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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 49 68
Rank change year-on-year -19 +19 0
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 19 15 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.32% 2.92% 2.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.60% 7.21% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 27
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £63,725 £77,500 £61,163
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,000 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +30.00% -34.21%

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 339 208 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 23.49% 40.55% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 178 102 332
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,469 £29,156 £36,181
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £47,500 £48,950
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% -2.96% -11.80%
75th Percentile £75,700 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,193 £75,000 £74,975
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -18 16 £59,450 +18.90% 8
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 (42.11%) SAS
2 3 (15.79%) Confluence
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) AWS
2 8 (42.11%) Serverless
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Big Data
2 1 (5.26%) MySQL
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (10.53%) Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Delivery Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Lead
1 8 (42.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Technical Leader
1 8 (42.11%) Technical Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Software Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Graduate
4 2 (10.53%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Graduate Software Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Linux Developer
5 1 (5.26%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Junior
5 1 (5.26%) PHP Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Yocto
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
1 3 (15.79%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Robotics
2 2 (10.53%) Device Driver
2 2 (10.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Computer Science
2 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (47.37%) Agile
3 9 (47.37%) DevOps
4 8 (42.11%) Change Control
4 8 (42.11%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (42.11%) Data Engineering
4 8 (42.11%) Data Integration
4 8 (42.11%) Data Management
4 8 (42.11%) Server Management
4 8 (42.11%) Storage Management
5 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) MVC
6 2 (10.53%) OOP
6 2 (10.53%) SDLC
7 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.26%) Security Hardening
7 1 (5.26%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) C++
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) C#
4 2 (10.53%) C
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded C
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded C++
4 2 (10.53%) PHP
4 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 1 (5.26%) Bash
5 1 (5.26%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (57.89%) Master's Degree
3 8 (42.11%) DBS Check
4 2 (10.53%) HND
5 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) CISM
5 1 (5.26%) CISSP
5 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.26%) GSEC
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Google