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Cambridge (UK)

Cambridge (UK) hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in England.

Postings · Sep 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 25.6667 high
Rank · GB
#4of 5 GB cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of GB postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−100% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the United Kingdom baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
All-time postings
873since 2011 · 186 months
+56% YoY2025 vs 2024
58
'22
27
'23
16
'24
25
'25
4
'26
All-time total
873186 months
↑ Best year
2020174
↓ Worst full year
20128
Latest full year
2025+56% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Compensation by seniority.

Median bands from the 1 Cambridge (UK) postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Junior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

27 points less remote-friendly than the United Kingdom baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
50%
−27 ptsvs GB · 77%
Remote
7%
Hybrid
43%
Onsite-only
50%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
100% rem.
'13
100% rem.
'14
60% rem.
'15
45% rem.
'16
27% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
22% rem.
'19
49% rem.
'20
50% rem.
'21
90% rem.
'22
79% rem.
'23
96% rem.
'24
69% rem.
'25
80% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cambridge (UK) vs GB
Cambridge (UK)50% remote-friendly
GB average77% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Cambridge (UK)'s skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 14 Cambridge (UK) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
8mentions↑ 21%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2557% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+21%8
02TypeScript—8
03Rust+90%7
04vLLM+36%5
05UX/UI—3
06Node.js—2
07React—2
08Amazon Web Services (AWS)—1
09ECS / EKS—1
10OpenSearch—1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Rust+90%
  • 02vLLM+36%
  • 03Python+21%
Cooling↘
  • 01PostgreSQL−66%

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · Cambridge (UK) vs GBShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Cambridge (UK)GB baseline
Data Ml
match
16%
14%
+2 pts1.1×
Design
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
69%
66%
+2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−1 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
over-indexed
10%
2%
+8 pts4.4×
Operations
match
2%
1%
+1 pts1.6×
Other
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.3×
Product
under-indexed
0%
6%
−5 pts0.0×
Sales
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×