Developer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Developer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Developer salary in Cambridgeshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 58 197 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.49% 12.54% 11.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.31% 13.37% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 48 166 92
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,875 £32,100
25th Percentile £41,938 £42,500 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £72,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,875 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 471 1,473 1,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.76% 86.49%
Number of salaries quoted 309 1,139 585
10th Percentile £28,950 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cambridgeshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Developer in Cambridgeshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Cambridgeshire

Developer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 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 -8 26 £50,000 -16.67% 67
Peterborough 0 24 £45,000 - 22
Huntingdon +7 2 - -
Chatteris - 1 £40,000 -
Developer
East of England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 28 (48.28%) C#
2 25 (43.10%) .NET
3 18 (31.03%) Web Development
4 17 (29.31%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (27.59%) Software Engineering
5 16 (27.59%) E-Commerce
6 13 (22.41%) JavaScript
7 12 (20.69%) C++
7 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
7 12 (20.69%) Degree
7 12 (20.69%) ASP.NET Web API
7 12 (20.69%) Azure
8 11 (18.97%) Computer Science
8 11 (18.97%) Agile
8 11 (18.97%) Java
8 11 (18.97%) Visual Studio
9 10 (17.24%) SQL
9 10 (17.24%) Retail
9 10 (17.24%) Logistics
9 10 (17.24%) API Development
9 10 (17.24%) Payment Gateway
9 10 (17.24%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
10 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
10 9 (15.52%) Android
11 8 (13.79%) MVC
11 8 (13.79%) PHP
11 8 (13.79%) CSS
11 8 (13.79%) OOP
11 8 (13.79%) Microservices

Developer Skill Set
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 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.45%) Serverless
4 1 (1.72%) Figma
4 1 (1.72%) GCP
4 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) LTE
1 1 (1.72%) RTP
1 1 (1.72%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.62%) MySQL
3 3 (5.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.72%) Power BI
5 1 (1.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.17%) Git
3 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.72%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.72%) JIRA
4 1 (1.72%) Maven
4 1 (1.72%) NUnit
4 1 (1.72%) Qt Creator
4 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (17.24%) Retail
2 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.17%) Law
4 3 (5.17%) Marketing
5 2 (3.45%) Automotive
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.72%) Military
6 1 (1.72%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.72%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (43.10%) .NET
2 12 (20.69%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (13.79%) CSS
4 7 (12.07%) React
5 6 (10.34%) ASP.NET
6 5 (8.62%) AngularJS
6 5 (8.62%) Node.js
7 4 (6.90%) Entity Framework
7 4 (6.90%) jQuery
7 4 (6.90%) Vue
7 4 (6.90%) Web Services
8 3 (5.17%) .NET Framework
8 3 (5.17%) HTML
9 2 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (3.45%) gRPC
9 2 (3.45%) JNI
9 2 (3.45%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (3.45%) LINQ
9 2 (3.45%) OpenGL
9 2 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Android
2 3 (5.17%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Web Development
2 17 (29.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 16 (27.59%) E-Commerce
3 16 (27.59%) Software Engineering
4 11 (18.97%) Agile
4 11 (18.97%) Computer Science
5 10 (17.24%) API Development
5 10 (17.24%) Logistics
6 8 (13.79%) Microservices
6 8 (13.79%) MVC
6 8 (13.79%) OOP
7 7 (12.07%) Android Development
7 7 (12.07%) Mathematics
7 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.34%) OO
9 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
10 4 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (6.90%) Dependency Injection
10 4 (6.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 28 (48.28%) C#
2 13 (22.41%) JavaScript
3 12 (20.69%) C++
4 11 (18.97%) Java
5 10 (17.24%) SQL
6 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
7 8 (13.79%) PHP
8 7 (12.07%) Python
9 2 (3.45%) T-SQL
9 2 (3.45%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.72%) Rust
10 1 (1.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) ANSYS
2 2 (3.45%) Quadient
3 1 (1.72%) DevExpress
3 1 (1.72%) Google
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle
3 1 (1.72%) PayPal
3 1 (1.72%) Telerik
3 1 (1.72%) WooCommerce