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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 32 8
Rank change year-on-year +22 -24 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 201 95 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.04% 7.49% 17.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.82% 8.82% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 147 47 81
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +64.29%
75th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,750 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +53.33%

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 1,568 1,077 2,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 84.94% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 549 969
10th Percentile £26,925 £27,700 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,825 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £68,901 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,001 £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 2 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 2 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 +16 174 £65,000 +4.00% 51
Huntingdon - 3 £50,000 - 1
Peterborough -3 2 £55,000 -24.14% 1
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 2 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.

1 201 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (34.83%) Python
3 57 (28.36%) C
4 50 (24.88%) C#
5 47 (23.38%) Agile
6 46 (22.89%) Degree
7 43 (21.39%) Linux
8 41 (20.40%) AWS
9 39 (19.40%) Electronics
10 36 (17.91%) Social Skills
11 34 (16.92%) C++
12 30 (14.93%) Embedded Systems
13 27 (13.43%) Computer Science
14 25 (12.44%) Azure
14 25 (12.44%) React
15 24 (11.94%) IoT
16 23 (11.44%) TypeScript
16 23 (11.44%) Algorithms
16 23 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
17 21 (10.45%) Prototyping
18 19 (9.45%) Embedded Linux
18 19 (9.45%) Automotive
18 19 (9.45%) Embedded C
19 18 (8.96%) JavaScript
19 18 (8.96%) Kotlin
19 18 (8.96%) Kubernetes
19 18 (8.96%) Git
20 17 (8.46%) OO
20 17 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
21 16 (7.96%) Multithreading

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 (5.97%) Simulink
2 6 (2.99%) Trello
3 1 (0.50%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.40%) AWS
2 25 (12.44%) Azure
3 7 (3.48%) Serverless
4 6 (2.99%) Amazon S3
4 6 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (2.99%) SaaS
5 4 (1.99%) GitHub
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.46%) Wireless
2 14 (6.97%) Bluetooth
3 11 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.99%) HTTP
4 6 (2.99%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.99%) 5G
5 4 (1.99%) RS-232
6 3 (1.49%) ZigBee
7 2 (1.00%) DECT
7 2 (1.00%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.00%) MQTT
7 2 (1.00%) NFC
7 2 (1.00%) NGN
8 1 (0.50%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.50%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.99%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (2.99%) GIS
3 5 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (2.49%) MySQL
4 3 (1.49%) Redis
5 2 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (8.96%) Git
2 11 (5.47%) JIRA
3 8 (3.98%) TeamCity
4 7 (3.48%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.99%) Subversion
5 4 (1.99%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.50%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.50%) GitLab
General
1 39 (19.40%) Electronics
2 36 (17.91%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.45%) Automotive
4 12 (5.97%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.98%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.99%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.99%) Marketing
8 4 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.49%) Welsh Language
10 2 (1.00%) Finance
10 2 (1.00%) French Language
10 2 (1.00%) Games
10 2 (1.00%) German Language
10 2 (1.00%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.00%) Korean Language
10 2 (1.00%) Law
10 2 (1.00%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.44%) React
2 13 (6.47%) .NET
3 10 (4.98%) Node.js
3 10 (4.98%) Yocto
4 9 (4.48%) PyQt
5 7 (3.48%) CSS
5 7 (3.48%) HTML
5 7 (3.48%) REST
6 6 (2.99%) COM
6 6 (2.99%) JSON
6 6 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (2.99%) scikit-learn
7 5 (2.49%) Electron
7 5 (2.49%) FFmpeg
7 5 (2.49%) Flask
7 5 (2.49%) gRPC
7 5 (2.49%) GStreamer
7 5 (2.49%) iOS SDK
7 5 (2.49%) OpenEmbedded
8 3 (1.49%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.93%) Embedded Systems
2 24 (11.94%) IoT
3 23 (11.44%) Algorithms
4 11 (5.47%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.98%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (4.98%) Robotics
6 9 (4.48%) Client/Server
7 7 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.99%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.49%) ARM Cortex
9 5 (2.49%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.49%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.99%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.99%) Verilog
11 3 (1.49%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.00%) Semantic Web
12 2 (1.00%) Smartphone
12 2 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (21.39%) Linux
2 19 (9.45%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.48%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.99%) Android
4 6 (2.99%) Windows
5 4 (1.99%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 47 (23.38%) Agile
3 27 (13.43%) Computer Science
4 23 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.45%) Prototyping
6 17 (8.46%) OO
7 16 (7.96%) Multithreading
8 15 (7.46%) OOP
9 14 (6.97%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (5.97%) Machine Learning
11 11 (5.47%) SDLC
12 10 (4.98%) CI/CD
12 10 (4.98%) Full Stack Development
12 10 (4.98%) Open Source
12 10 (4.98%) Test Automation
12 10 (4.98%) User Experience
13 9 (4.48%) Data Analysis
13 9 (4.48%) DevOps
14 8 (3.98%) Commercial Awareness
14 8 (3.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 70 (34.83%) Python
2 57 (28.36%) C
3 50 (24.88%) C#
4 34 (16.92%) C++
5 23 (11.44%) TypeScript
6 19 (9.45%) Embedded C
7 18 (8.96%) JavaScript
7 18 (8.96%) Kotlin
8 14 (6.97%) Java
8 14 (6.97%) MATLAB
9 11 (5.47%) PHP
10 8 (3.98%) Go
11 6 (2.99%) Apex Code
12 5 (2.49%) Embedded C++
12 5 (2.49%) Rust
13 4 (1.99%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.99%) Bash
13 4 (1.99%) SQL
13 4 (1.99%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (1.99%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 46 (22.89%) Degree
2 14 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.98%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.99%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) HNC
6 1 (0.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.98%) IEC 62304
1 8 (3.98%) ISO 13485
2 3 (1.49%) QA
3 1 (0.50%) MISRA
3 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 13 (6.47%) Docker
2 6 (2.99%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.96%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.00%) linkerd
5 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (2.99%) Salesforce
2 2 (1.00%) Cadence
2 2 (1.00%) Interwoven
2 2 (1.00%) QNX
2 2 (1.00%) RedGate
3 1 (0.50%) MathWorks
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.50%) Renesas
3 1 (0.50%) Siemens