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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 97 49 206
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 11.58% 19.84% 20.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.09% 48.51% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53 27 150
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,350 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,875 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.00% -20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £90,000 £66,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £92,988 £76,500 £85,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -20.00% -7.41%

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 206 101 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 24.58% 40.89% 46.54%
Number of salaries quoted 150 73 346
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -12.00% +1.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,000 £93,125
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -

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 25 May 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 (1.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (19.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.12%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.87%) Azure
2 25 (25.77%) AWS
2 25 (25.77%) Azure AI
2 25 (25.77%) Power Platform
3 7 (7.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 7 (7.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 6 (6.19%) Dataform
4 6 (6.19%) dbt
5 5 (5.15%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (5.15%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 5 (5.15%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 5 (5.15%) CloudFront
5 5 (5.15%) SaaS
6 3 (3.09%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.06%) GitHub
7 2 (2.06%) Serverless
8 1 (1.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.06%) Network Security
3 1 (1.03%) DNS
3 1 (1.03%) Firewall
3 1 (1.03%) Internet
3 1 (1.03%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.03%) VLAN
3 1 (1.03%) VPN
3 1 (1.03%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (25.77%) Power BI
1 25 (25.77%) Tableau
2 6 (6.19%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (6.19%) Looker
2 6 (6.19%) Metabase
3 5 (5.15%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.15%) Redis
4 3 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Git
2 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.06%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.03%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.03%) GitLab
3 1 (1.03%) Poetry
3 1 (1.03%) Selenium
3 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.03%) WebDriver
General
1 45 (46.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.28%) Electronics
4 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.06%) German Language
5 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.03%) Advertising
6 1 (1.03%) Automotive
6 1 (1.03%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.03%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (25.77%) Software Engineer
2 20 (20.62%) Junior
3 19 (19.59%) Analyst
3 19 (19.59%) Data Analyst
3 19 (19.59%) Junior Analyst
3 19 (19.59%) Junior Data Analyst
4 16 (16.49%) Lead
4 16 (16.49%) Lead Software Engineer
5 11 (11.34%) Python Engineer
5 11 (11.34%) Senior
6 7 (7.22%) AWS Engineer
6 7 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Data Scientist
7 6 (6.19%) Linux Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Principal Data Scientist
7 6 (6.19%) Senior Data Scientist
7 6 (6.19%) Test Automation Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Test Engineer
8 5 (5.15%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.53%) React
2 13 (13.40%) Web Services
3 6 (6.19%) TensorFlow
4 5 (5.15%) Loki
4 5 (5.15%) PyTorch
5 4 (4.12%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.12%) Vue
6 3 (3.09%) FastAPI
6 3 (3.09%) Google JAX
6 3 (3.09%) HTML
6 3 (3.09%) JAX
6 3 (3.09%) Node.js
6 3 (3.09%) Yocto
7 2 (2.06%) Flask
7 2 (2.06%) JSON
7 2 (2.06%) Keras
7 2 (2.06%) LangGraph
7 2 (2.06%) NumPy
7 2 (2.06%) Regular Expression
7 2 (2.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.46%) Product Ownership
2 13 (13.40%) e-Learning
3 9 (9.28%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.12%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (4.12%) FPGA
4 4 (4.12%) PCIe
5 3 (3.09%) CUDA
5 3 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.09%) IoT
5 3 (3.09%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.06%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.06%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.06%) Device Driver
6 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.06%) Robotics
7 1 (1.03%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.03%) Life Science
7 1 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.37%) Linux
2 3 (3.09%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.06%) Unix
3 2 (2.06%) Windows
4 1 (1.03%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (49.48%) AI
2 34 (35.05%) Software Engineering
3 25 (25.77%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (21.65%) Machine Learning
6 18 (18.56%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (17.53%) CI/CD
8 16 (16.49%) Agile
8 16 (16.49%) User Experience
8 16 (16.49%) UX Design
9 15 (15.46%) Computer Science
9 15 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (15.46%) Web Development
10 14 (14.43%) Observability
10 14 (14.43%) OO
11 13 (13.40%) Product Vision
11 13 (13.40%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (13.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 13 (13.40%) Scrum
11 13 (13.40%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.77%) SQL
2 20 (20.62%) JavaScript
3 17 (17.53%) Java
4 13 (13.40%) C++
4 13 (13.40%) TypeScript
5 9 (9.28%) Bash
5 9 (9.28%) C
6 7 (7.22%) C#
6 7 (7.22%) R
7 6 (6.19%) Julia
8 5 (5.15%) MATLAB
8 5 (5.15%) Rust
9 2 (2.06%) Elixir
9 2 (2.06%) Embedded C
9 2 (2.06%) Embedded C++
9 2 (2.06%) Ruby
9 2 (2.06%) Scala
10 1 (1.03%) Haskell
10 1 (1.03%) OCaml
10 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (29.90%) Degree
2 26 (26.80%) Azure Certification
3 20 (20.62%) DBS Check
4 6 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (6.19%) PhD
5 5 (5.15%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.09%) Postgraduate
6 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.06%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CISM
8 1 (1.03%) CISSP
8 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.03%) GSEC
8 1 (1.03%) HND
8 1 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.56%) QA
2 6 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.03%) NIST
3 1 (1.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (7.22%) Docker
1 7 (7.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (9.28%) Terraform
2 8 (8.25%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.19%) Grafana
4 5 (5.15%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.03%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.12%) Altera
3 1 (1.03%) Google
3 1 (1.03%) Oracle