Senior Job Trends in Cambridge

Senior
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior salary in Cambridge is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 24 5
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 172 28 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 14.66% 8.07% 16.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.81% 8.28% 16.81%
Number of salaries quoted 155 18 71
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,975 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £54,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £77,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -11.11%

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 1,088 338 601
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 97.41% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 852 233 417
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £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% -0.94%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Senior
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cambridge

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cambridge

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 109 (63.37%) Software Engineering
2 46 (26.74%) C++
3 30 (17.44%) Python
4 29 (16.86%) Linux
5 28 (16.28%) AI
6 22 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (11.05%) SaaS
8 16 (9.30%) Rust
9 13 (7.56%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (6.98%) Agile
10 12 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (6.40%) RedGate
12 10 (5.81%) Mentoring
12 10 (5.81%) Salesforce
13 9 (5.23%) Linux Kernel Development
14 8 (4.65%) Automated Trading
14 8 (4.65%) Docker
14 8 (4.65%) High-Frequency Trading
14 8 (4.65%) Low Latency
14 8 (4.65%) Ultra-Low Latency
15 7 (4.07%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (4.07%) Machine Learning
15 7 (4.07%) QA
15 7 (4.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (4.07%) Test Automation
16 6 (3.49%) Analytics
16 6 (3.49%) AWS
16 6 (3.49%) C
16 6 (3.49%) Collaborative Engineering

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.05%) SaaS
2 6 (3.49%) AWS
2 6 (3.49%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.33%) Google Analytics
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.74%) GCP
5 2 (1.16%) Azure
5 2 (1.16%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.91%) SMS
2 1 (0.58%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.49%) Power BI
2 4 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.58%) Redis
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.58%) GitLab
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 11 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (5.81%) Electronics
2 10 (5.81%) Marketing
3 9 (5.23%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.91%) Finance
5 4 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.33%) Social Skills
6 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.74%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.58%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) Middleware
1 3 (1.74%) Qt
2 2 (1.16%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) Django
3 1 (0.58%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.58%) Micronaut
3 1 (0.58%) OAuth
3 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.58%) OpenID
3 1 (0.58%) OpenTofu
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) REST
3 1 (0.58%) Spring
3 1 (0.58%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.58%) TAPI
3 1 (0.58%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
3 1 (0.58%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.30%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (4.07%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (3.49%) Algorithms
3 6 (3.49%) Robotics
4 5 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.74%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.74%) Media Streaming
7 2 (1.16%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.58%) FPGA
8 1 (0.58%) IoT
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.86%) Linux
2 13 (7.56%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.33%) Windows
3 4 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (63.37%) Software Engineering
2 28 (16.28%) AI
3 22 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (6.98%) Agile
5 12 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (5.81%) Mentoring
7 9 (5.23%) Linux Kernel Development
8 8 (4.65%) Automated Trading
8 8 (4.65%) High-Frequency Trading
8 8 (4.65%) Low Latency
8 8 (4.65%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 7 (4.07%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (4.07%) Machine Learning
9 7 (4.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (4.07%) Test Automation
10 6 (3.49%) Analytics
10 6 (3.49%) Collaborative Engineering
10 6 (3.49%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (3.49%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.74%) C++
2 30 (17.44%) Python
3 16 (9.30%) Rust
4 6 (3.49%) C
5 5 (2.91%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.74%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.74%) SQL
7 1 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.58%) Clojure
7 1 (0.58%) Java
7 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (3.49%) Degree
2 4 (2.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.58%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.07%) QA
2 5 (2.91%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.91%) GDPR
3 4 (2.33%) PERC
4 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (4.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.58%) Firmware
2 1 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Ansible
1 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.58%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (6.40%) RedGate
2 10 (5.81%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.91%) Oracle
4 4 (2.33%) dotdigital
4 4 (2.33%) Google
4 4 (2.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 3 (1.74%) Informatica
6 2 (1.16%) Foundry
7 1 (0.58%) Atlassian