Degree Jobs 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 111 337 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 22.11% 21.28% 32.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.11% 69.06% 81.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51 239 83
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £27,400
25th Percentile £38,820 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,001 £87,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +7.53%

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 209 488 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 41.63% 30.81% 39.73%
Number of salaries quoted 102 339 132
10th Percentile £28,775 £25,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,480 £36,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -10.91% +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.58% -9.52% +5.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

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 21 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 0 83 £50,000 -9.09% 327
Peterborough -12 6 £50,000 - 61
Degree
East of England

Degree
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 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.80%) SAS
2 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.90%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Chatbot
2 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.80%) Sketch
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.90%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.22%) AWS
2 14 (12.61%) Azure
3 9 (8.11%) Amazon SageMaker
4 3 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.70%) GCP
4 3 (2.70%) GitHub
4 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.80%) Figma
5 2 (1.80%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.80%) SaaS
5 2 (1.80%) Serverless
5 2 (1.80%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.90%) Asana
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.41%) Broadband
2 4 (3.60%) RS-485
3 3 (2.70%) 2G
3 3 (2.70%) 3G
3 3 (2.70%) 4G
3 3 (2.70%) 5G
3 3 (2.70%) Firewall
3 3 (2.70%) Wireless
4 2 (1.80%) BGP
4 2 (1.80%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.80%) Internet
4 2 (1.80%) MPLS
4 2 (1.80%) Network Security
4 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.80%) VPLS
5 1 (0.90%) DNS
5 1 (0.90%) MQTT
5 1 (0.90%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.90%) VoIP
5 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.31%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.50%) MySQL
4 4 (3.60%) Redis
4 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.70%) Power BI
6 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.90%) Big Data
7 1 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.90%) MS Access
7 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Git
2 3 (2.70%) Moq
2 3 (2.70%) SpecFlow
3 2 (1.80%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.80%) JIRA
4 1 (0.90%) Selenium
4 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.02%) Manufacturing
3 19 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.61%) Pharmaceutical
5 12 (10.81%) Finance
6 11 (9.91%) Electronics
7 7 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.41%) Marketing
9 5 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (4.50%) Law
10 4 (3.60%) Legal
10 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.70%) Banking
11 3 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.80%) Front Office
12 2 (1.80%) Military
12 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.80%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.90%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 14 (12.61%) Senior
2 12 (10.81%) Developer
2 12 (10.81%) Software Engineer
3 10 (9.01%) Trainer
4 6 (5.41%) Graduate
4 6 (5.41%) Support Engineer
4 6 (5.41%) Web Developer
5 5 (4.50%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (4.50%) Junior
5 5 (4.50%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (4.50%) Technical Support
5 5 (4.50%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (3.60%) Design Engineer
6 4 (3.60%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (3.60%) Lead
6 4 (3.60%) Operations Manager
6 4 (3.60%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 3 (2.70%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 3 (2.70%) QA Specialist
7 3 (2.70%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) PyTorch
1 11 (9.91%) TensorFlow
2 10 (9.01%) Keras
2 10 (9.01%) Node.js
2 10 (9.01%) NumPy
2 10 (9.01%) scikit-learn
3 9 (8.11%) CSS
4 8 (7.21%) .NET
5 5 (4.50%) HTML
6 4 (3.60%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.60%) jQuery
6 4 (3.60%) REST
6 4 (3.60%) Swagger
7 3 (2.70%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.70%) React
8 2 (1.80%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.80%) gRPC
8 2 (1.80%) OAuth
8 2 (1.80%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Algorithms
2 10 (9.01%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.50%) IoT
3 5 (4.50%) SCADA
3 5 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.60%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.60%) FPGA
4 4 (3.60%) Life Science
4 4 (3.60%) NHS
4 4 (3.60%) Robotics
4 4 (3.60%) Verilog
5 3 (2.70%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.80%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.80%) LIMS
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.90%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.11%) Windows
2 5 (4.50%) Android
3 2 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (45.95%) Computer Science
2 45 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (30.63%) Artificial Intelligence
4 31 (27.93%) Physics
5 30 (27.03%) Mathematics
6 26 (23.42%) Software Engineering
7 19 (17.12%) Machine Learning
8 18 (16.22%) User Experience
9 16 (14.41%) Mentoring
10 15 (13.51%) Roadmaps
11 12 (10.81%) Agile
11 12 (10.81%) Analytics
11 12 (10.81%) Biology
11 12 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.81%) Data Science
11 12 (10.81%) Statistics
11 12 (10.81%) UX Design
12 11 (9.91%) Deep Learning
12 11 (9.91%) PLM
13 10 (9.01%) Computational Biology
Programming Languages
1 38 (34.23%) Python
2 17 (15.32%) C++
3 13 (11.71%) Java
4 10 (9.01%) JavaScript
5 9 (8.11%) C
5 9 (8.11%) SQL
6 8 (7.21%) C#
7 7 (6.31%) TypeScript
8 6 (5.41%) PHP
9 4 (3.60%) Bash
10 3 (2.70%) Rust
11 2 (1.80%) Go
11 2 (1.80%) Solidity
12 1 (0.90%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.90%) R
12 1 (0.90%) VC++
Qualifications
1 27 (24.32%) PhD
2 21 (18.92%) Master's Degree
3 20 (18.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.41%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.60%) HNC
5 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.80%) CCNA
6 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.80%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.90%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.90%) MBA
7 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.90%) PMP
7 1 (0.90%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) GMP
2 3 (2.70%) GxP
3 1 (0.90%) CDISC
3 1 (0.90%) GDPR
3 1 (0.90%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.90%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.90%) Firmware
2 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (9.01%) PayPal
2 8 (7.21%) EMC
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.70%) ANSYS
3 3 (2.70%) Google
4 2 (1.80%) Adobe
4 2 (1.80%) Allen-Bradley
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco
4 2 (1.80%) Facebook
4 2 (1.80%) Nokia
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle
4 2 (1.80%) Rockwell
4 2 (1.80%) Siemens
4 2 (1.80%) Wonderware
5 1 (0.90%) SAP
5 1 (0.90%) Sun
5 1 (0.90%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.90%) YouTube