Software Engineering Jobs in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 2
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 236 168 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 22.65% 18.90% 32.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.96% 19.81% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 174 56 123
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £49,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% +16.50%
75th Percentile £80,001 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £88,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 844 848 1,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 81.00% 95.39% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 640 365 543
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,539 £31,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,500 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,600
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -3.62%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.42%) Apache
1 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Simulink
2 2 (0.85%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.22%) AWS
2 23 (9.75%) Azure
3 10 (4.24%) SaaS
4 8 (3.39%) Serverless
5 6 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.12%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.69%) GitHub
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.08%) Wireless
2 7 (2.97%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.54%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.69%) RS-232
5 3 (1.27%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.85%) DECT
6 2 (0.85%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.85%) HTTP
6 2 (0.85%) NFC
6 2 (0.85%) NGN
7 1 (0.42%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.42%) Modbus
7 1 (0.42%) MQTT
7 1 (0.42%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
2 6 (2.54%) Redis
3 5 (2.12%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.85%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (7.63%) Git
2 9 (3.81%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.81%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.97%) JIRA
4 4 (1.69%) Subversion
4 4 (1.69%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 54 (22.88%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.41%) Electronics
3 20 (8.47%) Automotive
4 12 (5.08%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.81%) Games
7 8 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.97%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.69%) Marketing
9 4 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.27%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.85%) Finance
11 2 (0.85%) French Language
11 2 (0.85%) German Language
11 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.85%) Korean Language
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
11 2 (0.85%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 174 (73.73%) Software Engineer
2 63 (26.69%) Senior
3 60 (25.42%) Embedded Engineer
4 58 (24.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 57 (24.15%) Senior Software Engineer
6 29 (12.29%) Developer
7 22 (9.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 20 (8.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 16 (6.78%) Software Developer
10 12 (5.08%) C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Full Stack Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Principal Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Principal Software Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Python Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Audio Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Audio Software Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) C Software Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Machine Learning Researcher
12 7 (2.97%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.37%) React
2 18 (7.63%) .NET
3 17 (7.20%) Node.js
4 11 (4.66%) CSS
4 11 (4.66%) Django
4 11 (4.66%) HTML
5 10 (4.24%) Yocto
6 8 (3.39%) Flask
6 8 (3.39%) PyTorch
6 8 (3.39%) TensorFlow
7 6 (2.54%) COM
7 6 (2.54%) PyQt
7 6 (2.54%) scikit-learn
8 5 (2.12%) Electron
8 5 (2.12%) FFmpeg
8 5 (2.12%) gRPC
8 5 (2.12%) GStreamer
8 5 (2.12%) iOS SDK
8 5 (2.12%) JSON
8 5 (2.12%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.10%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (11.44%) Algorithms
3 26 (11.02%) IoT
4 13 (5.51%) Client/Server
5 11 (4.66%) Data Structures
6 10 (4.24%) Robotics
7 9 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.39%) RISC-V
9 7 (2.97%) Blockchain
9 7 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.97%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (2.97%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (2.12%) ARM Cortex
10 5 (2.12%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.12%) Device Driver
10 5 (2.12%) Verilog
11 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.27%) Analogue Electronics
13 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (21.61%) Linux
2 17 (7.20%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (3.81%) Android
4 8 (3.39%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.97%) Windows
6 4 (1.69%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.12%) Agile
2 32 (13.56%) Computer Science
3 31 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.02%) Open Source
5 25 (10.59%) Artificial Intelligence
5 25 (10.59%) Full Stack Development
6 24 (10.17%) Machine Learning
7 18 (7.63%) Roadmaps
8 17 (7.20%) Mentoring
8 17 (7.20%) Test Automation
9 16 (6.78%) Containerisation
9 16 (6.78%) Multithreading
10 15 (6.36%) Coaching
11 14 (5.93%) OOP
12 13 (5.51%) CI/CD
12 13 (5.51%) DevOps
12 13 (5.51%) OO
12 13 (5.51%) Prototyping
13 12 (5.08%) Collaborative Culture
14 11 (4.66%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 76 (32.20%) Python
2 68 (28.81%) C
3 48 (20.34%) C#
4 35 (14.83%) TypeScript
5 29 (12.29%) C++
6 27 (11.44%) Embedded C
7 24 (10.17%) JavaScript
8 19 (8.05%) Kotlin
9 18 (7.63%) Java
10 9 (3.81%) Go
10 9 (3.81%) SQL
11 8 (3.39%) Rust
12 7 (2.97%) MATLAB
13 5 (2.12%) Bash
13 5 (2.12%) Embedded C++
13 5 (2.12%) PHP
13 5 (2.12%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (1.69%) Assembly Language
14 4 (1.69%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.69%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 49 (20.76%) Degree
2 12 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.24%) Master's Degree
3 10 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.69%) PhD
5 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.42%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.69%) IEC 62304
1 4 (1.69%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.27%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) MISRA
3 1 (0.42%) MISRA C
System Software
1 28 (11.86%) Docker
2 12 (5.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (11.86%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.78%) Terraform
3 3 (1.27%) Ansible
3 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.85%) linkerd
Vendors
1 3 (1.27%) Cadence
2 2 (0.85%) Interwoven
2 2 (0.85%) QNX
2 2 (0.85%) RedGate
2 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.42%) Renesas
3 1 (0.42%) Siemens
3 1 (0.42%) Synopsys