Altera Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Altera
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring knowledge or experience of Altera products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Altera over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Altera Corporation.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Altera 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% 0.32% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.75% 0.68% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% - -
75th Percentile £91 £456 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £63 £438 -
% change year-on-year -85.60% - -

All Vendors
Cambridgeshire

Altera falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 134 146 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 36.71% 47.40% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 51 39
10th Percentile £200 £313 £161
25th Percentile £356 £413 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £569 £570
90th Percentile £658 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £492 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.43% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 44 39
10th Percentile £16.00 - £13.29
25th Percentile £20.50 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £16.23 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +46.80% +14.62% -8.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 £16.85 £15.98
90th Percentile £47.15 £21.46 £22.64
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £20.19 £33.22
% change year-on-year -1.37% -39.23% +28.39%

Altera
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Altera job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Altera
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Altera

Altera
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Altera

Altera
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 Altera within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 -8 1 £88 -80.00% 2
Altera
East of England

Altera
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared