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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 53 123 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 12.80% 20.81% 16.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 49.07% 40.86% 39.05%
Number of salaries quoted 28 69 45
10th Percentile £30,956 £57,250 £45,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £65,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% - +4.32%
75th Percentile £69,688 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £95,000 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -31.03% - +4.32%

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 108 301 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 26.09% 50.93% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 83 175 110
10th Percentile £31,500 £47,500 £42,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £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 £65,000 £85,000 £85,750
90th Percentile £76,600 £90,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% +8.70%

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 14 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 (1.89%) OpenStack
1 1 (1.89%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) AWS
2 6 (11.32%) Azure
3 3 (5.66%) GitHub
4 2 (3.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.77%) Serverless
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (1.89%) dbt
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) Fivetran
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.89%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (1.89%) PaaS
5 1 (1.89%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
2 1 (1.89%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.89%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Tableau
2 3 (5.66%) Data Mining
2 3 (5.66%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.77%) Redis
4 1 (1.89%) Big Data
4 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.89%) Looker
4 1 (1.89%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.89%) Power BI
4 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) GitLab
2 2 (3.77%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
3 1 (1.89%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) German Language
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.89%) Electronics
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.89%) Publishing
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (15.09%) Senior
1 8 (15.09%) Software Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Developer
3 4 (7.55%) Analyst
3 4 (7.55%) Applications Support
3 4 (7.55%) Applications Support Technician
3 4 (7.55%) Support Technician
3 4 (7.55%) Trainee
4 3 (5.66%) Administrator
4 3 (5.66%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (5.66%) Consultant
4 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
4 3 (5.66%) Machine Learning Consultant
4 3 (5.66%) Python Developer
4 3 (5.66%) Python Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
4 3 (5.66%) Trainee Analyst
4 3 (5.66%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (30.19%) HTML
2 12 (22.64%) JSON
2 12 (22.64%) Regular Expression
2 12 (22.64%) XML
3 7 (13.21%) TensorFlow
4 6 (11.32%) PyTorch
5 5 (9.43%) React
6 4 (7.55%) Node.js
7 3 (5.66%) Google JAX
7 3 (5.66%) JAX
7 3 (5.66%) scikit-learn
8 2 (3.77%) Anaconda
8 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.77%) CSS
8 2 (3.77%) Laravel
8 2 (3.77%) RESTful
9 1 (1.89%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 1 (1.89%) Django
9 1 (1.89%) Spring
9 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Linux Command Line
1 12 (22.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (5.66%) CUDA
3 3 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.77%) FPGA
4 2 (3.77%) Life Science
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.77%) Verilog
4 2 (3.77%) VHDL
5 1 (1.89%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.89%) ASIC
5 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.89%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.89%) IoT
5 1 (1.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) Unix
2 5 (9.43%) Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Mac OS
3 4 (7.55%) Windows
4 2 (3.77%) Android
4 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) AI
2 16 (30.19%) Data Analysis
3 15 (28.30%) LLM
4 14 (26.42%) Machine Learning
4 14 (26.42%) Software Engineering
5 12 (22.64%) Computer Science
5 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.09%) Mathematics
7 7 (13.21%) Physics
8 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.32%) Computer Vision
9 5 (9.43%) Agile
9 5 (9.43%) Data Science
9 5 (9.43%) DevOps
10 4 (7.55%) Analytics
10 4 (7.55%) Prototyping
10 4 (7.55%) Rapid Prototyping
10 4 (7.55%) SDLC
10 4 (7.55%) Test Automation
10 4 (7.55%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) JavaScript
2 7 (13.21%) Java
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 4 (7.55%) C++
3 4 (7.55%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.77%) PHP
4 2 (3.77%) R
5 1 (1.89%) C
5 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.89%) Go
5 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.89%) Rust
5 1 (1.89%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (1.89%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (9.43%) DBS Check
4 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
4 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.66%) PhD
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.89%) MCP
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) CDISC
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) DICOM
2 1 (1.89%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
2 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.89%) HL7
2 1 (1.89%) NIST
2 1 (1.89%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (9.43%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Ansible
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Puppet
2 1 (1.89%) Salt
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) VMware
3 1 (1.89%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.89%) Foundry
3 1 (1.89%) Google
3 1 (1.89%) Huawei
3 1 (1.89%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.89%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.89%) Talend
3 1 (1.89%) Zoho