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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 98 77 220
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 14.58% 25.08% 23.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.26% 50.00% 46.81%
Number of salaries quoted 46 44 163
10th Percentile £36,875 £31,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £91,875 £78,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £92,988 £85,250 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.73% +2.00% -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 184 154 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.38% 50.16% 50.65%
Number of salaries quoted 127 109 342
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,400 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,750 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.45% -8.33% -4.00%

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 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 (2.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.08%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.45%) Power Platform
2 21 (21.43%) Azure
3 18 (18.37%) AWS
4 17 (17.35%) Azure AI
5 7 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (6.12%) Dataform
6 6 (6.12%) dbt
7 5 (5.10%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (5.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 5 (5.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 5 (5.10%) CloudFront
8 4 (4.08%) GitHub
9 3 (3.06%) SaaS
9 3 (3.06%) Serverless
10 2 (2.04%) Amazon S3
10 2 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (1.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.06%) Internet
3 2 (2.04%) Network Security
4 1 (1.02%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (24.49%) Tableau
2 22 (22.45%) Power BI
3 6 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (6.12%) Looker
3 6 (6.12%) Metabase
4 5 (5.10%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (4.08%) Redis
6 3 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (2.04%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.02%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.02%) GitLab
3 1 (1.02%) Selenium
3 1 (1.02%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.16%) German Language
4 6 (6.12%) Electronics
5 2 (2.04%) Finance
5 2 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.04%) Multimedia
5 2 (2.04%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.02%) Advertising
6 1 (1.02%) Billing
6 1 (1.02%) Publishing
6 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (18.37%) Analyst
1 18 (18.37%) Data Analyst
2 17 (17.35%) Junior
3 16 (16.33%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (16.33%) Junior Data Analyst
4 15 (15.31%) Software Engineer
5 11 (11.22%) Python Engineer
6 10 (10.20%) Lead
6 10 (10.20%) Lead Software Engineer
7 9 (9.18%) Senior
8 7 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 7 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (7.14%) Test Automation Engineer
8 7 (7.14%) Test Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) Data Scientist
9 6 (6.12%) Principal Data Scientist
9 6 (6.12%) Senior Data Scientist
10 5 (5.10%) AWS Platform Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (25.51%) HTML
2 22 (22.45%) JSON
2 22 (22.45%) Regular Expression
2 22 (22.45%) XML
3 11 (11.22%) React
4 7 (7.14%) TensorFlow
4 7 (7.14%) Web Services
5 5 (5.10%) Loki
5 5 (5.10%) PyTorch
6 4 (4.08%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.08%) Vue
7 3 (3.06%) CSS
7 3 (3.06%) Google JAX
7 3 (3.06%) JAX
7 3 (3.06%) Keras
7 3 (3.06%) Node.js
8 1 (1.02%) A2A Protocol
8 1 (1.02%) LangGraph
8 1 (1.02%) Model Context Protocol
8 1 (1.02%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.47%) Linux Command Line
1 23 (23.47%) Onboarding
2 10 (10.20%) Algorithms
3 9 (9.18%) Product Ownership
4 7 (7.14%) e-Learning
5 4 (4.08%) FPGA
5 4 (4.08%) PCIe
6 3 (3.06%) CUDA
6 3 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.04%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (2.04%) Life Science
7 2 (2.04%) NHS
8 1 (1.02%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.45%) Unix
2 8 (8.16%) Linux
3 1 (1.02%) Android
3 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (58.16%) AI
2 26 (26.53%) LLM
3 24 (24.49%) Data Analysis
4 22 (22.45%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (21.43%) Software Engineering
6 19 (19.39%) Machine Learning
7 15 (15.31%) CI/CD
8 14 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (12.24%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (12.24%) Observability
9 12 (12.24%) Test Automation
10 11 (11.22%) Computer Science
10 11 (11.22%) User Experience
10 11 (11.22%) UX Design
11 10 (10.20%) Agile
12 9 (9.18%) Web Development
13 8 (8.16%) Analytics
13 8 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
13 8 (8.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.51%) SQL
2 13 (13.27%) JavaScript
3 12 (12.24%) Java
4 8 (8.16%) Bash
4 8 (8.16%) R
5 7 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 6 (6.12%) C++
6 6 (6.12%) Julia
7 4 (4.08%) C
7 4 (4.08%) C#
7 4 (4.08%) MATLAB
7 4 (4.08%) Rust
8 2 (2.04%) Elixir
8 2 (2.04%) Ruby
8 2 (2.04%) Scala
9 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (42.86%) Degree
2 19 (19.39%) Azure Certification
3 13 (13.27%) DBS Check
4 7 (7.14%) PhD
5 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.06%) Postgraduate
5 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.27%) QA
2 6 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.02%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.02%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.10%) Docker
1 5 (5.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (8.16%) Terraform
2 6 (6.12%) Grafana
2 6 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.08%) Altera
3 1 (1.02%) Foundry
3 1 (1.02%) Huawei