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Jobs in Cambridge

The jobs employers in Cambridge advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Cambridge has more of than the rest of the UK.

New job adverts a quarter14,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised402 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year

Most advertised jobs

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Cambridge, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in East of England, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.

  1. 1Software developer600 a quarter↑ 9.6%£61,000
  2. 2Business development manager322 a quarter↑ 11%£54,000
  3. 3Chefs244 a quarter↓ 13%£29,300
  4. 4Maintenance fitter231 a quarter↑ 28%£40,500
  5. 5Business and financial project management professionals225 a quarter↑ 22%£60,400
  6. 6Business sales executives209 a quarter↑ 37%£35,200
  7. 7Systems analyst209 a quarter↑ 24%£53,000
  8. 8Kitchen and catering assistants195 a quarter↓ 16%£20,900
  9. 9IT support technician190 a quarter↓ 8.2%£37,300
  10. 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.177 a quarter↓ 20%£28,000
  11. 11Care worker174 a quarter↓ 7%£27,800
  12. 12Engineering professionals n.e.c.173 a quarter↑ 17%£50,200
  13. 13Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks168 a quarter↓ 10%£30,800
  14. 14Electrician166 a quarter↑ 18%£37,600
  15. 15Cleaner163 a quarter↓ 8.5%£24,800
  16. 16Solicitor148 a quarter↓ 17%£57,000 UK
  17. 17Business and related research professionals138 a quarter↓ 33%£40,200
  18. 18Sales assistant135 a quarter↓ 18%£25,300
  19. 19IT managers134 a quarter↑ 2.6%£53,400
  20. 20Records clerks and assistants128 a quarter↓ 16%£28,700
  21. 21Quantity surveyor127 a quarter↑ 31%£53,600
  22. 22Other vocational and industrial trainers124 a quarter↓ 2.4%£35,300
  23. 23Specialist medical practitioners and consultants122 a quarter↓ 29%£92,800 UK
  24. 24Human resource managers and directors112 a quarter↑ 16%£57,200
  25. 25Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.110 a quarter↑ 24%£48,600 UK

What Cambridge has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Cambridge than across the UK. Natural and social science professionals n.e.c. adverts are 9.1 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.9.1×
Other researchers, unspecified discipline7.7×
Biologist4.6×
Business and related research professionals4.0×
Physicist3.3×
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers2.8×
Software developer2.8×
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.2.7×
Engineering professionals n.e.c.2.5×
Conservation professionals2.4×
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Same as UK (1×)
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.9.1×
Other researchers, unspecified discipline7.7×
Biologist4.6×
Business and related research professionals4.0×
Physicist3.3×
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers2.8×
Software developer2.8×
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.2.7×
Engineering professionals n.e.c.2.5×
Conservation professionals2.4×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Cambridge over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in East of England

Sources

Job adverts, what Cambridge has more of
ONS, online job adverts by local authority (Textkernel), July 2025 to June 2026. An official statistic in development; counts are new online adverts, not every vacancy. Quarters ONS withheld are left out of averages.
Typical pay
ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time employees

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.