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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 91 57 212
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 10.24% 19.19% 20.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.33% 48.72% 45.11%
Number of salaries quoted 49 33 165
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.00% -20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £66,250 £80,001
90th Percentile £92,988 £77,000 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £75,750 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +37.73% -12.00% -3.85%

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 215 117 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 24.18% 39.39% 45.28%
Number of salaries quoted 159 88 365
10th Percentile £42,125 £28,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,875 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £51,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +31.71% -18.00% +4.17%

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 4 July 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 (1.10%) CMS
1 1 (1.10%) Headless CMS
1 1 (1.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.40%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 25 (27.47%) Azure
2 22 (24.18%) Azure AI
2 22 (24.18%) Power Platform
3 21 (23.08%) AWS
4 6 (6.59%) Dataform
4 6 (6.59%) dbt
5 5 (5.49%) SaaS
6 3 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.30%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.20%) GitHub
7 2 (2.20%) Serverless
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.10%) CloudFront
8 1 (1.10%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.10%) DNS
3 1 (1.10%) Firewall
3 1 (1.10%) Internet
3 1 (1.10%) VLAN
3 1 (1.10%) VPN
3 1 (1.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (24.18%) Power BI
1 22 (24.18%) Tableau
2 6 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.59%) Looker
2 6 (6.59%) Metabase
3 4 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.20%) Redis
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.20%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.10%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.10%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) MLflow
3 1 (1.10%) Poetry
General
1 36 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.69%) Electronics
3 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.10%) Automotive
6 1 (1.10%) Marketing
6 1 (1.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) Software Engineer
2 17 (18.68%) Junior
3 16 (17.58%) Analyst
3 16 (17.58%) Data Analyst
3 16 (17.58%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (17.58%) Junior Data Analyst
4 15 (16.48%) Lead
4 15 (16.48%) Lead Software Engineer
5 12 (13.19%) Python Engineer
6 11 (12.09%) Senior
7 8 (8.79%) Developer
8 7 (7.69%) Python Software Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (6.59%) Data Scientist
9 6 (6.59%) Principal Data Scientist
9 6 (6.59%) Senior Data Scientist
10 5 (5.49%) Machine Learning Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) Python Developer
10 5 (5.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (4.40%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.38%) React
2 11 (12.09%) Web Services
3 6 (6.59%) PyTorch
3 6 (6.59%) TensorFlow
4 3 (3.30%) FastAPI
4 3 (3.30%) Google JAX
4 3 (3.30%) JAX
4 3 (3.30%) Yocto
5 2 (2.20%) Django
5 2 (2.20%) Flask
5 2 (2.20%) LangGraph
5 2 (2.20%) NumPy
5 2 (2.20%) OpenCV
5 2 (2.20%) STL
6 1 (1.10%) CSS
6 1 (1.10%) HTML
6 1 (1.10%) Loki
6 1 (1.10%) Pandas
6 1 (1.10%) Pyramid
6 1 (1.10%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 13 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 11 (12.09%) e-Learning
3 5 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.49%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (4.40%) FPGA
4 4 (4.40%) PCIe
5 3 (3.30%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.30%) CUDA
5 3 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.30%) IoT
5 3 (3.30%) Robotics
6 2 (2.20%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.20%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.59%) Linux
2 4 (4.40%) Windows
3 3 (3.30%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.10%) Android
4 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (50.55%) AI
2 42 (46.15%) Software Engineering
3 22 (24.18%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (21.98%) Machine Learning
6 15 (16.48%) Agile
6 15 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (15.38%) OO
8 13 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (14.29%) Web Development
9 12 (13.19%) CI/CD
9 12 (13.19%) User Experience
10 11 (12.09%) Analytics
10 11 (12.09%) Computer Science
10 11 (12.09%) Data Science
10 11 (12.09%) Kanban
10 11 (12.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 11 (12.09%) Scrum-ban
10 11 (12.09%) Test Strategy
10 11 (12.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (24.18%) SQL
2 20 (21.98%) C++
3 17 (18.68%) JavaScript
4 12 (13.19%) TypeScript
5 11 (12.09%) Java
6 9 (9.89%) C
6 9 (9.89%) C#
7 8 (8.79%) Rust
8 7 (7.69%) R
9 6 (6.59%) Julia
10 5 (5.49%) MATLAB
11 4 (4.40%) Bash
12 2 (2.20%) Elixir
12 2 (2.20%) Embedded C
12 2 (2.20%) Embedded C++
12 2 (2.20%) Ruby
12 2 (2.20%) Scala
13 1 (1.10%) Clojure
13 1 (1.10%) Haskell
13 1 (1.10%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 23 (25.27%) Azure Certification
2 21 (23.08%) Degree
3 18 (19.78%) DBS Check
4 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
4 5 (5.49%) PhD
5 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Postgraduate
5 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.10%) CISM
6 1 (1.10%) CISSP
6 1 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.10%) GSEC
6 1 (1.10%) HND
6 1 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) QA
2 6 (6.59%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
3 1 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) Docker
1 6 (6.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Terraform
2 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.10%) Grafana
3 1 (1.10%) Podman
3 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) Altera
3 1 (1.10%) Databricks
3 1 (1.10%) Google
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle