Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Software Developer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Software Developer daily rate in Cambridge is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.02% 0.52% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.56% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £419
25th Percentile £560 £363 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £375 £477
Median % change year-on-year +52.00% -21.38% -9.14%
75th Percentile £580 £388 £523
90th Percentile - - £532
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £570 £375 £477
% change year-on-year +52.00% -21.38% -13.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 174 178 199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.32% 91.75% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 87 115
10th Percentile £250 £225 £182
25th Percentile £405 £332 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £621 £544 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £503 £439 £475
% change year-on-year +14.53% -7.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 21
10th Percentile £28.88 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £45.08 £25.32 -
Median hourly rate £59.85 £52.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +196.28% -59.73%
75th Percentile £73.13 £59.06 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Cambridge

Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Cambridge

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Foundry
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 2 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless

Software Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Semantic Kernel
1 2 (100.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) EU AI Act
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Foundry
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft