Senior Jobs in Cambridge

Senior
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 192 220 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 19.47% 21.89% 25.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.06% 25.61% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 162 109 106
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £92,500 £99,375
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +15.38% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 957 859 1,516
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 85.47% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 737 403 591
10th Percentile £30,850 £30,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cambridge

Senior
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Senior in Cambridge

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cambridge

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 62 (32.29%) Python
2 58 (30.21%) Software Engineering
3 55 (28.65%) IoT
4 50 (26.04%) Electronics
5 48 (25.00%) Degree
6 46 (23.96%) AWS
7 34 (17.71%) CAD
7 34 (17.71%) Linux
8 31 (16.15%) TCP/IP
9 30 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (15.10%) TypeScript
11 27 (14.06%) Agile
11 27 (14.06%) Social Skills
12 26 (13.54%) C#
13 25 (13.02%) Software Testing
14 23 (11.98%) Wireless
15 22 (11.46%) Games
15 22 (11.46%) React
16 21 (10.94%) Internet
17 20 (10.42%) Docker
18 19 (9.90%) Kubernetes
19 18 (9.38%) Azure
19 18 (9.38%) C
19 18 (9.38%) Manufacturing
20 16 (8.33%) JavaScript
20 16 (8.33%) Terraform
21 15 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 15 (7.81%) Algorithms
21 15 (7.81%) Machine Learning
22 14 (7.29%) Node.js

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.96%) AWS
2 18 (9.38%) Azure
3 11 (5.73%) SaaS
4 7 (3.65%) AWS IoT
5 4 (2.08%) GitHub
6 3 (1.56%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (1.56%) AWS Fargate
6 3 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.56%) Serverless
7 2 (1.04%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.15%) TCP/IP
2 23 (11.98%) Wireless
3 21 (10.94%) Internet
4 4 (2.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (2.08%) Firewall
4 4 (2.08%) RS-232
4 4 (2.08%) VPN
5 2 (1.04%) DNS
6 1 (0.52%) 5G
6 1 (0.52%) Broadband
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.52%) NAS
6 1 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.65%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (3.65%) MySQL
3 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.56%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Git
2 7 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.60%) JIRA
3 5 (2.60%) Zephyr
4 4 (2.08%) Subversion
4 4 (2.08%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.04%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
General
1 50 (26.04%) Electronics
2 30 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.06%) Social Skills
4 22 (11.46%) Games
5 18 (9.38%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.77%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (5.73%) Finance
8 8 (4.17%) Automotive
9 5 (2.60%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.08%) Health Technology
10 4 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.08%) Law
10 4 (2.08%) Military
11 3 (1.56%) Agriculture
11 3 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Marketing
12 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.46%) React
2 14 (7.29%) Node.js
3 8 (4.17%) .NET
4 7 (3.65%) gRPC
5 6 (3.13%) COM
6 4 (2.08%) GraphQL
6 4 (2.08%) RESTful
6 4 (2.08%) Yocto
7 3 (1.56%) Electron
8 2 (1.04%) PyQt
8 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.04%) REST
8 2 (1.04%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.52%) Django
9 1 (0.52%) Flask
9 1 (0.52%) Gherkin
9 1 (0.52%) J2EE
9 1 (0.52%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.52%) TypeORM
9 1 (0.52%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 55 (28.65%) IoT
2 15 (7.81%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
4 7 (3.65%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.13%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.60%) Genomics
6 5 (2.60%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.08%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.04%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.04%) Mali
8 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.04%) Robotics
8 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.52%) Solar Energy
9 1 (0.52%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.71%) Linux
2 6 (3.13%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (3.13%) Windows
3 5 (2.60%) Android
4 4 (2.08%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.21%) Software Engineering
2 34 (17.71%) CAD
3 27 (14.06%) Agile
4 25 (13.02%) Software Testing
5 15 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (7.81%) Machine Learning
6 14 (7.29%) Roadmaps
7 13 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
8 12 (6.25%) Line Management
9 11 (5.73%) DevOps
9 11 (5.73%) Full Stack Development
10 10 (5.21%) OO
11 9 (4.69%) CI/CD
11 9 (4.69%) OOP
11 9 (4.69%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (4.17%) TDD
13 7 (3.65%) Computer Science
13 7 (3.65%) Design Patterns
13 7 (3.65%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.29%) Python
2 29 (15.10%) TypeScript
3 26 (13.54%) C#
4 18 (9.38%) C
5 16 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 12 (6.25%) Kotlin
7 11 (5.73%) C++
7 11 (5.73%) Go
8 10 (5.21%) Java
8 10 (5.21%) SQL
9 6 (3.13%) Embedded C
9 6 (3.13%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.60%) R
11 4 (2.08%) Bash
12 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (25.00%) Degree
2 11 (5.73%) Master's Degree
3 9 (4.69%) PhD
4 4 (2.08%) CCNP
4 4 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.52%) HNC
5 1 (0.52%) MBA
5 1 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.60%) QA
2 4 (2.08%) GxP
System Software
1 20 (10.42%) Docker
2 5 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.08%) vSphere
4 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.04%) Firmware
5 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.33%) Terraform
3 2 (1.04%) Ansible
3 2 (1.04%) Argo
3 2 (1.04%) linkerd
4 1 (0.52%) Core Impact
4 1 (0.52%) Grafana
4 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (6.25%) F5
2 8 (4.17%) EMC
3 5 (2.60%) Cisco
3 5 (2.60%) VMware
4 4 (2.08%) Aruba
4 4 (2.08%) CheckPoint
5 3 (1.56%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.04%) Cadence
6 2 (1.04%) RedGate
7 1 (0.52%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.52%) Dell
7 1 (0.52%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) Veeam
7 1 (0.52%) Virgin Media