Computer Science Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 45 96 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.53% 5.95% 11.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 7.63% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 22 74 45
10th Percentile £25,375 £32,000 £41,450
25th Percentile £31,563 £32,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -25.99% +10.55%
75th Percentile £54,500 £66,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £79,250 £85,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 1,259 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 95.76% 78.05% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 277 941 543
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £82,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
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 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 May 2025. 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 +13 37 £42,500 - 261
Peterborough +7 2 £46,750 +70.00% 113
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (2.22%) SAS
1 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) AWS
2 9 (20.00%) Amazon SageMaker
3 8 (17.78%) Azure
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub
4 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) Broadband
2 1 (2.22%) BGP
2 1 (2.22%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.22%) Firewall
2 1 (2.22%) Internet
2 1 (2.22%) MPLS
2 1 (2.22%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.22%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (11.11%) Redis
3 4 (8.89%) MySQL
4 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.22%) Power BI
5 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Moq
1 3 (6.67%) SpecFlow
2 2 (4.44%) Git
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.89%) Finance
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Front Office
6 1 (2.22%) Law
6 1 (2.22%) Military
6 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Developer
3 5 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 5 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Graduate
4 4 (8.89%) Web Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (6.67%) IT Graduate
5 3 (6.67%) Junior
5 3 (6.67%) Lead
5 3 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Principal Software Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (4.44%) PHP Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Product Specialist
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) PyTorch
1 11 (24.44%) TensorFlow
2 10 (22.22%) Keras
2 10 (22.22%) NumPy
2 10 (22.22%) scikit-learn
3 7 (15.56%) .NET
3 7 (15.56%) Node.js
4 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET
4 4 (8.89%) CSS
4 4 (8.89%) jQuery
5 3 (6.67%) REST
5 3 (6.67%) Swagger
6 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.44%) OAuth
6 2 (4.44%) OAuth2
6 2 (4.44%) React
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.22%) FastAPI
7 1 (2.22%) gRPC
7 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Algorithms
2 6 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.67%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Robotics
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Android
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (42.22%) Artificial Intelligence
2 19 (42.22%) Physics
2 19 (42.22%) Software Engineering
3 18 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 16 (35.56%) Machine Learning
5 15 (33.33%) User Experience
6 14 (31.11%) Roadmaps
7 11 (24.44%) PLM
7 11 (24.44%) Statistics
8 10 (22.22%) Deep Learning
8 10 (22.22%) Mentoring
9 9 (20.00%) Analytics
9 9 (20.00%) Computational Biology
9 9 (20.00%) Data Analytics
9 9 (20.00%) Data Transformation
9 9 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 9 (20.00%) Reinforcement Learning
9 9 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (57.78%) Python
2 10 (22.22%) Java
3 6 (13.33%) C#
3 6 (13.33%) C++
3 6 (13.33%) PHP
4 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.67%) SQL
4 3 (6.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.22%) C
5 1 (2.22%) VC++
Qualifications
1 42 (93.33%) Degree
2 16 (35.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (28.89%) PhD
4 5 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.22%) CCNA
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) CDISC
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) PayPal
2 1 (2.22%) ANSYS
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco
2 1 (2.22%) Google
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Nokia
2 1 (2.22%) WooCommerce