Software Engineering Contracts in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 36 32 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.18% 11.39% 13.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.78% 12.96% 16.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 22 13
10th Percentile £422 £425 £470
25th Percentile £461 £433 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +5.71% +41.89%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £675
90th Percentile £703 £650 £738
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £555 £538
% change year-on-year -0.90% +3.26% +34.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 6
10th Percentile - - £56.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.25 £56.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +12.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +24.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 182 247 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 91.92% 87.90% 83.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 172 184
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £611 £625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 13
10th Percentile £20.40 £17.05 £15.51
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 £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridge over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridge over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridge

Software Engineering
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
1 4 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) RS-485
2 1 (2.78%) 4G
2 1 (2.78%) 5G
2 1 (2.78%) MQTT
2 1 (2.78%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Git
2 5 (13.89%) GCC
2 5 (13.89%) Mercurial
3 3 (8.33%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (25.00%) Electronics
2 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (13.89%) Multimedia
3 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.56%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Software Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Compiler Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Senior
3 5 (13.89%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Development Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Data Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Developer
5 3 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Research Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Research Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.67%) NumPy
2 5 (13.89%) LLVM
2 5 (13.89%) Pandas
2 5 (13.89%) React
2 5 (13.89%) SciPy
3 3 (8.33%) .NET
3 3 (8.33%) DirectX
3 3 (8.33%) OpenGL
3 3 (8.33%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (8.33%) Vulkan
3 3 (8.33%) WPF
4 2 (5.56%) MFC
4 2 (5.56%) WinForms
5 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.78%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.78%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.78%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 1 (2.78%) Silverlight
5 1 (2.78%) WCF
5 1 (2.78%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Social Media
2 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.56%) FPGA
4 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (19.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (16.67%) Open Source
5 5 (13.89%) Agile
5 5 (13.89%) Code Quality
5 5 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.89%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (13.89%) Data Collection
5 5 (13.89%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (13.89%) Performance Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) Signal Processing
5 5 (13.89%) Test Automation
6 4 (11.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.33%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.33%) SDLC
7 3 (8.33%) Software Architecture
7 3 (8.33%) UML
8 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) Python
2 14 (38.89%) C#
3 12 (33.33%) C++
4 9 (25.00%) C
5 5 (13.89%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.56%) C++/CLI
6 2 (5.56%) Java
6 2 (5.56%) Rust
6 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.78%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.78%) XAML
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) Degree
2 9 (25.00%) PhD
3 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) SAP