B2B Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Business-to-Business (B2B)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring B2B skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing B2B 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% 0.70% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.78% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £248 £281
25th Percentile £263 £250 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £254 £338
Median % change year-on-year +8.48% -24.89% -15.63%
75th Percentile £288 £257 £391
90th Percentile - £259 £404
East of England median daily rate £625 £260 £485
% change year-on-year +140.38% -46.39% +14.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

B2B 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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 306 255 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 80.95% 89.16% 85.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 124 158
10th Percentile £210 £316 £235
25th Percentile £335 £413 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £576 £557 £574
90th Percentile £675 £646 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 46 183
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £23.68 £21.46 £20.00
90th Percentile £34.75 £26.38 £36.55
East of England median hourly rate £20.16 £40.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -49.60% +31.26% +35.44%

B2B
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2B relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

B2B job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

B2B
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing B2B.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing B2B

B2B
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 B2B within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 10 February 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 -9 1 £275 +8.48% 12
B2B
East of England

B2B
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft