Acoustics Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Acoustics
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Acoustics 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.54% 0.24% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 1.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
East of England median daily rate - £400 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.25 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile £42.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

Acoustics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 128 86 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 34.50% 20.24% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 41 72
10th Percentile £259 £277 £225
25th Percentile £382 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £538
90th Percentile £761 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £515 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +11.35% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 11
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.25 £22.00
25th Percentile £20.51 £46.25 £37.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% -4.17% +81.82%
75th Percentile £61.56 £64.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £62.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -27.71% +3.75% +47.31%

Acoustics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Acoustics job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Acoustics
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Acoustics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Acoustics

Acoustics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Acoustics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Acoustics

Acoustics
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +1 2 - - 3
Acoustics
East of England

Acoustics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Audio Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Motion Capture
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PhD