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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 68 124 71
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 14.88% 21.20% 17.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.84% 41.61% 39.23%
Number of salaries quoted 30 70 48
10th Percentile £30,956 £52,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £65,000 £53,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% -1.69% +5.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £86,875 £84,063
90th Percentile £75,250 £95,000 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -24.14% - +3.57%

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 124 298 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.13% 50.94% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 86 171 120
10th Percentile £33,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £70,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -1.06% +17.92%
75th Percentile £69,500 £85,000 £85,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £90,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +13.04%

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 29 November 2025.

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 (1.47%) OpenStack
1 1 (1.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) AWS
2 8 (11.76%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) GitHub
3 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.94%) Azure AI
4 2 (2.94%) GCP
4 2 (2.94%) Serverless
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.47%) Figma
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.47%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (1.47%) PaaS
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (1.47%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) Tableau
2 3 (4.41%) Data Mining
2 3 (4.41%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.47%) Big Data
4 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.47%) Looker
4 1 (1.47%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.47%) Redis
4 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Git
2 2 (2.94%) GitLab
2 2 (2.94%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.47%) JIRA
3 1 (1.47%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.82%) German Language
4 5 (7.35%) Finance
5 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.94%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.47%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.47%) Billing
6 1 (1.47%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.47%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.47%) Electronics
6 1 (1.47%) Law
6 1 (1.47%) Marketing
6 1 (1.47%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.47%) Publishing
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (11.76%) Senior
2 7 (10.29%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 7 (10.29%) Developer
2 7 (10.29%) Software Engineer
3 6 (8.82%) Analyst
4 5 (7.35%) Data Analyst
4 5 (7.35%) Junior
5 4 (5.88%) Applications Support
5 4 (5.88%) Applications Support Technician
5 4 (5.88%) Python Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Support Technician
5 4 (5.88%) Trainee
6 3 (4.41%) Administrator
6 3 (4.41%) Consultant
6 3 (4.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Machine Learning Consultant
6 3 (4.41%) Python Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Trainee Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (39.71%) HTML
2 23 (33.82%) JSON
2 23 (33.82%) Regular Expression
2 23 (33.82%) XML
3 7 (10.29%) TensorFlow
4 6 (8.82%) PyTorch
5 5 (7.35%) React
6 3 (4.41%) Google JAX
6 3 (4.41%) JAX
6 3 (4.41%) Node.js
6 3 (4.41%) scikit-learn
7 2 (2.94%) Anaconda
7 2 (2.94%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.94%) CSS
7 2 (2.94%) Laravel
7 2 (2.94%) RESTful
8 1 (1.47%) Django
8 1 (1.47%) Spring
8 1 (1.47%) Web Services
8 1 (1.47%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (35.29%) Onboarding
2 23 (33.82%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (5.88%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (4.41%) CUDA
5 2 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.94%) FPGA
5 2 (2.94%) Life Science
5 2 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.94%) NHS
5 2 (2.94%) Verilog
5 2 (2.94%) VHDL
6 1 (1.47%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.47%) ASIC
6 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.47%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.47%) IoT
6 1 (1.47%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.82%) Unix
2 5 (7.35%) Linux
3 4 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 4 (5.88%) Windows
4 2 (2.94%) Android
4 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (61.76%) AI
2 27 (39.71%) Data Analysis
2 27 (39.71%) LLM
3 14 (20.59%) Machine Learning
3 14 (20.59%) Software Engineering
4 11 (16.18%) Computer Science
4 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.29%) Mathematics
6 6 (8.82%) Agile
6 6 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.82%) Computer Vision
6 6 (8.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (8.82%) Physics
7 5 (7.35%) Data Science
7 5 (7.35%) DevOps
8 4 (5.88%) Analytics
8 4 (5.88%) Deep Learning
8 4 (5.88%) Prototyping
8 4 (5.88%) Rapid Prototyping
8 4 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) JavaScript
2 10 (14.71%) SQL
3 6 (8.82%) Java
4 4 (5.88%) C++
4 4 (5.88%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.94%) PHP
5 2 (2.94%) R
6 1 (1.47%) C
6 1 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.47%) Go
6 1 (1.47%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.47%) Rust
6 1 (1.47%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (1.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 31 (45.59%) Degree
2 6 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.35%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.41%) PhD
6 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.47%) MCP
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) CDISC
2 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.47%) DICOM
2 1 (1.47%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.47%) GDPR
2 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.47%) HL7
2 1 (1.47%) NIST
2 1 (1.47%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Docker
2 2 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Ansible
1 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Puppet
2 1 (1.47%) Salt
2 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.94%) VMware
3 1 (1.47%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.47%) Foundry
3 1 (1.47%) Google
3 1 (1.47%) Huawei
3 1 (1.47%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.47%) Talend
3 1 (1.47%) Zoho