Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The median Software Engineer salary in Cambridge is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
21 |
7 |
20 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-14 |
+13 |
-13 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
23 |
162 |
107 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge |
9.02% |
16.31% |
10.64% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
9.87% |
16.79% |
12.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
19 |
115 |
49 |
| 10th Percentile |
£43,000 |
£43,750 |
£32,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£47,500 |
£51,875 |
£44,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-7.69% |
+8.33% |
+9.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£73,750 |
£81,875 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,750 |
£93,750 |
£85,250 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-11.54% |
+8.33% |
+9.09% |
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 |
233 |
965 |
861 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
91.37% |
97.18% |
85.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
146 |
743 |
406 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£30,700 |
£31,125 |
| 25th Percentile |
£38,785 |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
-4.35% |
+4.55% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,625 |
£73,750 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£84,375 |
£85,000 |
£91,250 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£54,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
-2.78% |
+8.00% |
