Altera Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Altera
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Altera 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.55% 0.65% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.16% 1.59% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% - -
75th Percentile £91 £456 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £88 £438 -
% change year-on-year -80.00% - -

All Vendors
Cambridge

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 86 63 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 46.99% 40.91% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 29 24
10th Percentile £331 £311 £131
25th Percentile £438 £406 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £440 £438
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +0.40% -2.61%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £500
90th Percentile £675 £615 £557
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £486 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +7.89% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.16 - -
Median hourly rate £23.83 - -
75th Percentile £29.55 - -
90th Percentile £38.67 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £23.83 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year +46.80% +14.62% -8.65%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Altera relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Altera job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Altera
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Altera.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Altera

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Altera.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Altera

Altera
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared