Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The median Software Engineer salary in Cambridge is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
15 |
8 |
21 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-7 |
+13 |
-11 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
43 |
91 |
47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge |
8.40% |
19.57% |
9.75% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
9.29% |
20.73% |
10.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
37 |
63 |
34 |
| 10th Percentile |
£55,750 |
- |
£57,325 |
| 25th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£47,500 |
£62,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
£67,500 |
£85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+3.70% |
-20.59% |
+41.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£73,750 |
£94,375 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£80,000 |
£96,750 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£70,000 |
£67,500 |
£85,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.70% |
-20.59% |
+41.67% |
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 |
463 |
439 |
451 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
90.43% |
94.41% |
93.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
339 |
232 |
302 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
£29,972 |
| 25th Percentile |
£41,250 |
£47,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.33% |
+9.09% |
-8.33% |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£73,750 |
£77,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£93,000 |
£81,575 |
£92,500 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
