Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £68,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 90 41
Rank change year-on-year +51 -49 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 72 19 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.10% 1.54% 6.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% 1.80% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 52 8 21
10th Percentile £48,875 £64,250 £60,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -9.68% +10.71%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £87,250 £97,500
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,649 1,053 2,540
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 85.19% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,247 529 962
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £28,700
25th Percentile £35,788 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,641 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% +10.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £68,901 £70,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £80,950 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 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 +54 65 £68,500 -2.14% 14
Senior Software Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (37.50%) Python
3 25 (34.72%) AWS
4 19 (26.39%) TypeScript
4 19 (26.39%) C#
5 18 (25.00%) Linux
6 17 (23.61%) Agile
6 17 (23.61%) React
7 12 (16.67%) Terraform
7 12 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
7 12 (16.67%) Manufacturing
8 11 (15.28%) C++
8 11 (15.28%) Kubernetes
9 10 (13.89%) .NET
10 9 (12.50%) C
10 9 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
11 8 (11.11%) Degree
11 8 (11.11%) CAD
12 7 (9.72%) Electronics
12 7 (9.72%) OO
12 7 (9.72%) Git
12 7 (9.72%) CI/CD
12 7 (9.72%) Node.js
13 6 (8.33%) Azure
13 6 (8.33%) DevOps
13 6 (8.33%) Docker
13 6 (8.33%) Computer Science
13 6 (8.33%) Release Management
13 6 (8.33%) Multithreading

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (34.72%) AWS
2 6 (8.33%) Azure
3 5 (6.94%) SaaS
4 4 (5.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) RS-232
1 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.39%) DECT
2 1 (1.39%) NFC
2 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.39%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Git
2 6 (8.33%) TeamCity
3 4 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.56%) JIRA
3 4 (5.56%) Subversion
3 4 (5.56%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 7 (9.72%) Electronics
3 5 (6.94%) Automotive
4 4 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.56%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (23.61%) React
2 10 (13.89%) .NET
3 7 (9.72%) Node.js
4 6 (8.33%) COM
5 5 (6.94%) PyQt
6 4 (5.56%) Yocto
7 3 (4.17%) Electron
7 3 (4.17%) NumPy
8 2 (2.78%) scikit-learn
9 1 (1.39%) FastAPI
9 1 (1.39%) Flask
9 1 (1.39%) GraphQL
9 1 (1.39%) RESTful
9 1 (1.39%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.56%) Device Driver
1 4 (5.56%) IoT
2 3 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.78%) Robotics
3 2 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.39%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.00%) Linux
2 12 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (5.56%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.17%) Windows
5 2 (2.78%) Android
6 1 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (23.61%) Agile
3 9 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
4 8 (11.11%) CAD
5 7 (9.72%) CI/CD
5 7 (9.72%) OO
6 6 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 6 (8.33%) DevOps
6 6 (8.33%) Multithreading
6 6 (8.33%) Release Management
7 5 (6.94%) API Development
7 5 (6.94%) Design Patterns
7 5 (6.94%) OOP
8 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (5.56%) Continuous Delivery
8 4 (5.56%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (5.56%) MVVM
8 4 (5.56%) OOD
8 4 (5.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 27 (37.50%) Python
2 19 (26.39%) C#
2 19 (26.39%) TypeScript
3 11 (15.28%) C++
4 9 (12.50%) C
5 6 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.94%) Java
6 5 (6.94%) Kotlin
7 4 (5.56%) Bash
8 3 (4.17%) Go
9 2 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
2 5 (6.94%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.78%) PhD
4 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (16.67%) Terraform
2 11 (15.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.78%) linkerd
Vendors
1 2 (2.78%) Cadence
1 2 (2.78%) RedGate