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 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 189 191 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.49% 21.10% 24.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.07% 25.07% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 165 98 105
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £49,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £92,500 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £73,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.64% +22.92% -

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 991 762 1,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.97% 84.20% 92.05%
Number of salaries quoted 768 379 559
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,688 £75,000 £70,000
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 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 60 (31.75%) Software Engineering
2 59 (31.22%) Python
3 56 (29.63%) IoT
4 53 (28.04%) Electronics
5 48 (25.40%) Degree
6 37 (19.58%) AWS
6 37 (19.58%) Linux
7 36 (19.05%) CAD
8 31 (16.40%) TCP/IP
9 30 (15.87%) TypeScript
10 28 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (13.76%) C#
11 26 (13.76%) Social Skills
12 25 (13.23%) Agile
12 25 (13.23%) Software Testing
13 23 (12.17%) Games
13 23 (12.17%) React
14 22 (11.64%) Internet
15 20 (10.58%) Wireless
16 18 (9.52%) Manufacturing
16 18 (9.52%) C
17 17 (8.99%) JavaScript
18 16 (8.47%) Docker
19 15 (7.94%) Algorithms
19 15 (7.94%) Kubernetes
19 15 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 14 (7.41%) Node.js
20 14 (7.41%) Machine Learning
21 13 (6.88%) Terraform
21 13 (6.88%) Pharmaceutical

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.58%) AWS
2 10 (5.29%) Azure
3 9 (4.76%) SaaS
4 7 (3.70%) AWS IoT
5 4 (2.12%) GitHub
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.53%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.40%) TCP/IP
2 22 (11.64%) Internet
3 20 (10.58%) Wireless
4 4 (2.12%) RS-232
5 2 (1.06%) DNS
6 1 (0.53%) 5G
6 1 (0.53%) Broadband
6 1 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.53%) DECT
6 1 (0.53%) NAS
6 1 (0.53%) NFC
6 1 (0.53%) SAN
6 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
2 5 (2.65%) MySQL
3 4 (2.12%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Git
2 6 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.65%) JIRA
3 5 (2.65%) Zephyr
4 4 (2.12%) Subversion
4 4 (2.12%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.06%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
General
1 53 (28.04%) Electronics
2 28 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.76%) Social Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Games
5 18 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (4.76%) Finance
8 7 (3.70%) Automotive
9 5 (2.65%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.12%) Health Technology
10 4 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.12%) Law
10 4 (2.12%) Military
11 3 (1.59%) Agriculture
11 3 (1.59%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.06%) Marketing
12 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.53%) Publishing
13 1 (0.53%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.17%) React
2 14 (7.41%) Node.js
3 8 (4.23%) .NET
4 6 (3.17%) COM
5 5 (2.65%) gRPC
6 4 (2.12%) Yocto
7 3 (1.59%) Electron
8 2 (1.06%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.06%) HTML
8 2 (1.06%) PyQt
8 2 (1.06%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.06%) REST
8 2 (1.06%) RESTful
8 2 (1.06%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.53%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.53%) J2EE
9 1 (0.53%) Jest
9 1 (0.53%) Next.js
9 1 (0.53%) TypeORM
9 1 (0.53%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 56 (29.63%) IoT
2 15 (7.94%) Algorithms
3 9 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
4 7 (3.70%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.17%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.12%) Device Driver
7 3 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.59%) Genomics
8 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.06%) Robotics
8 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.53%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.53%) Life Science
9 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.53%) Social Media
9 1 (0.53%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.58%) Linux
2 10 (5.29%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (3.17%) Windows
4 4 (2.12%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (1.59%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (31.75%) Software Engineering
2 36 (19.05%) CAD
3 25 (13.23%) Agile
3 25 (13.23%) Software Testing
4 15 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (7.41%) Machine Learning
6 13 (6.88%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (5.82%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (5.82%) Full Stack Development
8 10 (5.29%) DevOps
8 10 (5.29%) OO
8 10 (5.29%) Roadmaps
9 9 (4.76%) OOP
10 8 (4.23%) Computer Science
10 8 (4.23%) Line Management
10 8 (4.23%) TDD
11 7 (3.70%) CI/CD
11 7 (3.70%) Design Patterns
11 7 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (3.17%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 59 (31.22%) Python
2 30 (15.87%) TypeScript
3 26 (13.76%) C#
4 18 (9.52%) C
5 17 (8.99%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.29%) Java
6 10 (5.29%) Kotlin
7 9 (4.76%) C++
8 8 (4.23%) Embedded C
8 8 (4.23%) Go
8 8 (4.23%) SQL
9 6 (3.17%) MATLAB
9 6 (3.17%) R
10 4 (2.12%) Bash
11 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 48 (25.40%) Degree
2 11 (5.82%) Master's Degree
3 9 (4.76%) PhD
4 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.53%) HNC
4 1 (0.53%) MBA
4 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.65%) QA
2 4 (2.12%) GxP
3 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (8.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Firmware
2 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.88%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Argo
3 2 (1.06%) linkerd
4 1 (0.53%) Core Impact
4 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (4.23%) EMC
1 8 (4.23%) F5
2 2 (1.06%) Cadence
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.06%) RedGate
3 1 (0.53%) Autodesk
3 1 (0.53%) Cisco
3 1 (0.53%) Dell
3 1 (0.53%) Veeam
3 1 (0.53%) Virgin Media
3 1 (0.53%) VMware