Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 40 67
Rank change year-on-year -25 +27 +7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 20 20 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.44% 4.00% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.45% 9.76% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 28
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,563 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +37.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £63,725 £75,000 £66,563
90th Percentile £68,113 £81,125 £78,250
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% +32.50% -27.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 367 205 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 26.50% 41.00% 31.34%
Number of salaries quoted 171 108 342
10th Percentile £30,370 £31,250 £26,075
25th Percentile £39,719 £42,500 £36,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,961 £48,950
Median % change year-on-year +16.66% +4.11% -11.00%
75th Percentile £76,975 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,800 £76,125
East of England median annual salary £53,754 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% -5.00%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -19 15 £59,450 +13.24% 16
Peterborough -11 1 - -
Computer Science Degree
East of England

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) SAS
2 5 (25.00%) Confluence
2 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) AWS
2 8 (40.00%) Serverless
3 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 3 (15.00%) Azure
5 1 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (15.00%) Electronics
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Technical Manager
2 8 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (40.00%) Lead
2 8 (40.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 8 (40.00%) Technical Leader
3 5 (25.00%) Developer
4 4 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) IT Support
4 4 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Embedded Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Graduate
6 2 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Graduate Software Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Linux Developer
7 1 (5.00%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Graduate C# Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Junior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Yocto
2 1 (5.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (10.00%) Device Driver
2 2 (10.00%) IoT
2 2 (10.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Computer Science
2 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (50.00%) Agile
4 9 (45.00%) DevOps
5 8 (40.00%) Change Control
5 8 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (40.00%) Data Engineering
5 8 (40.00%) Data Integration
5 8 (40.00%) Data Management
5 8 (40.00%) Server Management
5 8 (40.00%) Storage Management
6 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (10.00%) MVC
7 2 (10.00%) OOP
7 2 (10.00%) SDLC
8 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
8 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (5.00%) Security Hardening
8 1 (5.00%) Security Operations
8 1 (5.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C++
1 5 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) C
3 2 (10.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (10.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (10.00%) PHP
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Bash
4 1 (5.00%) Java
4 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.00%) Rust
4 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (55.00%) Master's Degree
3 8 (40.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
4 1 (5.00%) CISSP
4 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.00%) GSEC
4 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google