Software Developer Contracts in Cambridge

Software Developer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Software Developer daily rate in Cambridge is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 31 38
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.52% 2.14% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 2.27% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £521
25th Percentile £363 - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -20.00% +41.51%
75th Percentile £388 - £584
90th Percentile - - £594
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £375 £450 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% -25.00% +50.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 178 264 302
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.29% 91.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 185 195
10th Percentile £229 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £343 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £600 £625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 15
10th Percentile £21.10 £16.49 £14.73
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.52
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -64.04% +186.22%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £74.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +5.16% +13.47% +1.19%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Cambridge

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Cambridge

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Cambridge

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Software Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

Software Developer Skill Set
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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python