Open Source Contracts in Cambridge

Open Source
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 33 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Open Source 7 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.65% 1.01% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 1.15% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £500
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £594
90th Percentile - - £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £1,000 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Open Source is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 261 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 91.15% 87.88% 82.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 179 181
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £281 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £588
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 15
10th Percentile £19.00 £17.12 £15.51
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.88
Median hourly rate £46.00 £20.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.39% -64.04% +153.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £74.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Cambridge

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Open Source in Cambridge

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in Cambridge

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) GCC
General
1 7 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Compiler Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) LLVM
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
2 6 (85.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PhD