Software Deployment Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Software Deployment
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.63% - 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% - 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £199 - -
25th Percentile £220 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 - £225
75th Percentile £293 - -
90th Percentile £312 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £258 - £225

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Software Deployment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 179 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 85.87% 90.86% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 92 80
10th Percentile £177 £350 £270
25th Percentile £309 £431 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £544 £423
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% +28.70% -6.58%
75th Percentile £520 £625 £553
90th Percentile £625 £700 £638
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £510 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 15
10th Percentile £13.50 £18.30 £19.80
25th Percentile £20.44 £23.00 £24.40
Median hourly rate £37.82 £43.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.06% -17.14% +162.50%
75th Percentile £49.38 £67.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £77.50 £70.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.22 £16.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.13% -1.42% +11.93%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Software Deployment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment in Cambridge over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Deployment in Cambridge

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Software Deployment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Mac Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) CMDB
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple