Degree Contracts in Cambridge

Academic Degree
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Degree 11 52 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.65% 26.80% 13.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.31% 82.54% 62.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 28 12
10th Percentile - £350 £225
25th Percentile £379 £401 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £436 £556 £528
90th Percentile - £695 £565
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £200 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -52.94% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £36.12 £27.60
25th Percentile - £50.67 £42.81
Median hourly rate £17.80 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.52% +19.05% -
75th Percentile - £66.25 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £57.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £26.50 £28.34 £18.86
% change year-on-year -6.48% +50.24% +30.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridge

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26 63 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 22.81% 32.47% 21.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 23
10th Percentile £347 £350 £226
25th Percentile £392 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £556
90th Percentile £633 £800 £594
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £438 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £15.50 £17.49
25th Percentile - £18.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £45.09 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.52% +28.81% +75.00%
75th Percentile - £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £56.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.87 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -2.64% +5.16% +6.90%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cambridge

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cambridge

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cambridge

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
1 2 (18.18%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
1 2 (18.18%) Text Mining
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) Artifactory
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) IFS Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Information Scientist
3 1 (9.09%) Change Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Life Science
1 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Team
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (18.18%) Data Science
4 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Health Informatics
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Security Patching
4 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Visual Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) Bash
3 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
3 2 (18.18%) Perl
3 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
4 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PhD
3 1 (9.09%) APMG
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) GCFE
3 1 (9.09%) GCIH
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) GREM
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Ansible
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) IFS
2 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Planview