Scientific Software Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Scientific Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

As of 5 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Scientific Software Engineer salary in Cambridge.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Scientific Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.087% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

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 1,063 337 592
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 97.12% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 826 230 425
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £28,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -20.83% +6.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -

Scientific Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Scientific Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Scientific Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Scientific Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Scientific Software Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Scientific Software Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Scientific Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Scientific Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Scientific Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) OpenTofu
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets

Scientific Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) OpenTofu
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Podman