Python Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Python Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 63
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 3 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.37% 0.93% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 1.01% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £51,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +6.45% -
75th Percentile - £87,500 £83,125
90th Percentile - £95,375 £85,750
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -24.14% -6.45% +1.64%

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 719 993 521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 92.29% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 477 531 336
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £27,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £69,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% -

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 November 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 +4 3 £55,000 -33.33% 3
Python Engineer
East of England

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Python Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Anaconda
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Python Engineer Skill Set
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Anaconda
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA