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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 145 48 102
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 11.92% 13.48% 16.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.08% 45.71% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 109 29 56
10th Percentile £47,250 £30,956 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £32,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -22.81% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £77,750 £95,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £56,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +24.44% -19.64% -

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 353 105 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.03% 29.49% 43.38%
Number of salaries quoted 303 85 162
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,956 £47,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -22.81% +3.64%
75th Percentile £78,250 £63,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £77,300 £93,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -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 25 September 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 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.69%) CMS
1 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.62%) AWS
2 23 (15.86%) Azure
3 12 (8.28%) GCP
4 11 (7.59%) Azure AI
5 6 (4.14%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.76%) GitHub
7 3 (2.07%) Amazon Bedrock
8 2 (1.38%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.38%) ChatGPT
8 2 (1.38%) Google Gemini
8 2 (1.38%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.38%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.38%) SaaS
9 1 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.69%) dbt
9 1 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.38%) DNS
1 2 (1.38%) LTE
1 2 (1.38%) Wireless
2 1 (0.69%) DHCP
2 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.69%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.69%) VLAN
2 1 (0.69%) VPN
2 1 (0.69%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (4.14%) Power BI
1 6 (4.14%) Tableau
2 2 (1.38%) Redis
3 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.69%) Big Data
3 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.69%) Looker
3 1 (0.69%) Metabase
3 1 (0.69%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.69%) Spatial Data
3 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Git
2 3 (2.07%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.38%) GitLab
3 2 (1.38%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.38%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.69%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) JIRA
4 1 (0.69%) MLflow
4 1 (0.69%) Poetry
General
1 29 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (5.52%) Electronics
3 5 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.07%) Tech for Good
5 1 (0.69%) Automotive
5 1 (0.69%) Marketing
5 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 37 (25.52%) Python Engineer
3 36 (24.83%) Developer
4 33 (22.76%) Python Developer
4 33 (22.76%) Senior
5 30 (20.69%) Python Software Engineer
6 19 (13.10%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Junior
8 9 (6.21%) Lead
9 8 (5.52%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (5.52%) Senior Developer
9 8 (5.52%) Senior Python Developer
10 7 (4.83%) Hardware Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) RF Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) C++ Software Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) Data Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) Junior Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) React
2 7 (4.83%) PyTorch
2 7 (4.83%) TensorFlow
2 7 (4.83%) Web Services
3 5 (3.45%) Google JAX
3 5 (3.45%) JAX
3 5 (3.45%) Terraform
3 5 (3.45%) Yocto
4 4 (2.76%) FastAPI
4 4 (2.76%) Keras
5 3 (2.07%) Django
6 2 (1.38%) Flask
6 2 (1.38%) OpenCV
6 2 (1.38%) STL
6 2 (1.38%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.69%) LDAP
7 1 (0.69%) Middleware
7 1 (0.69%) Pyramid
7 1 (0.69%) Torch
7 1 (0.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 42 (28.97%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (17.93%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.21%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (5.52%) Robotics
5 7 (4.83%) e-Learning
5 7 (4.83%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (4.83%) FPGA
5 7 (4.83%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.45%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.45%) IoT
7 4 (2.76%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.76%) Verilog
8 3 (2.07%) Life Science
8 3 (2.07%) VHDL
9 2 (1.38%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.38%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.38%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.69%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.97%) Linux
2 5 (3.45%) Embedded Linux
2 5 (3.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.69%) Android
3 1 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.69%) CentOS
3 1 (0.69%) Debian
3 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.69%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (73.10%) Software Engineering
2 84 (57.93%) AI
3 50 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.86%) Machine Learning
5 18 (12.41%) Computer Science
6 17 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (10.34%) Agile
8 14 (9.66%) Full-Stack Development
9 10 (6.90%) CI/CD
9 10 (6.90%) OO
9 10 (6.90%) Prototyping
9 10 (6.90%) Rapid Prototyping
10 9 (6.21%) Data Science
11 8 (5.52%) Critical Thinking
11 8 (5.52%) Kanban
11 8 (5.52%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.52%) Scrum
11 8 (5.52%) Test Strategy
11 8 (5.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.31%) C++
2 17 (11.72%) Rust
3 16 (11.03%) TypeScript
4 15 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 11 (7.59%) C
6 10 (6.90%) SQL
7 9 (6.21%) Java
8 6 (4.14%) Embedded C
8 6 (4.14%) Embedded C++
9 5 (3.45%) C#
10 3 (2.07%) Bash
10 3 (2.07%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.69%) Clojure
12 1 (0.69%) Fortran
12 1 (0.69%) Haskell
12 1 (0.69%) Julia
12 1 (0.69%) OCaml
12 1 (0.69%) R
12 1 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (24.14%) Degree
2 11 (7.59%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (6.21%) DBS Check
4 8 (5.52%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.52%) PhD
5 5 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.69%) CISM
7 1 (0.69%) CISSP
7 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.69%) GSEC
7 1 (0.69%) HND
7 1 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) QA
2 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.69%) NIST
2 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (6.90%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Firmware
2 2 (1.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Ceph
3 1 (0.69%) Lustre
3 1 (0.69%) NFS
3 1 (0.69%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.38%) Podman
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 9 (6.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.07%) EMC
2 3 (2.07%) Google
3 2 (1.38%) Databricks
4 1 (0.69%) Apple
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle
4 1 (0.69%) Red Hat