Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 37 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +11
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 8 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.20% 2.52% 1.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.84% 9.33% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile £168 - £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - £414
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.13%
75th Percentile £203 - £454
90th Percentile £358 - £471
East of England median daily rate £488 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £29.00 £35.50
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -52.00% -
75th Percentile - £31.00 £66.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - £30.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -52.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 75 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 28.02% 26.98% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 30 38
10th Percentile £168 £195 £350
25th Percentile £225 £231 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £470 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% -5.15% +4.21%
75th Percentile £615 £550 £700
90th Percentile £675 £607 £800
East of England median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 94
10th Percentile £16.75 - £14.05
25th Percentile £23.16 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £31.18 £15.44 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +101.91% -5.28% +5.16%
75th Percentile £48.00 £16.30 £21.46
90th Percentile - £31.00 £31.13
East of England median hourly rate £39.50 £52.50 £36.02
% change year-on-year -24.76% +45.74% +71.54%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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 Computer Science Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
St Neots - 5 £185 - 1
Cambridge -4 3 £475 - 21
Computer Science Degree
East of England

Computer Science Degree
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (12.50%) ChatGPT
2 1 (12.50%) Google Gemini
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Senior
1 1 (12.50%) Senior Automation Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) PyTorch
1 1 (12.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Algorithms
1 5 (62.50%) Robotics
2 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
3 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
3 5 (62.50%) Pedagogy
4 3 (37.50%) AI
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
6 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
6 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (12.50%) Prompt Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
1 2 (25.00%) Puppet
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) OpenAI