Programmer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Programmer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Programmer salary in Cambridgeshire is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 2 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.41% 0.58% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.62% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £52,125 - -
25th Percentile £53,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% - -
75th Percentile £58,438 - -
90th Percentile £59,375 £52,000 -
East of England median annual salary £48,250 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year +7.22% - -

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 449 1,456 1,308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 93.75% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 305 1,124 609
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,000 £26,850
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 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,650 £81,100 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in Cambridgeshire

Programmer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Programmer in Cambridgeshire

Programmer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Peterborough - 2 £56,250 - 4
Programmer
East of England

Programmer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ATG
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Optimizely
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme

Programmer 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 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ATG
1 1 (50.00%) Optimizely
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle