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Cambridge (UK)

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

Postings · Aug 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '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 · 185 months
+56% YoY2025 vs 2024
58
'22
27
'23
16
'24
25
'25
4
'26
All-time total
873185 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 2 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=1
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
64%
−14 ptsvs GB · 78%
Remote
5%
Hybrid
59%
Onsite-only
36%
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)64% remote-friendly
GB average78% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 22 Cambridge (UK) hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillRust
12mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2555% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Rust12
02Python−29%10
03vLLM10
04TypeScript8
05Redis5
06PostgreSQL−25%3
07UX/UI3
08Clojure−50%2
09JavaScript−50%2
10Make−86%2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
    Cooling
    • 01Make−86%
    • 02Clojure−50%
    • 03JavaScript−50%
    • 04Python−29%

    95% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

    Role mix · Cambridge (UK) vs GBShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    Cambridge (UK)GB baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    15%
    14%
    +2 pts1.1×
    Design
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Engineering
    match
    69%
    66%
    +3 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%
    +7 pts4.3×
    Operations
    match
    2%
    1%
    +1 pts1.6×
    Other
    match
    4%
    3%
    +1 pts1.2×
    Product
    under-indexed
    0%
    6%
    −5 pts0.0×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×