 (3.37%) Google JAX
7 3 (3.37%) JAX
7 3 (3.37%) Keras
7 3 (3.37%) Node.js
8 1 (1.12%) A2A Protocol
8 1 (1.12%) LangGraph
8 1 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
8 1 (1.12%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.84%) Linux Command Line
1 23 (25.84%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.11%) Algorithms
2 9 (10.11%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.87%) e-Learning
4 4 (4.49%) FPGA
4 4 (4.49%) PCIe
5 3 (3.37%) CUDA
6 2 (2.25%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.25%) Life Science
6 2 (2.25%) NHS
7 1 (1.12%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.12%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.72%) Unix
2 8 (8.99%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) Android
3 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (55.06%) AI
2 26 (29.21%) LLM
3 25 (28.09%) Data Analysis
4 20 (22.47%) Software Engineering
5 15 (16.85%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (15.73%) Machine Learning
6 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (14.61%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (13.48%) Test Automation
9 11 (12.36%) Agile
9 11 (12.36%) CI/CD
9 11 (12.36%) Computer Science
9 11 (12.36%) User Experience
9 11 (12.36%) UX Design
10 9 (10.11%) Scrum
10 9 (10.11%) Web Development
11 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (8.99%) Kanban
11 8 (8.99%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.35%) SQL
2 13 (14.61%) Java
2 13 (14.61%) JavaScript
3 8 (8.99%) Bash
3 8 (8.99%) TypeScript
4 6 (6.74%) C++
5 4 (4.49%) C
5 4 (4.49%) C#
5 4 (4.49%) MATLAB
5 4 (4.49%) R
5 4 (4.49%) Rust
6 2 (2.25%) Elixir
6 2 (2.25%) Julia
6 2 (2.25%) Ruby
6 2 (2.25%) Scala
7 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (47.19%) Degree
2 15 (16.85%) Azure Certification
3 9 (10.11%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.87%) PhD
5 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.37%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.37%) Postgraduate
7 2 (2.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.61%) QA
2 2 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.12%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) Docker
2 5 (5.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (8.99%) Terraform
2 7 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.74%) Grafana
4 5 (5.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.49%) Altera
3 1 (1.12%) Foundry
3 1 (1.12%) Huawei