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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 6 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 279 106 293
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 17.50% 17.01% 18.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.66% 18.66% 23.11%
Number of salaries quoted 225 79 217
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -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 1,179 568 1,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 73.96% 91.17% 78.32%
Number of salaries quoted 838 375 939
10th Percentile £30,175 £26,250 £29,700
25th Percentile £42,125 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,646 £76,250 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +4 211 £75,000 +36.36% 72
Peterborough +1 52 £61,500 +29.47% 6
St Neots -4 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 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.72%) EngageOne
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.81%) AWS
2 10 (3.58%) SaaS
3 9 (3.23%) Azure
4 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
5 3 (1.08%) GCP
6 2 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.72%) Serverless
6 2 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.36%) GitHub
7 1 (0.36%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.66%) Wireless
2 10 (3.58%) Bluetooth
3 9 (3.23%) Modbus
3 9 (3.23%) Profibus
3 9 (3.23%) RS-232
3 9 (3.23%) RS-485
3 9 (3.23%) ZigBee
4 2 (0.72%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) LTE
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.08%) LabVIEW
1 3 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
1 3 (1.08%) PetaLinux
1 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.72%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) JIRA
3 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.36%) MLflow
3 1 (0.36%) Poetry
3 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (9.68%) Manufacturing
2 24 (8.60%) Social Skills
3 17 (6.09%) Electronics
4 10 (3.58%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.79%) Front Office
7 4 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.08%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.72%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.36%) Aviation
10 1 (0.36%) Finance
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Military
10 1 (0.36%) Wearables
10 1 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 203 (72.76%) Software Engineer
2 87 (31.18%) Senior
3 74 (26.52%) Embedded Engineer
4 70 (25.09%) Senior Software Engineer
5 64 (22.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 37 (13.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 34 (12.19%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 31 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
8 31 (11.11%) Lead
9 26 (9.32%) Linux Engineer
10 25 (8.96%) Lead Software Engineer
11 19 (6.81%) Developer
11 19 (6.81%) Principal Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Rust Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Rust Software Engineer
13 16 (5.73%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 14 (5.02%) Engineering Manager
14 14 (5.02%) Senior Linux Engineer
14 14 (5.02%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.45%) React
2 10 (3.58%) Web Services
3 8 (2.87%) .NET
4 6 (2.15%) CSS
4 6 (2.15%) HTML
4 6 (2.15%) Node.js
4 6 (2.15%) REST
5 5 (1.79%) Yocto
6 4 (1.43%) Qt
7 2 (0.72%) Middleware
7 2 (0.72%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.72%) Spring
7 2 (0.72%) STL
7 2 (0.72%) WebRTC
7 2 (0.72%) WPF
8 1 (0.36%) Django
8 1 (0.36%) NumPy
8 1 (0.36%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.36%) TAPI
8 1 (0.36%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (7.17%) Robotics
3 19 (6.81%) Algorithms
4 15 (5.38%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (3.58%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.79%) 3D Printing
8 5 (1.79%) Device Driver
8 5 (1.79%) IoT
9 4 (1.43%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.43%) FPGA
10 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.08%) RISC-V
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.72%) Media Streaming
11 2 (0.72%) SCADA
12 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.62%) Linux
2 24 (8.60%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.58%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.15%) Windows
5 4 (1.43%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (8.96%) AI
3 23 (8.24%) Agile
4 20 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (6.45%) Mentoring
6 16 (5.73%) Web Development
7 15 (5.38%) Computer Science
7 15 (5.38%) Technical Leadership
8 14 (5.02%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (5.02%) Low Latency
9 13 (4.66%) Automated Trading
9 13 (4.66%) High-Frequency Trading
9 13 (4.66%) OO
9 13 (4.66%) Ultra-Low Latency
10 12 (4.30%) Full-Stack Development
11 11 (3.94%) DevOps
11 11 (3.94%) TDD
11 11 (3.94%) Test Automation
11 11 (3.94%) Unit Testing
11 11 (3.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 87 (31.18%) C++
2 49 (17.56%) Python
3 35 (12.54%) C
4 33 (11.83%) Rust
5 24 (8.60%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.09%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.02%) C#
8 12 (4.30%) Java
9 4 (1.43%) Elixir
9 4 (1.43%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.43%) Ruby
9 4 (1.43%) Scala
10 3 (1.08%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.08%) Go
10 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.08%) SQL
11 2 (0.72%) Bash
11 2 (0.72%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.36%) Clojure
12 1 (0.36%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 30 (10.75%) Degree
2 14 (5.02%) DBS Check
3 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.72%) HND
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.72%) PhD
5 2 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.02%) QA
System Software
1 24 (8.60%) Firmware
2 16 (5.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.79%) Docker
4 3 (1.08%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 2 (0.72%) Terraform
2 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (2.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.43%) Oracle
3 3 (1.08%) Informatica
4 2 (0.72%) Allen-Bradley
4 2 (0.72%) AVEVA
4 2 (0.72%) Rockwell
4 2 (0.72%) Siemens
4 2 (0.72%) Wonderware
5 1 (0.36%) Databricks