Developer Contracts in Cambridge

Developer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Developer daily rate in Cambridge is £503, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 8 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 16 22 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.80% 10.89% 7.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.68% 11.89% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 14
10th Percentile £331 £372 -
25th Percentile £422 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £420 £463
Median % change year-on-year +19.64% -9.19% -5.13%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £534
90th Percentile £575 £495 £563
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £503 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.67% - -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 109 185 259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.20% 91.58% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 109 179
10th Percentile £339 £233 £185
25th Percentile £431 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.47% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £609 £550 £538
90th Percentile £700 £640 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 28 12
10th Percentile £16.40 £20.40 £15.70
25th Percentile £28.35 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +156.10% -64.04%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.38 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £14.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +12.41% +6.15%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cambridge

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Cambridge

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Cambridge

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Cambridge

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Developer contract job roles required 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 featuring Developer in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Python
1 7 (43.75%) Pharmaceutical
1 7 (43.75%) AWS
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) REST
4 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
5 3 (18.75%) PowerApps
5 3 (18.75%) Power Automate
5 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
5 3 (18.75%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (18.75%) User Experience
5 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) UX Design
5 3 (18.75%) RESTful
6 2 (12.50%) Cypress.io
6 2 (12.50%) Azure
6 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
6 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Web Development
6 2 (12.50%) JIRA
6 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Groovy
6 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
6 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
6 2 (12.50%) Express.js

Developer Skill Set
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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) CMS
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (6.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Power Automate
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) PowerApps
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) npm
3 2 (12.50%) Serverless
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon MSK
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) REST
2 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) RESTful
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 2 (12.50%) Express.js
3 2 (12.50%) NgRx
3 2 (12.50%) Playwright
3 2 (12.50%) RxJS
4 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Amplify
4 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
4 1 (6.25%) Kafka
4 1 (6.25%) Middleware
4 1 (6.25%) Node.js
4 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
2 3 (18.75%) User Experience
2 3 (18.75%) UX Design
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) API Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Office Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Product Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Validation
3 2 (12.50%) Web Development
3 2 (12.50%) Wireframes
4 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) Groovy
3 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) HP
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
76 Developer jobs in Cambridgeshire