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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 129 60 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 11.52% 16.30% 13.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.57% 49.59% 32.18%
Number of salaries quoted 99 40 57
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,956 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £32,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.00% -28.57% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,438 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,988 £75,250 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -3.70%

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 326 121 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.11% 32.88% 42.30%
Number of salaries quoted 284 99 185
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,715 £44,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £64,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,500 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +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 August 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 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.78%) CMS
1 1 (0.78%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.60%) Azure
2 23 (17.83%) AWS
3 16 (12.40%) Azure AI
3 16 (12.40%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.43%) GCP
5 6 (4.65%) Dataform
5 6 (4.65%) dbt
6 4 (3.10%) GitHub
7 3 (2.33%) Amazon Bedrock
7 3 (2.33%) SaaS
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.55%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.55%) Google Gemini
8 2 (1.55%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.55%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.78%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) DNS
1 1 (0.78%) Firewall
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
1 1 (0.78%) VLAN
1 1 (0.78%) VPN
1 1 (0.78%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.40%) Power BI
1 16 (12.40%) Tableau
2 6 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.65%) Looker
2 6 (4.65%) Metabase
3 4 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.78%) Big Data
4 1 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.78%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.78%) Redis
4 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Git
2 3 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.55%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.78%) GitLab
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.78%) MLflow
4 1 (0.78%) Poetry
General
1 30 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.33%) Electronics
3 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (2.33%) Tech for Good
4 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.78%) Automotive
5 1 (0.78%) Marketing
5 1 (0.78%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 50 (38.76%) Software Engineer
2 31 (24.03%) Developer
3 28 (21.71%) Python Developer
3 28 (21.71%) Python Engineer
4 25 (19.38%) Senior
5 21 (16.28%) Python Software Engineer
6 16 (12.40%) Junior
7 14 (10.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (8.53%) Lead
8 11 (8.53%) Lead Software Engineer
9 10 (7.75%) Analyst
9 10 (7.75%) Data Analyst
9 10 (7.75%) Junior Analyst
9 10 (7.75%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (6.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) RF Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Senior Developer
11 7 (5.43%) Senior Python Developer
12 6 (4.65%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.53%) React
2 7 (5.43%) Web Services
3 6 (4.65%) PyTorch
3 6 (4.65%) TensorFlow
4 5 (3.88%) Terraform
5 4 (3.10%) Google JAX
5 4 (3.10%) JAX
6 3 (2.33%) Django
6 3 (2.33%) Keras
6 3 (2.33%) Yocto
7 2 (1.55%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.55%) STL
8 1 (0.78%) Anaconda
8 1 (0.78%) CSS
8 1 (0.78%) HTML
8 1 (0.78%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.78%) PySpark
8 1 (0.78%) TAPI
8 1 (0.78%) Torch
8 1 (0.78%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (15.50%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (5.43%) e-Learning
4 7 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.88%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.88%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.88%) Robotics
6 3 (2.33%) IoT
6 3 (2.33%) Life Science
7 2 (1.55%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.55%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.78%) CUDA
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.43%) Linux
2 4 (3.10%) Windows
3 3 (2.33%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Android
4 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (71.32%) Software Engineering
2 77 (59.69%) AI
3 37 (28.68%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (17.83%) Machine Learning
6 16 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (10.85%) Agile
7 14 (10.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (10.08%) Computer Science
8 13 (10.08%) Data Science
9 12 (9.30%) Analytics
9 12 (9.30%) CI/CD
9 12 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.53%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.75%) OO
12 9 (6.98%) Web Development
13 8 (6.20%) Kanban
13 8 (6.20%) Mathematics
13 8 (6.20%) Scrum
13 8 (6.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.50%) C++
2 19 (14.73%) SQL
3 15 (11.63%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.08%) Rust
4 13 (10.08%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.98%) Java
6 7 (5.43%) R
7 6 (4.65%) Julia
8 5 (3.88%) C
8 5 (3.88%) C#
9 3 (2.33%) Bash
9 3 (2.33%) Scala
10 2 (1.55%) Elixir
10 2 (1.55%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.55%) Embedded C++
10 2 (1.55%) Ruby
11 1 (0.78%) Haskell
11 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.78%) OCaml
11 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (15.50%) Degree
2 17 (13.18%) Azure Certification
3 14 (10.85%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.10%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.10%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.33%) PhD
7 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.78%) CISM
7 1 (0.78%) CISSP
7 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.78%) GSEC
7 1 (0.78%) HND
7 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.78%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.98%) QA
2 6 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) NIST
3 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (5.43%) Docker
2 2 (1.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.78%) Podman
Vendors
1 15 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.33%) Google
3 2 (1.55%) Databricks
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle