Senior Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Senior
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior salary in Cambridgeshire is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 10 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 88 126 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 10.06% 14.37% 23.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.24% 15.71% 24.79%
Number of salaries quoted 62 68 92
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,000 £41,625
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £89,688 £73,750 £87,813
90th Percentile £99,500 £74,125 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

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 783 802 597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.49% 91.45% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 540 396 399
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £80,625 £89,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.35%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Senior
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cambridgeshire

Senior
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 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 January 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 +2 57 £70,000 +3.70% 69
Peterborough +5 19 £60,000 +9.09% 37
St Neots - 5 £55,000 -
Huntingdon -4 1 - -
Senior
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 27 (30.68%) AI
2 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (27.27%) Degree
4 23 (26.14%) Microsoft
5 21 (23.86%) Microsoft Office
6 19 (21.59%) Generative AI
6 19 (21.59%) LLM
7 18 (20.45%) Analytical Thinking
7 18 (20.45%) Open Source
8 14 (15.91%) Software Engineering
9 13 (14.77%) DevOps
10 11 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 11 (12.50%) Python
11 10 (11.36%) AWS
12 9 (10.23%) C++
13 8 (9.09%) Agile
14 7 (7.95%) Amazon Alexa
14 7 (7.95%) Docker
14 7 (7.95%) Machine Learning
14 7 (7.95%) Test Automation
15 6 (6.82%) .NET
15 6 (6.82%) Azure
15 6 (6.82%) C#
15 6 (6.82%) Linux
15 6 (6.82%) Physics
15 6 (6.82%) Windows
16 5 (5.68%) API Testing
16 5 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
16 5 (5.68%) Jenkins
16 5 (5.68%) Low Latency

Senior 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:

Applications
1 21 (23.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.36%) AWS
2 7 (7.95%) Amazon Alexa
3 6 (6.82%) Azure
4 5 (5.68%) SaaS
5 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.27%) PaaS
5 2 (2.27%) Serverless
6 1 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.14%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.14%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.14%) GCP
6 1 (1.14%) GitHub
6 1 (1.14%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.14%) IaaS
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.14%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Firewall
1 2 (2.27%) Internet
1 2 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.14%) 4G
2 1 (1.14%) 5G
2 1 (1.14%) Broadband
2 1 (1.14%) DHCP
2 1 (1.14%) DNS
2 1 (1.14%) GSM
2 1 (1.14%) LAN
2 1 (1.14%) LTE
2 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.14%) TETRA
2 1 (1.14%) VPN
2 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.27%) Redis
1 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.14%) Big Data
2 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.14%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.14%) Metadata
2 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.41%) Git
3 2 (2.27%) JMeter
3 2 (2.27%) Postman
3 2 (2.27%) Selenium
4 1 (1.14%) GitLab
4 1 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (26.14%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (11.36%) German Language
3 8 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.68%) Finance
5 4 (4.55%) Electronics
5 4 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.27%) Law
8 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Marketing
8 1 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.14%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.82%) .NET
2 4 (4.55%) REST
3 3 (3.41%) React
3 3 (3.41%) RESTful
4 2 (2.27%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.27%) HTML
4 2 (2.27%) JSON
5 1 (1.14%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (1.14%) CSS
5 1 (1.14%) FHIR
5 1 (1.14%) HTML5
5 1 (1.14%) Laravel
5 1 (1.14%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.14%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (1.14%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (3.41%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.27%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.27%) FPGA
4 2 (2.27%) PropTech
4 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.27%) Verilog
4 2 (2.27%) VHDL
5 1 (1.14%) ASIC
5 1 (1.14%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.14%) IoT
5 1 (1.14%) Life Science
5 1 (1.14%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.14%) Robotics
5 1 (1.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.82%) Linux
1 6 (6.82%) Windows
2 3 (3.41%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.14%) Android
3 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.68%) AI
2 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (21.59%) Generative AI
3 19 (21.59%) LLM
4 18 (20.45%) Analytical Thinking
4 18 (20.45%) Open Source
5 14 (15.91%) Software Engineering
6 13 (14.77%) DevOps
7 11 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 8 (9.09%) Agile
9 7 (7.95%) Machine Learning
9 7 (7.95%) Test Automation
10 6 (6.82%) Physics
11 5 (5.68%) API Testing
11 5 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (5.68%) Low Latency
11 5 (5.68%) Mathematics
11 5 (5.68%) Signal Processing
12 4 (4.55%) Presales
12 4 (4.55%) Proprietary Trading
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.50%) Python
2 9 (10.23%) C++
3 6 (6.82%) C#
4 5 (5.68%) SQL
5 2 (2.27%) C
5 2 (2.27%) Rust
6 1 (1.14%) Java
6 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.14%) PHP
6 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.14%) R
6 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.14%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (1.14%) Tcl
6 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.41%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.27%) ISTQB
3 2 (2.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.14%) MCP
4 1 (1.14%) PhD
4 1 (1.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) QA
2 2 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.14%) CDISC
3 1 (1.14%) DICOM
3 1 (1.14%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.14%) HL7
3 1 (1.14%) NIST
3 1 (1.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (7.95%) Docker
2 1 (1.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.14%) Firmware
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Ansible
1 3 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.14%) Apple
2 1 (1.14%) Aruba
2 1 (1.14%) EMC
2 1 (1.14%) Foundry
2 1 (1.14%) Huawei
2 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.14%) SAP
2 1 (1.14%) Veeam