The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring knowledge or experience of Cadence products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cadence over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, 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 Cadence Design Systems.
Cadence 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
88
58
78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge
50.29%
27.88%
30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
43
25
46
10th Percentile
£259
£235
£183
25th Percentile
£311
£356
£275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£525
£450
Median % change year-on-year
-4.76%
+16.67%
-
75th Percentile
£613
£638
£523
90th Percentile
£700
£738
£625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate
£500
£500
£430
% change year-on-year
-
+16.28%
+1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
13
3
10th Percentile
£28.85
£17.40
£14.90
25th Percentile
£48.88
-
£15.13
Median hourly rate
£60.00
£25.00
£16.00
Median % change year-on-year
+140.00%
+56.25%
-81.18%
75th Percentile
£61.25
£63.75
£16.91
90th Percentile
£63.50
£72.75
£17.16
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate
£16.23
£16.23
£15.50
% change year-on-year
-
+4.71%
-
Cadence Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Cadence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Cadence Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cadence in Cambridge.
Cadence Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cadence in Cambridge.
Cadence Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge
For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Cadence also mentioned 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 with a requirement for Cadence.
Cadence 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:
