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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 124 64 88
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 11.59% 18.08% 14.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.39% 52.03% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 89 36 67
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,956 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £32,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.00% -28.57% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,313 £81,875
90th Percentile £92,988 £75,000 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% -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 307 123 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 28.69% 34.75% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 260 92 200
10th Percentile £46,250 £29,871 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £44,688 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +1.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,299 £75,000 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

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 18 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 (0.81%) CMS
1 1 (0.81%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.35%) Azure
2 22 (17.74%) AWS
3 17 (13.71%) Azure AI
3 17 (13.71%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.84%) Dataform
4 6 (4.84%) dbt
4 6 (4.84%) GCP
5 5 (4.03%) SaaS
6 4 (3.23%) GitHub
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon Bedrock
7 2 (1.61%) ChatGPT
7 2 (1.61%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.61%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.61%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.81%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) DNS
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) Internet
1 1 (0.81%) VLAN
1 1 (0.81%) VPN
1 1 (0.81%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.71%) Power BI
1 17 (13.71%) Tableau
2 6 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.84%) Looker
2 6 (4.84%) Metabase
3 4 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.61%) Redis
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Git
2 3 (2.42%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.61%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.81%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) JIRA
4 1 (0.81%) MLflow
4 1 (0.81%) Poetry
General
1 30 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.42%) Electronics
4 3 (2.42%) Tech for Good
5 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.81%) Automotive
6 1 (0.81%) Marketing
6 1 (0.81%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 46 (37.10%) Software Engineer
2 27 (21.77%) Developer
3 25 (20.16%) Python Engineer
4 24 (19.35%) Python Developer
4 24 (19.35%) Senior
5 18 (14.52%) Python Software Engineer
6 17 (13.71%) Junior
7 13 (10.48%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (8.87%) Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Data Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Junior Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Junior Data Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Lead
8 11 (8.87%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (5.65%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 6 (4.84%) Data Scientist
11 6 (4.84%) RF Engineer
11 6 (4.84%) Senior Data Scientist
11 6 (4.84%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.87%) React
2 8 (6.45%) PyTorch
2 8 (6.45%) TensorFlow
3 7 (5.65%) Web Services
4 5 (4.03%) Google JAX
4 5 (4.03%) JAX
5 3 (2.42%) Django
5 3 (2.42%) FastAPI
5 3 (2.42%) Keras
5 3 (2.42%) Yocto
6 2 (1.61%) Flask
6 2 (1.61%) LangGraph
6 2 (1.61%) NumPy
6 2 (1.61%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.61%) STL
7 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.81%) CSS
7 1 (0.81%) HTML
7 1 (0.81%) SciPy
7 1 (0.81%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.97%) Cyber Threat
2 19 (15.32%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.26%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (5.65%) e-Learning
4 7 (5.65%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.03%) Client/Server
5 5 (4.03%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (4.03%) Robotics
6 3 (2.42%) CUDA
6 3 (2.42%) IoT
7 2 (1.61%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.61%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.61%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.61%) Life Science
7 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Linux
2 4 (3.23%) Windows
3 3 (2.42%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Android
4 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (66.94%) Software Engineering
2 73 (58.87%) AI
3 32 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (20.97%) Machine Learning
6 17 (13.71%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (12.10%) Computer Science
8 14 (11.29%) Agile
9 13 (10.48%) Data Science
9 13 (10.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 12 (9.68%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.87%) Analytics
11 11 (8.87%) Mentoring
12 10 (8.06%) OO
13 9 (7.26%) Mathematics
13 9 (7.26%) Observability
13 9 (7.26%) Web Development
14 8 (6.45%) Prototyping
14 8 (6.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.13%) C++
2 19 (15.32%) SQL
3 15 (12.10%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.48%) TypeScript
5 12 (9.68%) Rust
6 8 (6.45%) Java
7 7 (5.65%) R
8 6 (4.84%) Julia
9 5 (4.03%) C
9 5 (4.03%) C#
10 3 (2.42%) Bash
11 2 (1.61%) Elixir
11 2 (1.61%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.61%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.61%) Ruby
11 2 (1.61%) Scala
12 1 (0.81%) Clojure
12 1 (0.81%) Haskell
12 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.81%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 22 (17.74%) Degree
2 18 (14.52%) Azure Certification
3 14 (11.29%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.03%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.03%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.42%) PhD
5 3 (2.42%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CISM
6 1 (0.81%) CISSP
6 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.81%) GSEC
6 1 (0.81%) HND
6 1 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.26%) QA
2 6 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Terraform
2 2 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.81%) Podman
Vendors
1 16 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.42%) Google
3 1 (0.81%) Databricks
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle