Software Architecture Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 58 80
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 -
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 13 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.59% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 0.19% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 £525 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £800 £575 £750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £599
% change year-on-year - -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £75.00 - £67.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture 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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 415 524 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.83% 88.66% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 283 375
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £281 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £680 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £461 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.89% - +11.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 153 238
10th Percentile - £13.41 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £49.75 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -15.16%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Architecture in Cambridgeshire

Software Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +16 13 £675 +22.73% 5
Software Architecture
East of England

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Architect
1 10 (76.92%) Software Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) DirectX
1 13 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 13 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
1 13 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) 3D Graphics
1 10 (76.92%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C
1 8 (61.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
1 10 (76.92%) Master's Degree
1 10 (76.92%) PhD