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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 17 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 148 45 110
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 12.01% 12.26% 17.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.55% 44.55% 39.01%
Number of salaries quoted 111 28 60
10th Percentile £47,500 £30,956 £53,250
25th Percentile £61,875 £32,188 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -24.14% +3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,063 £90,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,875 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +1.82%

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 365 101 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.63% 27.52% 45.05%
Number of salaries quoted 315 83 163
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,956 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -24.14% +11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £64,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,400 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% -18.52% +12.50%

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 3 October 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 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.68%) CMS
1 1 (0.68%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.92%) AWS
2 21 (14.19%) Azure
3 13 (8.78%) GCP
4 8 (5.41%) Azure AI
5 5 (3.38%) GitHub
6 4 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.03%) Amazon Bedrock
8 2 (1.35%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.35%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.35%) Google Gemini
8 2 (1.35%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.35%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.35%) SaaS
9 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.35%) DNS
1 2 (1.35%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.35%) LTE
1 2 (1.35%) Wireless
2 1 (0.68%) DHCP
2 1 (0.68%) Firewall
2 1 (0.68%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.68%) VLAN
2 1 (0.68%) VPN
2 1 (0.68%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.70%) Power BI
2 4 (2.70%) Tableau
3 3 (2.03%) Redis
4 2 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.35%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.68%) Big Data
5 1 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.68%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.41%) Git
2 3 (2.03%) GitLab
2 3 (2.03%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.35%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.35%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.35%) MLflow
4 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Poetry
General
1 24 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.08%) Electronics
3 5 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.03%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.68%) Automotive
7 1 (0.68%) Marketing
7 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (39.19%) Software Engineer
2 39 (26.35%) Python Engineer
3 37 (25.00%) Developer
4 36 (24.32%) Senior
5 34 (22.97%) Python Developer
6 32 (21.62%) Python Software Engineer
7 21 (14.19%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) Junior
9 8 (5.41%) Lead
9 8 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 8 (5.41%) Senior Python Developer
10 7 (4.73%) Hardware Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) RF Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
12 5 (3.38%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 4 (2.70%) Junior Analyst
13 4 (2.70%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.08%) React
2 7 (4.73%) PyTorch
2 7 (4.73%) TensorFlow
3 5 (3.38%) FastAPI
3 5 (3.38%) Google JAX
3 5 (3.38%) JAX
3 5 (3.38%) Terraform
3 5 (3.38%) Web Services
3 5 (3.38%) Yocto
4 4 (2.70%) Keras
5 3 (2.03%) Django
5 3 (2.03%) Flask
5 3 (2.03%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.35%) Middleware
6 2 (1.35%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.35%) PostGIS
6 2 (1.35%) RESTful
6 2 (1.35%) STL
7 1 (0.68%) LDAP
7 1 (0.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (30.41%) Cyber Threat
2 30 (20.27%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.08%) Robotics
4 8 (5.41%) FPGA
5 7 (4.73%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.38%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.38%) e-Learning
6 5 (3.38%) IoT
6 5 (3.38%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.38%) Verilog
7 4 (2.70%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.70%) VHDL
8 3 (2.03%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.03%) Life Science
9 2 (1.35%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.35%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.81%) Linux
2 5 (3.38%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (3.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) Android
3 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.68%) CentOS
3 1 (0.68%) Debian
3 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.68%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (72.30%) Software Engineering
2 85 (57.43%) AI
3 53 (35.81%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (34.46%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (16.89%) Machine Learning
6 18 (12.16%) Computer Science
7 16 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (10.14%) Agile
9 12 (8.11%) Full-Stack Development
10 11 (7.43%) CI/CD
11 10 (6.76%) Prototyping
11 10 (6.76%) Rapid Prototyping
12 9 (6.08%) Data Science
13 8 (5.41%) Critical Thinking
13 8 (5.41%) Mathematics
13 8 (5.41%) Mentoring
13 8 (5.41%) OO
13 8 (5.41%) Physics
14 7 (4.73%) Data Analysis
14 7 (4.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.59%) C++
2 17 (11.49%) Rust
3 14 (9.46%) TypeScript
4 13 (8.78%) C
4 13 (8.78%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.08%) SQL
6 7 (4.73%) Java
7 6 (4.05%) Embedded C
7 6 (4.05%) Embedded C++
8 5 (3.38%) C#
8 5 (3.38%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.03%) Bash
10 2 (1.35%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.68%) Clojure
11 1 (0.68%) Fortran
11 1 (0.68%) Haskell
11 1 (0.68%) OCaml
11 1 (0.68%) Scala
11 1 (0.68%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 38 (25.68%) Degree
2 9 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (6.08%) PhD
3 8 (5.41%) Azure Certification
3 8 (5.41%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.73%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.05%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) CISM
7 1 (0.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.68%) GSEC
7 1 (0.68%) HND
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.73%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.68%) NIST
2 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (7.43%) Docker
2 2 (1.35%) Firmware
2 2 (1.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) Ceph
3 1 (0.68%) Lustre
3 1 (0.68%) NFS
3 1 (0.68%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.35%) Podman
3 1 (0.68%) Ansible
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 8 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.70%) EMC
3 3 (2.03%) Databricks
3 3 (2.03%) Google
4 1 (0.68%) Apple
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle
4 1 (0.68%) Red Hat