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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 389 81 194
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 19.84% 11.82% 16.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.09% 13.59% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 338 68 120
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -18.52% -1.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,750 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -12.00% -3.85%

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 1,385 596 896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 70.63% 87.01% 77.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 411 548
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,688 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.76% -7.27%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +13 316 £75,000 +36.36% 251
Peterborough -1 45 £61,500 +36.67% 2
St Neots -5 3 £50,000 - 1
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 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) CMS
3 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.54%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (3.86%) AWS
2 11 (2.83%) Azure
2 11 (2.83%) SaaS
3 6 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (1.54%) GCP
3 6 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (0.77%) GitHub
5 2 (0.51%) ChatGPT
5 2 (0.51%) Google Gemini
5 2 (0.51%) Google Sheets
5 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.26%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.26%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.34%) Wireless
2 10 (2.57%) Bluetooth
3 9 (2.31%) Modbus
3 9 (2.31%) Profibus
3 9 (2.31%) RS-232
3 9 (2.31%) RS-485
3 9 (2.31%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.26%) LTE
4 1 (0.26%) VoIP
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Git
2 3 (0.77%) LabVIEW
2 3 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (0.77%) PetaLinux
2 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.51%) JIRA
4 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) MLflow
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (8.74%) Manufacturing
2 27 (6.94%) Electronics
2 27 (6.94%) Social Skills
3 12 (3.08%) Tech for Good
4 10 (2.57%) Telecoms
5 9 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.29%) Front Office
8 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.77%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.51%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.26%) Aviation
10 1 (0.26%) Legal
10 1 (0.26%) Marketing
10 1 (0.26%) Military
10 1 (0.26%) Police
10 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 284 (73.01%) Software Engineer
2 123 (31.62%) Senior
3 99 (25.45%) Senior Software Engineer
4 84 (21.59%) Embedded Engineer
5 74 (19.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 44 (11.31%) C++ Software Engineer
7 42 (10.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 39 (10.03%) Developer
8 39 (10.03%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 30 (7.71%) Principal Engineer
10 28 (7.20%) Python Developer
11 26 (6.68%) Lead
11 26 (6.68%) Linux Engineer
11 26 (6.68%) Python Engineer
12 24 (6.17%) Principal Software Engineer
13 23 (5.91%) Python Software Engineer
14 20 (5.14%) Lead Software Engineer
14 20 (5.14%) Rust Engineer
14 20 (5.14%) Rust Software Engineer
15 17 (4.37%) Robotics Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.88%) React
2 9 (2.31%) Node.js
3 7 (1.80%) Web Services
4 6 (1.54%) CSS
4 6 (1.54%) HTML
4 6 (1.54%) REST
5 5 (1.29%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.29%) Yocto
6 4 (1.03%) .NET
6 4 (1.03%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.77%) Google JAX
7 3 (0.77%) JAX
7 3 (0.77%) Keras
7 3 (0.77%) Middleware
7 3 (0.77%) Qt
7 3 (0.77%) Vue
8 2 (0.51%) Django
8 2 (0.51%) STL
8 2 (0.51%) WPF
9 1 (0.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.05%) Cyber Threat
2 40 (10.28%) Robotics
3 32 (8.23%) Embedded Systems
4 31 (7.97%) Algorithms
5 17 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.80%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.80%) RISC-V
9 6 (1.54%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.29%) 3D Printing
10 5 (1.29%) IoT
11 4 (1.03%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.03%) FPGA
12 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.77%) Media Streaming
12 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 55 (14.14%) Linux
2 30 (7.71%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (2.57%) FreeRTOS
3 10 (2.57%) Windows
4 4 (1.03%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (17.48%) AI
2 62 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (6.68%) Agile
5 25 (6.43%) Computer Science
6 21 (5.40%) Mentoring
7 18 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (4.11%) DevOps
9 14 (3.60%) Full-Stack Development
9 14 (3.60%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (3.34%) Web Development
11 12 (3.08%) Machine Learning
11 12 (3.08%) TDD
11 12 (3.08%) Unit Testing
12 10 (2.57%) Mathematics
12 10 (2.57%) OO
13 9 (2.31%) Low Latency
13 9 (2.31%) Test Automation
13 9 (2.31%) Ultra-Low Latency
13 9 (2.31%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 109 (28.02%) C++
2 100 (25.71%) Python
3 40 (10.28%) C
4 37 (9.51%) Rust
5 31 (7.97%) C#
6 23 (5.91%) JavaScript
6 23 (5.91%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.06%) Java
8 5 (1.29%) SQL
9 4 (1.03%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.77%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.77%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.51%) Elixir
11 2 (0.51%) Embedded C++
11 2 (0.51%) Ruby
11 2 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) Clojure
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 38 (9.77%) Degree
2 11 (2.83%) DBS Check
3 5 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (1.29%) PhD
3 5 (1.29%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.51%) HND
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.34%) QA
System Software
1 28 (7.20%) Firmware
2 16 (4.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (2.06%) Docker
4 7 (1.80%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (2.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.54%) RedGate
3 5 (1.29%) Oracle
4 3 (0.77%) Informatica
5 2 (0.51%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.51%) AVEVA
5 2 (0.51%) Google
5 2 (0.51%) Rockwell
5 2 (0.51%) Siemens
5 2 (0.51%) Wonderware
6 1 (0.26%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.26%) Databricks
6 1 (0.26%) Foundry
6 1 (0.26%) Panasonic
6 1 (0.26%) Sony