Software Engineering Jobs in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 223 213 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 22.57% 21.03% 31.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.40% 21.96% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 165 69 129
10th Percentile £43,000 £36,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,001 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 814 970 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 82.39% 95.76% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 619 402 559
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,025 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £74,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridge over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
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 2 (0.90%) Apache
1 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Simulink
2 2 (0.90%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.83%) AWS
2 24 (10.76%) Azure
3 10 (4.48%) SaaS
4 8 (3.59%) Serverless
5 7 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.69%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.79%) GitHub
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.38%) Wireless
2 8 (3.59%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.14%) Bluetooth
4 6 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.24%) RS-232
6 2 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.90%) HTTP
6 2 (0.90%) Modbus
6 2 (0.90%) NGN
6 2 (0.90%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.45%) DECT
7 1 (0.45%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.45%) MQTT
7 1 (0.45%) Multicast
7 1 (0.45%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (3.14%) MySQL
4 5 (2.24%) Redis
5 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.90%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.90%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.90%) GIS
6 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (7.62%) Git
2 10 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.04%) TeamCity
4 6 (2.69%) JIRA
5 4 (1.79%) Subversion
5 4 (1.79%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.80%) Electronics
3 20 (8.97%) Automotive
4 13 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.38%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.04%) Games
7 8 (3.59%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.14%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.79%) Marketing
9 4 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.35%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.90%) Finance
11 2 (0.90%) French Language
11 2 (0.90%) German Language
11 2 (0.90%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.90%) Korean Language
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (72.65%) Software Engineer
2 59 (26.46%) Senior
3 51 (22.87%) Senior Software Engineer
4 49 (21.97%) Embedded Engineer
4 49 (21.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (12.11%) Developer
6 15 (6.73%) Software Developer
7 13 (5.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (5.83%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (4.04%) C++ Software Engineer
8 9 (4.04%) Python Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Full Stack Developer
9 8 (3.59%) Python Software Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) Audio Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) Audio Software Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) C Software Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) C/C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) Machine Learning Researcher
10 7 (3.14%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (17.04%) React
2 17 (7.62%) .NET
3 14 (6.28%) Node.js
4 11 (4.93%) Django
5 10 (4.48%) Yocto
6 9 (4.04%) CSS
6 9 (4.04%) HTML
6 9 (4.04%) PyTorch
7 8 (3.59%) Flask
8 7 (3.14%) gRPC
8 7 (3.14%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.69%) COM
9 6 (2.69%) PyQt
9 6 (2.69%) scikit-learn
10 5 (2.24%) Electron
10 5 (2.24%) FFmpeg
10 5 (2.24%) GStreamer
10 5 (2.24%) iOS SDK
10 5 (2.24%) JSON
10 5 (2.24%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.94%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (12.56%) Algorithms
3 26 (11.66%) IoT
4 13 (5.83%) Client/Server
5 11 (4.93%) Data Structures
6 10 (4.48%) Blockchain
6 10 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.48%) Robotics
7 8 (3.59%) RISC-V
8 7 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (3.14%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (3.14%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.24%) ARM Cortex
9 5 (2.24%) Device Driver
9 5 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.24%) Verilog
10 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.90%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.63%) Linux
2 11 (4.93%) Android
2 11 (4.93%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.59%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.14%) Windows
5 4 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.70%) Agile
2 32 (14.35%) Computer Science
3 28 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.66%) Open Source
5 23 (10.31%) Artificial Intelligence
5 23 (10.31%) Machine Learning
6 22 (9.87%) Roadmaps
7 21 (9.42%) Full Stack Development
8 16 (7.17%) Mentoring
8 16 (7.17%) Multithreading
9 15 (6.73%) OO
10 14 (6.28%) Containerisation
10 14 (6.28%) DevOps
10 14 (6.28%) OOP
10 14 (6.28%) Test Automation
11 13 (5.83%) Coaching
11 13 (5.83%) Prototyping
12 12 (5.38%) CI/CD
12 12 (5.38%) Collaborative Culture
13 11 (4.93%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 78 (34.98%) Python
2 67 (30.04%) C
3 47 (21.08%) C#
4 30 (13.45%) TypeScript
5 29 (13.00%) C++
6 23 (10.31%) Embedded C
6 23 (10.31%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.97%) Kotlin
8 16 (7.17%) Java
9 11 (4.93%) Go
10 8 (3.59%) Rust
10 8 (3.59%) SQL
11 7 (3.14%) MATLAB
12 5 (2.24%) Bash
12 5 (2.24%) Embedded C++
12 5 (2.24%) PHP
12 5 (2.24%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (1.79%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.79%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (22.87%) Degree
2 12 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (5.38%) Master's Degree
3 10 (4.48%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.24%) PhD
5 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.79%) IEC 62304
1 4 (1.79%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.35%) QA
3 1 (0.45%) COBIT
3 1 (0.45%) MISRA
3 1 (0.45%) MISRA C
System Software
1 30 (13.45%) Docker
2 13 (5.83%) Firmware
3 2 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (13.45%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.62%) Terraform
3 3 (1.35%) Ansible
3 3 (1.35%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.90%) linkerd
5 1 (0.45%) Grafana
5 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (1.35%) Cadence
2 2 (0.90%) Interwoven
2 2 (0.90%) QNX
2 2 (0.90%) RedGate
2 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.45%) Renesas
3 1 (0.45%) Siemens
3 1 (0.45%) Synopsys