Degree Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 3 3
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 142 143 205
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 6.96% 21.19% 17.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.92% 56.08% 71.93%
Number of salaries quoted 102 36 103
10th Percentile £31,315 £26,875 £32,467
25th Percentile £38,601 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% -2.68%
75th Percentile £69,659 £71,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,500 £84,375 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -23.64% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 347 255 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 17.02% 37.78% 24.13%
Number of salaries quoted 202 123 152
10th Percentile £31,900 - £32,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £26,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £33,113 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.10% -39.80% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £68,500 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £51,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.39% -18.00% -9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

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 Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -8 113 £50,000 - 466
Peterborough -7 20 £42,500 -25.44% 40
St Neots - 3 - - 3
Ely - 2 £87,500 - 3
Degree
East of England

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 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.41%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.82%) Simulink
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.70%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.08%) Azure
2 15 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.86%) AWS
4 10 (7.04%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.23%) GCP
6 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.82%) SaaS
7 2 (1.41%) ChatGPT
7 2 (1.41%) GitHub
7 2 (1.41%) Google Gemini
7 2 (1.41%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.41%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.41%) Serverless
8 1 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.34%) Firewall
2 7 (4.93%) VPN
3 6 (4.23%) SNMP
4 3 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.41%) DNS
5 2 (1.41%) LAN
5 2 (1.41%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) DHCP
6 1 (0.70%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.70%) IPv4
6 1 (0.70%) RS-232
6 1 (0.70%) RS-485
6 1 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.11%) Big Data
1 3 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.41%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Git
2 3 (2.11%) LabVIEW
2 3 (2.11%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.11%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
3 2 (1.41%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.70%) ERwin
4 1 (0.70%) Poetry
4 1 (0.70%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 63 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.72%) Manufacturing
3 27 (19.01%) Electronics
4 23 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.75%) Automotive
6 10 (7.04%) Finance
7 8 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.93%) Aerospace
8 7 (4.93%) Aviation
8 7 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Games
11 3 (2.11%) Legal
11 3 (2.11%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.41%) Military
12 2 (1.41%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.41%) Publishing
13 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (17.61%) Lead
2 21 (14.79%) Software Engineer
3 14 (9.86%) Developer
3 14 (9.86%) Senior
4 13 (9.15%) Electronics Engineer
5 10 (7.04%) IT Support
5 10 (7.04%) Junior
6 9 (6.34%) Test Engineer
7 7 (4.93%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (4.93%) Embedded Engineer
7 7 (4.93%) Research Scientist
8 6 (4.23%) IT Support Specialist
8 6 (4.23%) Software Test Engineer
8 6 (4.23%) Support Specialist
9 5 (3.52%) Analyst
9 5 (3.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (3.52%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.52%) Lead Developer
9 5 (3.52%) Principal Developer
9 5 (3.52%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.45%) PyTorch
2 11 (7.75%) Google JAX
2 11 (7.75%) JAX
2 11 (7.75%) TensorFlow
3 6 (4.23%) .NET
3 6 (4.23%) ASP.NET
3 6 (4.23%) HTML
4 4 (2.82%) Keras
4 4 (2.82%) Yocto
5 3 (2.11%) CarPlay
5 3 (2.11%) STL
6 2 (1.41%) WPF
7 1 (0.70%) Anaconda
7 1 (0.70%) DCOM
7 1 (0.70%) NumPy
7 1 (0.70%) Terraform
7 1 (0.70%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.86%) Algorithms
2 13 (9.15%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (7.75%) Driving Licence
3 11 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (6.34%) FPGA
5 9 (6.34%) IoT
6 8 (5.63%) Product Ownership
7 7 (4.93%) Onboarding
8 6 (4.23%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (3.52%) Cloud Native
9 5 (3.52%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (2.82%) Analogue Electronics
10 4 (2.82%) Client/Server
10 4 (2.82%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.82%) Handset
10 4 (2.82%) Robotics
10 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.01%) Windows
2 16 (11.27%) Linux
3 8 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.93%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.11%) Android
5 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.11%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.51%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (28.87%) Software Engineering
3 33 (23.24%) Computer Science
4 27 (19.01%) AI
5 26 (18.31%) Mentoring
6 22 (15.49%) Machine Learning
7 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.68%) Agile
9 17 (11.97%) Mathematics
10 16 (11.27%) Prototyping
11 14 (9.86%) Risk Management
11 14 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (8.45%) Coaching
12 12 (8.45%) Information Security
13 11 (7.75%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (7.75%) DevOps
13 11 (7.75%) Rapid Prototyping
13 11 (7.75%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (7.75%) Validation
14 10 (7.04%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.24%) C++
1 33 (23.24%) Python
2 18 (12.68%) C
3 14 (9.86%) C#
4 13 (9.15%) SQL
5 10 (7.04%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.63%) Embedded C++
7 5 (3.52%) Embedded C
7 5 (3.52%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.52%) Rust
8 4 (2.82%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.11%) Java
9 3 (2.11%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.70%) Bash
10 1 (0.70%) Haskell
10 1 (0.70%) OCaml
10 1 (0.70%) PHP
10 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (21.13%) DBS Check
2 19 (13.38%) PhD
3 15 (10.56%) Security Cleared
4 13 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (7.04%) HND
6 9 (6.34%) Master's Degree
7 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.93%) HNC
9 6 (4.23%) CRISC
10 4 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (2.11%) CISSP
12 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.70%) APMP
13 1 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.70%) CISM
13 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.34%) GRC
2 9 (6.34%) NIST
3 6 (4.23%) ISO 31000
3 6 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.11%) QA
5 3 (2.11%) SLA
6 2 (1.41%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.70%) GDPR
7 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.04%) Firmware
2 9 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.11%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.41%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) EMC
3 4 (2.82%) Oracle
4 3 (2.11%) Apple
4 3 (2.11%) Cisco
4 3 (2.11%) Google
4 3 (2.11%) Informatica
4 3 (2.11%) Meraki
4 3 (2.11%) VMware
5 2 (1.41%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (1.41%) AVEVA
5 2 (1.41%) Rockwell
5 2 (1.41%) SAP
5 2 (1.41%) Siemens
5 2 (1.41%) Tenable
5 2 (1.41%) Wonderware
6 1 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.70%) Panasonic
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.70%) Sony