Software Engineering Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 98 155 226
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 9.45% 24.41% 16.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 26.27% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 82 92 179
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,125 £39,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £94,000
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £66,230 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.69% +10.38% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 784 590 1,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.60% 92.91% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 517 294 836
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,424 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,695 £83,375 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 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 -4 85 £75,000 +11.11% 60
Peterborough -11 10 £77,500 +29.17% 12
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.12%) Kinematics
2 1 (1.02%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) EngageOne
2 1 (1.02%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) AWS
2 7 (7.14%) Azure
3 3 (3.06%) Serverless
4 2 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (2.04%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (2.04%) SaaS
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.02%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.02%) GitHub
5 1 (1.02%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) Network Security
2 1 (1.02%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.02%) LTE
2 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (5.10%) Redis
3 4 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.02%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Git
1 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.02%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (9.18%) Electronics
2 8 (8.16%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.08%) Tech for Good
4 3 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.06%) Finance
5 2 (2.04%) Wearables
6 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.02%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.02%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 68 (69.39%) Software Engineer
2 21 (21.43%) Lead
3 18 (18.37%) Senior
4 14 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (13.27%) C++ Software Engineer
6 12 (12.24%) Embedded Engineer
7 11 (11.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (10.20%) Lead Software Engineer
9 9 (9.18%) Developer
10 7 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Principal Software Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Robotics Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Rust Engineer
11 6 (6.12%) Rust Software Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) .NET Software Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 4 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
13 4 (4.08%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 4 (4.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 4 (4.08%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.31%) React
2 10 (10.20%) .NET
3 7 (7.14%) Web Services
4 6 (6.12%) Middleware
5 5 (5.10%) Node.js
6 4 (4.08%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.06%) REST
7 3 (3.06%) TensorFlow
7 3 (3.06%) Vue
8 2 (2.04%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.04%) DirectX
8 2 (2.04%) JSON
8 2 (2.04%) Keras
8 2 (2.04%) OpenGL
8 2 (2.04%) OpenGL ES
8 2 (2.04%) Spring
8 2 (2.04%) Vulkan
8 2 (2.04%) WebRTC
9 1 (1.02%) CSS
9 1 (1.02%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Product Ownership
1 10 (10.20%) Robotics
2 9 (9.18%) Algorithms
3 7 (7.14%) e-Learning
4 4 (4.08%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.04%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (2.04%) Life Science
7 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.02%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.02%) IoT
7 1 (1.02%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.10%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.02%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.02%) Unix
3 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.35%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (14.29%) Agile
2 14 (14.29%) OO
3 13 (13.27%) Low Latency
4 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (11.22%) Scrum
5 11 (11.22%) SDLC
6 10 (10.20%) Automated Trading
6 10 (10.20%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 10 (10.20%) User Experience
6 10 (10.20%) UX Design
7 8 (8.16%) Kanban
7 8 (8.16%) Project Management
7 8 (8.16%) Web Development
8 7 (7.14%) AI
8 7 (7.14%) Machine Learning
8 7 (7.14%) Product Vision
8 7 (7.14%) Scrum-ban
8 7 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.57%) C++
2 20 (20.41%) Python
3 12 (12.24%) Java
3 12 (12.24%) JavaScript
4 10 (10.20%) TypeScript
5 9 (9.18%) C#
5 9 (9.18%) Rust
6 8 (8.16%) C
7 3 (3.06%) Elixir
7 3 (3.06%) Go
7 3 (3.06%) Ruby
7 3 (3.06%) Scala
8 2 (2.04%) Bash
8 2 (2.04%) SQL
9 1 (1.02%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.02%) PHP
9 1 (1.02%) RPG
Qualifications
1 7 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 6 (6.12%) Degree
3 3 (3.06%) PhD
4 2 (2.04%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.16%) QA
2 1 (1.02%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.02%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (6.12%) Docker
2 1 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.06%) Ansible
2 2 (2.04%) Terraform
3 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.02%) Foundry