Postgraduate Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Postgraduate
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 84 43
Rank change year-on-year +24 -41 +64
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Postgraduate 10 1 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.40% 0.083% 4.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.76% 0.34% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £33,250 - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £76,750 - £96,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £43,705 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.84% -32.76% +26.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Postgraduate 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 266 298 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 37.15% 24.87% 45.76%
Number of salaries quoted 130 187 116
10th Percentile - £31,876 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £66,275 £78,750 £85,750
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.27% -10.91% +10.00%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Cambridgeshire

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Postgraduate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Postgraduate in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Postgraduate in Cambridgeshire

Postgraduate
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +11 3 £32,500 -38.10% 2
Peterborough - 1 £77,500 - 2
Postgraduate
East of England

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Retail
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Pricing Manager
1 7 (70.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Civil Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) MFC
1 1 (10.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Data Science
1 7 (70.00%) Machine Learning
1 7 (70.00%) Mathematics
1 7 (70.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 7 (70.00%) Statistics
2 6 (60.00%) People Management
2 6 (60.00%) Price Optimisation
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
5 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Network Management
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) R
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft