Senior Java Software Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer - Java
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior Software Engineer - Java salary in Cambridgeshire is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.068% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,417 497 1,657
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 94.85% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 328 1,257
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,938 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.77% -6.36%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,749 £68,901
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,300
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%

Senior Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Senior Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Senior Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Senior Java Software 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 Senior Java Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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 - 1 £72,500 -
Senior Java Software Engineer
East of England

Senior Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Senior Java Software 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 Senior Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Mob Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Senior Java Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Mob Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes