Research Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The median Research Engineer salary in Cambridge is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
53 |
- |
54 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+60 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Research Engineer |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge |
0.56% |
- |
1.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.60% |
- |
1.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£87,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
- |
£95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+44.94% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
£102,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£70,000 |
- |
£95,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+44.94% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title |
335 |
612 |
440 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
94.63% |
97.61% |
87.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
232 |
471 |
258 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£30,000 |
£29,350 |
| 25th Percentile |
£29,938 |
£40,750 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£47,500 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-20.83% |
+4.35% |
+4.55% |
| 75th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£76,250 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72,375 |
£85,000 |
£87,500 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£52,500 |
£53,250 |
| % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
-1.41% |
+1.43% |
