Senior Contracts in Cambridge

Senior
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior daily rate in Cambridge is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 15 34 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.35% 12.50% 9.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.02% 13.23% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 17
10th Percentile £284 £313 £343
25th Percentile £337 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £539 £572 £538
90th Percentile £700 £650 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £24.43 -
25th Percentile £26.42 £34.49 -
Median hourly rate £27.67 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% - -
75th Percentile £28.93 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £36.00 £52.50 £31.85
% change year-on-year -31.43% +64.84% +77.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 187 257 314
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 94.49% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 176 214
10th Percentile £234 £185 £360
25th Percentile £352 £362 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% -2.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £547 £538 £538
90th Percentile £639 £600 £640
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 18
10th Percentile £20.40 £15.70 £15.52
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -64.04% +153.33%
75th Percentile £64.38 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.38 - £66.63
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £14.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +12.41% +3.57% +3.70%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cambridge

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Cambridge

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cambridge over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Cambridge

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (26.67%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Data Structures
3 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Linux
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (26.67%) Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (20.00%) Electronics
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) PhD
4 3 (20.00%) C#
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Red Team
5 2 (13.33%) Blue Team
5 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
5 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (13.33%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) QlikView
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (26.67%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Electronics
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Data Structures
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) FPGA
2 2 (13.33%) NHS
2 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Social Media
2 2 (13.33%) Video Editing
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (26.67%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Blue Team
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Red Team
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (13.33%) SIEM
4 2 (13.33%) Social Media Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) Rust
3 1 (6.67%) C
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (20.00%) PhD
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Splunk