Public Sector Contracts in Cambridge

Public Sector
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector 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 16 27 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 4 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 3.51% 2.58% 4.42%
As % of the General category 5.41% 4.17% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - £206
25th Percentile £313 £168 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £170 £494
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -65.57% +3.95%
75th Percentile £338 £173 £584
90th Percentile - - £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £325 £170 £238
% change year-on-year +91.18% -28.42% -48.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £22.89 -
25th Percentile - £23.48 £16.77
Median hourly rate - £26.34 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year - +53.69% +18.17%
75th Percentile - £28.57 £17.50
90th Percentile - £28.78 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +5.71% +9.38%

All General Skills
Cambridge

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 89
10th Percentile £296 £219 £171
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £550
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £439
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cambridge

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Cambridge

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Cambridge

Public Sector
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer in Test
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Python Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Office Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Groovy
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Avamar
1 1 (25.00%) vRealize
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) VMware