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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 48 93 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 13.91% 15.07% 16.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.15% 34.96% 40.44%
Number of salaries quoted 29 55 48
10th Percentile £30,715 £48,750 £44,075
25th Percentile £31,250 £57,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £95,000 £85,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% -3.57% +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 104 266 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 30.14% 43.11% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 84 167 113
10th Percentile £30,112 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £93,750 £92,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £68,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.71% +14.17% +9.09%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Python 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Cambridge

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) AWS
2 6 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (4.17%) GCP
3 2 (4.17%) GitHub
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (2.08%) dbt
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Figma
4 1 (2.08%) Fivetran
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.08%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
4 1 (2.08%) Serverless
4 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) iSCSI
1 1 (2.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (6.25%) Redis
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (4.17%) Big Data
4 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.08%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.08%) Looker
5 1 (2.08%) MariaDB
5 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.08%) Power BI
5 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Git
2 2 (4.17%) GitLab
2 2 (4.17%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.08%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Health Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Law
4 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.08%) Agriculture
5 1 (2.08%) Digital Health
5 1 (2.08%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (2.08%) Electronics
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Military
5 1 (2.08%) Publishing
5 1 (2.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Tech for Good
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Software Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Developer
3 6 (12.50%) Senior
4 5 (10.42%) Python Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Applications Support
5 4 (8.33%) Applications Support Technician
5 4 (8.33%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Support Technician
6 3 (6.25%) Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Graduate
6 3 (6.25%) Junior
6 3 (6.25%) Machine Learning Consultant
7 2 (4.17%) Administrator
7 2 (4.17%) Graduate Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Python Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) HTML
2 6 (12.50%) PyTorch
2 6 (12.50%) TensorFlow
3 5 (10.42%) Node.js
4 4 (8.33%) Google JAX
4 4 (8.33%) JAX
5 3 (6.25%) Anaconda
5 3 (6.25%) CSS
5 3 (6.25%) JSON
5 3 (6.25%) React
5 3 (6.25%) Regular Expression
5 3 (6.25%) scikit-learn
5 3 (6.25%) XML
6 2 (4.17%) .NET
6 2 (4.17%) FastAPI
6 2 (4.17%) Laravel
7 1 (2.08%) FHIR
7 1 (2.08%) Hugging Face
7 1 (2.08%) RESTful
7 1 (2.08%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Algorithms
1 4 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (6.25%) CUDA
2 3 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.17%) FPGA
3 2 (4.17%) LIMS
3 2 (4.17%) NHS
3 2 (4.17%) Robotics
3 2 (4.17%) Verilog
3 2 (4.17%) VHDL
4 1 (2.08%) ASIC
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.08%) Life Science
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Linux
2 5 (10.42%) Windows
3 4 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.25%) Unix
5 2 (4.17%) Android
6 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 17 (35.42%) Computer Science
3 16 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 16 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 10 (20.83%) Mathematics
5 8 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 8 (16.67%) Physics
6 7 (14.58%) LLM
7 6 (12.50%) Computer Vision
7 6 (12.50%) Data Science
8 5 (10.42%) Data Analysis
8 5 (10.42%) DevOps
8 5 (10.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (10.42%) SDLC
9 4 (8.33%) Agile
9 4 (8.33%) Customer Experience
9 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 4 (8.33%) Natural Language Processing
9 4 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
2 8 (16.67%) Java
3 7 (14.58%) C++
4 6 (12.50%) SQL
5 3 (6.25%) PHP
6 2 (4.17%) C
6 2 (4.17%) C#
6 2 (4.17%) R
6 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.08%) Go
7 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.08%) Rust
7 1 (2.08%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (2.08%) Tcl
7 1 (2.08%) VC++
Qualifications
1 19 (39.58%) Degree
2 9 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (10.42%) PhD
4 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) CDISC
1 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.08%) DICOM
1 1 (2.08%) GDPR
1 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.08%) HL7
1 1 (2.08%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Docker
2 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.08%) Puppet
3 1 (2.08%) Salt
3 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle
1 2 (4.17%) VMware
2 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.08%) Facebook
2 1 (2.08%) Google
2 1 (2.08%) HubSpot
2 1 (2.08%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.08%) Talend
2 1 (2.08%) YouTube
2 1 (2.08%) Zoho