SciPy Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

SciPy
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring SciPy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SciPy 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.47% - 1.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.59% - 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £413 - £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £475
75th Percentile £438 - £516
90th Percentile - - £528
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - - £65.50

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridge

SciPy falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 63 52 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.86% 29.89% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 29 13
10th Percentile £359 £300 £415
25th Percentile £400 £340 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £573 £475 £550
90th Percentile £633 £528 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £478 £420 £503
% change year-on-year +13.81% -16.54% -8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £42.48 - £15.51
25th Percentile £44.33 - £15.52
Median hourly rate £48.60 - £40.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.38%
75th Percentile £52.83 - £73.81
90th Percentile £54.64 - £86.53
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £37.50 - £40.75
% change year-on-year - - +4.49%

SciPy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SciPy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

SciPy job vacancy trend in Cambridge

SciPy
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SciPy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SciPy

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SciPy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SciPy

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python