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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 187 91 254
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 13.63% 18.16% 16.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.85% 18.92% 20.50%
Number of salaries quoted 149 63 195
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,000 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 992 481 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 72.30% 96.01% 79.12%
Number of salaries quoted 664 314 933
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,300 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £40,000 £36,540
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £50,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% -8.64% +1.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,875 £79,295 £81,250
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 May 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 May 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 +3 146 £76,500 +39.09% 69
Peterborough +6 34 £60,750 +5.65% 4
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 4 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.07%) EngageOne
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.70%) AWS
2 9 (4.81%) SaaS
3 5 (2.67%) Azure
4 4 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.60%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.07%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.07%) Serverless
6 2 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.67%) Bluetooth
1 5 (2.67%) Wireless
2 4 (2.14%) Modbus
2 4 (2.14%) Profibus
2 4 (2.14%) RS-232
2 4 (2.14%) RS-485
2 4 (2.14%) ZigBee
3 2 (1.07%) Network Security
4 1 (0.53%) LTE
4 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.14%) Redis
3 3 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.07%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) LabVIEW
1 3 (1.60%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.53%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) PetaLinux
2 1 (0.53%) Poetry
2 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 18 (9.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 10 (5.35%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.74%) Electronics
5 6 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.67%) Tech for Good
7 4 (2.14%) Front Office
7 4 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Finance
9 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.53%) Wearables
9 1 (0.53%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 137 (73.26%) Software Engineer
2 59 (31.55%) Senior
3 44 (23.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 35 (18.72%) Embedded Engineer
5 32 (17.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 26 (13.90%) Lead
7 22 (11.76%) C++ Software Engineer
8 21 (11.23%) Lead Software Engineer
9 20 (10.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 19 (10.16%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 17 (9.09%) Rust Engineer
11 17 (9.09%) Rust Software Engineer
12 13 (6.95%) Developer
12 13 (6.95%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (6.42%) Linux Engineer
14 11 (5.88%) Software Manager
15 10 (5.35%) Engineering Manager
15 10 (5.35%) Senior Linux Engineer
15 10 (5.35%) Software Engineering Manager
16 9 (4.81%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.76%) React
2 13 (6.95%) Web Services
3 10 (5.35%) .NET
4 7 (3.74%) Node.js
5 5 (2.67%) REST
6 4 (2.14%) CSS
6 4 (2.14%) HTML
7 3 (1.60%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.60%) Vue
8 2 (1.07%) DirectX
8 2 (1.07%) OpenGL
8 2 (1.07%) OpenGL ES
8 2 (1.07%) Vulkan
8 2 (1.07%) WebRTC
8 2 (1.07%) Yocto
9 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.53%) JSON
9 1 (0.53%) NumPy
9 1 (0.53%) Spring
9 1 (0.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.63%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.95%) e-Learning
3 11 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (5.88%) Robotics
4 5 (2.67%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.14%) 3D Printing
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.60%) IoT
6 3 (1.60%) RISC-V
7 2 (1.07%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.53%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.53%) FPGA
8 1 (0.53%) Life Science
8 1 (0.53%) NHS
8 1 (0.53%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.02%) Linux
2 6 (3.21%) Windows
3 5 (2.67%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (2.67%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.53%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.53%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (11.76%) Agile
3 20 (10.70%) Full-Stack Development
3 20 (10.70%) Low Latency
4 17 (9.09%) Automated Trading
4 17 (9.09%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 17 (9.09%) Web Development
5 16 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (8.56%) User Experience
5 16 (8.56%) UX Design
6 14 (7.49%) OO
6 14 (7.49%) Scrum
7 13 (6.95%) High-Frequency Trading
7 13 (6.95%) Kanban
7 13 (6.95%) Product Vision
7 13 (6.95%) Requirements Gathering
7 13 (6.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 13 (6.95%) Scrum-ban
7 13 (6.95%) Test Strategy
8 11 (5.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (24.60%) C++
2 32 (17.11%) Python
3 22 (11.76%) Rust
4 21 (11.23%) JavaScript
5 17 (9.09%) Java
6 15 (8.02%) C
6 15 (8.02%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.14%) C#
7 4 (2.14%) Elixir
7 4 (2.14%) Ruby
7 4 (2.14%) Scala
7 4 (2.14%) SQL
8 3 (1.60%) Go
8 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.07%) Bash
9 2 (1.07%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.07%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.53%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.53%) Haskell
10 1 (0.53%) RPG
Qualifications
1 17 (9.09%) DBS Check
1 17 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
2 2 (1.07%) PhD
3 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.49%) QA
System Software
1 11 (5.88%) Firmware
2 6 (3.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.60%) Docker
3 3 (1.60%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 2 (1.07%) Terraform
2 1 (0.53%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (2.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (2.14%) Oracle
2 3 (1.60%) Informatica
3 1 (0.53%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (0.53%) AVEVA
3 1 (0.53%) Rockwell
3 1 (0.53%) Siemens
3 1 (0.53%) Wonderware