Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 68 27
Rank change year-on-year +47 -41 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 127 2 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.92% 0.29% 5.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 0.30% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 109 2 37
10th Percentile £58,250 £67,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £68,438 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,750 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.66% -25.95%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,625 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -12.90%

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 1,991 656 1,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.25% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 424 603
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -18.98% +1.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £51,359 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.13% -10.00% -4.76%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior 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 Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 6 October 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 +33 100 £75,000 +1.69% 75
Peterborough - 8 £61,500 - 3
Ely - 2 - - 1
Senior Software Engineer
East of England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Senior 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 53 (41.73%) C++
3 29 (22.83%) Python
4 23 (18.11%) Linux
5 21 (16.54%) AI
6 18 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (12.60%) C
8 15 (11.81%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (10.24%) RedGate
9 13 (10.24%) Rust
10 9 (7.09%) Embedded Firmware
10 9 (7.09%) Firmware
10 9 (7.09%) Proactive Monitoring
10 9 (7.09%) TDD
10 9 (7.09%) TypeScript
10 9 (7.09%) Unit Testing
11 8 (6.30%) Bluetooth
11 8 (6.30%) FreeRTOS
11 8 (6.30%) Modbus
11 8 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (6.30%) Profibus
11 8 (6.30%) RS-232
11 8 (6.30%) RS-485
11 8 (6.30%) Wireless
11 8 (6.30%) ZigBee
12 7 (5.51%) C#
12 7 (5.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (5.51%) Docker
13 6 (4.72%) Biotechnology
13 6 (4.72%) Code Quality

Senior 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 4 (3.15%) AWS
1 4 (3.15%) GCP
2 3 (2.36%) Azure
2 3 (2.36%) SaaS
3 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.30%) Bluetooth
1 8 (6.30%) Modbus
1 8 (6.30%) Profibus
1 8 (6.30%) RS-232
1 8 (6.30%) RS-485
1 8 (6.30%) Wireless
1 8 (6.30%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) PetaLinux
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 11 (8.66%) Electronics
2 9 (7.09%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.30%) Manufacturing
3 8 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.36%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.36%) Middleware
1 3 (2.36%) Qt
2 2 (1.57%) OpenTofu
2 2 (1.57%) REST
2 2 (1.57%) Yocto
3 1 (0.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) Django
3 1 (0.79%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.79%) Micronaut
3 1 (0.79%) OAuth
3 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.79%) OpenID
3 1 (0.79%) React
3 1 (0.79%) RESTful
3 1 (0.79%) Spring
3 1 (0.79%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.79%) TAPI
3 1 (0.79%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.17%) Cyber Threat
1 18 (14.17%) Robotics
2 17 (13.39%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.94%) Device Driver
4 4 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.36%) Media Streaming
6 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.57%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.57%) FPGA
7 1 (0.79%) IoT
7 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.11%) Linux
2 15 (11.81%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (6.30%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (16.54%) AI
3 18 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (7.09%) Proactive Monitoring
4 9 (7.09%) TDD
4 9 (7.09%) Unit Testing
5 8 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (5.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (4.72%) Biotechnology
7 6 (4.72%) Code Quality
7 6 (4.72%) Collaborative Engineering
8 5 (3.94%) Automated Trading
8 5 (3.94%) Data Acquisition
8 5 (3.94%) High-Frequency Trading
8 5 (3.94%) Low Latency
8 5 (3.94%) Microfluidics
8 5 (3.94%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 4 (3.15%) Data Pipeline
9 4 (3.15%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (2.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 53 (41.73%) C++
2 29 (22.83%) Python
3 16 (12.60%) C
4 13 (10.24%) Rust
5 9 (7.09%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.51%) C#
7 2 (1.57%) Embedded C
7 2 (1.57%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.57%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.79%) Clojure
8 1 (0.79%) Java
8 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (3.94%) Degree
2 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.79%) HND
2 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
2 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.36%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.09%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (7.09%) Firmware
2 7 (5.51%) Docker
3 1 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Podman
Vendors
1 13 (10.24%) RedGate
2 4 (3.15%) Foundry
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle