Hardware Architect Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Hardware Architect
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

As of 9 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Hardware Architect daily rate in Cambridge.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 165 138 165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.19% 89.61% 92.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 79 96
10th Percentile £257 £297 £140
25th Percentile £400 £340 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% - -
75th Percentile £624 £564 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £595
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £480 £480
% change year-on-year -1.04% +0.10% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 17
10th Percentile £23.16 £19.36 -
25th Percentile £27.21 £21.41 £17.72
Median hourly rate £42.50 £23.21 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.15% +16.03% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.68 £32.59 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £47.53 £82.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £15.03
% change year-on-year -30.12% +52.38% -3.06%

Hardware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Hardware Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Hardware Architect job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Hardware Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Hardware Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Hardware Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cadence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Hardware Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence