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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 104 128 234
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 9.42% 23.57% 16.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.56% 24.95% 20.97%
Number of salaries quoted 85 90 183
10th Percentile £48,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.46% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £66,225 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +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 828 513 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.00% 94.48% 80.64%
Number of salaries quoted 548 304 848
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,561 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,173 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,988 £83,750 £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 25 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 25 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 -5 87 £77,000 +14.07% 51
Peterborough -7 13 £69,500 +29.30% 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 (3.85%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.92%) EngageOne
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.42%) AWS
2 7 (6.73%) Azure
3 3 (2.88%) SaaS
3 3 (2.88%) Serverless
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon S3
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.96%) GitHub
5 1 (0.96%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (0.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Bluetooth
1 2 (1.92%) Network Security
1 2 (1.92%) Wireless
2 1 (0.96%) LTE
2 1 (0.96%) Modbus
2 1 (0.96%) Profibus
2 1 (0.96%) RS-232
2 1 (0.96%) RS-485
2 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.96%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.81%) Redis
3 4 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.96%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Git
1 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.69%) Electronics
3 4 (3.85%) Tech for Good
4 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.88%) Finance
5 2 (1.92%) Wearables
6 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.96%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.96%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 74 (71.15%) Software Engineer
2 21 (20.19%) Senior
3 20 (19.23%) Lead
4 17 (16.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 15 (14.42%) C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (13.46%) Embedded Engineer
7 13 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 11 (10.58%) Lead Software Engineer
9 9 (8.65%) Developer
10 8 (7.69%) Rust Engineer
10 8 (7.69%) Rust Software Engineer
11 7 (6.73%) Principal Engineer
11 7 (6.73%) Principal Software Engineer
12 6 (5.77%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) .NET Software Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) Robotics Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 5 (4.81%) Software Manager
14 4 (3.85%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.42%) React
2 10 (9.62%) .NET
3 7 (6.73%) Web Services
4 6 (5.77%) Node.js
5 4 (3.85%) Middleware
5 4 (3.85%) REST
6 3 (2.88%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.88%) TensorFlow
6 3 (2.88%) Vue
7 2 (1.92%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.92%) CSS
7 2 (1.92%) DirectX
7 2 (1.92%) HTML
7 2 (1.92%) JSON
7 2 (1.92%) Keras
7 2 (1.92%) OpenGL
7 2 (1.92%) OpenGL ES
7 2 (1.92%) Vulkan
7 2 (1.92%) WebRTC
8 1 (0.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.69%) Robotics
3 7 (6.73%) Algorithms
3 7 (6.73%) e-Learning
4 5 (4.81%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.92%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (1.92%) Life Science
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.96%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.96%) IoT
7 1 (0.96%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.96%) NHS
7 1 (0.96%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.81%) Windows
2 3 (2.88%) Linux
3 2 (1.92%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.96%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (13.46%) Agile
2 14 (13.46%) Low Latency
3 12 (11.54%) OO
3 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (10.58%) Automated Trading
4 11 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (10.58%) SDLC
4 11 (10.58%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 10 (9.62%) Scrum
5 10 (9.62%) User Experience
5 10 (9.62%) UX Design
6 9 (8.65%) Web Development
7 8 (7.69%) AI
8 7 (6.73%) Kanban
8 7 (6.73%) Machine Learning
8 7 (6.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (6.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 7 (6.73%) Scrum-ban
8 7 (6.73%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.88%) C++
2 20 (19.23%) Python
3 13 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 12 (11.54%) Rust
5 11 (10.58%) Java
6 9 (8.65%) TypeScript
7 8 (7.69%) C
8 7 (6.73%) C#
9 4 (3.85%) Elixir
9 4 (3.85%) Ruby
9 4 (3.85%) Scala
10 3 (2.88%) Go
11 2 (1.92%) Bash
11 2 (1.92%) SQL
12 1 (0.96%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.96%) PHP
12 1 (0.96%) RPG
Qualifications
1 7 (6.73%) DBS Check
2 6 (5.77%) Degree
3 3 (2.88%) PhD
4 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) EU AI Act
2 1 (0.96%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (4.81%) Docker
2 3 (2.88%) Firmware
3 2 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.96%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Ansible
2 2 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.96%) Foundry