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Cambridge (UK)

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

Postings · May 2026−75%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0.3333 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−75% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the United Kingdom baseline this cycle.

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

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
873since 2011 · 182 months
+56% YoY2025 vs 2024
58
'22
27
'23
16
'24
25
'25
4
'26
All-time total
873182 months
↑ Best year
2020174
↓ Worst full year
20128
Latest full year
2025+56% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Cambridge (UK).

Median bands from the 3 Cambridge (UK) postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=1 · need 10
Junior— n=2
Senior— n=1

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

§ 02Work Model

14 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
65%
−14 ptsvs GB · 79%
Remote
4%
Hybrid
61%
Onsite-only
35%
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)65% remote-friendly
GB average79% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 23 Cambridge (UK) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillRust
12mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2552% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Rust—12
02Python−19%11
03vLLM—10
04TypeScript—8
05Redis—5
06PostgreSQL−26%4
07Clojure−26%3
08JavaScript−56%3
09Make−78%3
10UX/UI+11%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01UX/UI+11%
Cooling↘
  • 01Make−78%
  • 02JavaScript−56%
  • 03PostgreSQL−26%
  • 04Clojure−26%

96% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · Cambridge (UK) vs GBShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Cambridge (UK)GB baseline
Data Ml
match
16%
13%
+2 pts1.2×
Design
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
72%
68%
+4 pts1.1×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
over-indexed
8%
2%
+6 pts3.7×
Operations
match
2%
1%
+0 pts1.4×
Other
match
3%
3%
+0 pts1.1×
Product
under-indexed
0%
5%
−5 pts0.0×
Sales
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
About this page

Cambridge (UK) postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

Caveats
  • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
  • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
  • ·Comparisons against the GB baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.