Computer Science
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +10 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Computer Science | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 5.71% | 8.05% | 2.46% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 6.33% | 8.81% | 2.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £370 | £440 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £391 | £444 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £479 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £481 | £533 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £60.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £62.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £30.00 | - | £60.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge
Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 158 | 159 | 214 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 90.29% | 91.38% | 87.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 69 | 134 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £225 | £216 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £350 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £420 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.05% | -6.67% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £698 | £640 | £575 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £475 | £433 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.83% | -3.89% | -2.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 24 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.34 | £22.51 | £16.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.00 | £25.94 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £52.50 | £17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +196.28% | -68.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £63.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £75.00 | £61.50 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £16.71 | £16.23 | £14.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.93% | +11.93% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridge.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridge.
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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: