Software Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 28 8
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 208 93 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.06% 7.46% 17.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.85% 8.77% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 150 45 79
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,250 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,750 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +48.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,619 1,061 2,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 85.08% 92.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 536 978
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £28,700
25th Percentile £35,723 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,570 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £68,901 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,675 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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 +19 180 £65,000 +4.00% 43
Huntingdon - 3 £50,000 - 1
Peterborough -4 2 £55,000 -24.14% 2
Wisbech - 1 £55,000 -
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 208 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 74 (35.58%) Python
3 59 (28.37%) C
4 52 (25.00%) C#
5 48 (23.08%) Agile
6 47 (22.60%) Degree
7 44 (21.15%) Linux
7 44 (21.15%) AWS
8 39 (18.75%) Electronics
9 36 (17.31%) C++
9 36 (17.31%) Social Skills
10 31 (14.90%) Embedded Systems
11 28 (13.46%) Computer Science
12 27 (12.98%) TypeScript
12 27 (12.98%) React
13 25 (12.02%) Azure
14 24 (11.54%) IoT
14 24 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (11.06%) Algorithms
16 21 (10.10%) Prototyping
17 20 (9.62%) Embedded Linux
17 20 (9.62%) Automotive
18 19 (9.13%) Embedded C
18 19 (9.13%) JavaScript
18 19 (9.13%) Kubernetes
19 18 (8.65%) Git
20 17 (8.17%) Kotlin
20 17 (8.17%) Terraform
20 17 (8.17%) OO
20 17 (8.17%) Artificial Intelligence

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Simulink
2 6 (2.88%) Trello
3 1 (0.48%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.15%) AWS
2 25 (12.02%) Azure
3 7 (3.37%) Serverless
4 6 (2.88%) Amazon S3
4 6 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (2.88%) SaaS
5 4 (1.92%) GitHub
6 1 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.21%) Wireless
2 14 (6.73%) Bluetooth
3 11 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.88%) HTTP
4 6 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.92%) 5G
5 4 (1.92%) RS-232
6 3 (1.44%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.96%) DECT
7 2 (0.96%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.96%) MQTT
7 2 (0.96%) NFC
7 2 (0.96%) NGN
8 1 (0.48%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.48%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.88%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (2.88%) GIS
3 4 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (1.92%) MySQL
4 3 (1.44%) Redis
5 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (8.65%) Git
2 11 (5.29%) JIRA
3 9 (4.33%) TeamCity
4 7 (3.37%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.92%) Subversion
5 4 (1.92%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.48%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 39 (18.75%) Electronics
2 36 (17.31%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.62%) Automotive
4 12 (5.77%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.92%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.92%) Marketing
8 4 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.44%) Legal
9 3 (1.44%) Welsh Language
10 2 (0.96%) French Language
10 2 (0.96%) Games
10 2 (0.96%) German Language
10 2 (0.96%) Japanese Language
10 2 (0.96%) Korean Language
10 2 (0.96%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.98%) React
2 14 (6.73%) .NET
3 10 (4.81%) Node.js
3 10 (4.81%) Yocto
4 9 (4.33%) PyQt
5 7 (3.37%) CSS
5 7 (3.37%) HTML
5 7 (3.37%) REST
6 6 (2.88%) COM
6 6 (2.88%) JSON
6 6 (2.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (2.88%) scikit-learn
7 5 (2.40%) Electron
7 5 (2.40%) FFmpeg
7 5 (2.40%) Flask
7 5 (2.40%) GStreamer
7 5 (2.40%) iOS SDK
7 5 (2.40%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (1.92%) gRPC
9 3 (1.44%) LLVM
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.90%) Embedded Systems
2 24 (11.54%) IoT
3 23 (11.06%) Algorithms
4 11 (5.29%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.81%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (4.81%) Robotics
6 9 (4.33%) Client/Server
7 7 (3.37%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.40%) ARM Cortex
9 5 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.40%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.92%) Verilog
11 3 (1.44%) Analogue Electronics
12 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.96%) Semantic Web
12 2 (0.96%) Smartphone
12 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (21.15%) Linux
2 20 (9.62%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.37%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.37%) Windows
4 6 (2.88%) Android
5 4 (1.92%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 48 (23.08%) Agile
3 28 (13.46%) Computer Science
4 24 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.10%) Prototyping
6 17 (8.17%) Artificial Intelligence
6 17 (8.17%) OO
7 16 (7.69%) Multithreading
8 15 (7.21%) OOP
9 14 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
10 12 (5.77%) Machine Learning
11 11 (5.29%) CI/CD
11 11 (5.29%) SDLC
12 10 (4.81%) Open Source
12 10 (4.81%) Test Automation
12 10 (4.81%) User Experience
13 9 (4.33%) Data Analysis
13 9 (4.33%) DevOps
13 9 (4.33%) Release Management
13 9 (4.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 74 (35.58%) Python
2 59 (28.37%) C
3 52 (25.00%) C#
4 36 (17.31%) C++
5 27 (12.98%) TypeScript
6 19 (9.13%) Embedded C
6 19 (9.13%) JavaScript
7 17 (8.17%) Kotlin
8 14 (6.73%) Java
8 14 (6.73%) MATLAB
9 11 (5.29%) PHP
10 7 (3.37%) Go
11 6 (2.88%) Apex Code
12 5 (2.40%) Embedded C++
12 5 (2.40%) Rust
12 5 (2.40%) SQL
13 4 (1.92%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.92%) Bash
13 4 (1.92%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (1.92%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 47 (22.60%) Degree
2 14 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.81%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.92%) PhD
6 1 (0.48%) HNC
6 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.85%) IEC 62304
1 8 (3.85%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.44%) QA
3 1 (0.48%) MISRA
3 1 (0.48%) MISRA C
System Software
1 12 (5.77%) Docker
2 6 (2.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (9.13%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.17%) Terraform
3 3 (1.44%) Ansible
3 3 (1.44%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.96%) linkerd
5 1 (0.48%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (2.88%) Salesforce
2 2 (0.96%) Cadence
2 2 (0.96%) Interwoven
2 2 (0.96%) QNX
2 2 (0.96%) RedGate
3 1 (0.48%) MathWorks
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.48%) Renesas
3 1 (0.48%) Siemens