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Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | -13 | +8 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing C | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 9.52% | 6.67% | 16.10% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 22.22% | 18.33% | 38.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £424 | £525 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £459 | £531 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £595 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.66% | +20.51% | +3.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £638 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £571 | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £538 | £538 | £494 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.86% | +3.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +0.88% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £57.50 | £61.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £62.25 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +0.88% |
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 72 | 60 | 100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 42.86% | 36.36% | 42.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 33 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £302 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £384 | £340 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £420 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.64% | -11.58% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £584 | £525 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £685 | £581 | £575 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £501 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.53% | +5.56% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.38 | - | £33.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.74 | £51.25 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.25 | £57.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.96% | +4.55% | -3.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.34 | £63.75 | £61.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £52.05 | - | £61.88 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £37.50 | £51.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.18% | +3.00% | +11.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridge over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing C.
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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: