Consultant Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 34 47
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 28 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.92% 4.55% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.69% 5.42% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 9
10th Percentile £417 £514 £443
25th Percentile £475 £550 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +5.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £638
90th Percentile £619 £660 £725
East of England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +136.36% - -
East of England median hourly rate £34.75 £57.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.31% +160.23% -62.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 262 424 464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.44% 83.79% 81.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 154 283
10th Percentile £250 £222 £213
25th Percentile £379 £325 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £688 £621 £600
East of England median daily rate £490 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 160 93
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +37.87% +6.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.79 £20.56
90th Percentile £55.13 £63.75 £28.50
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £43.90 £36.25
% change year-on-year -14.58% +21.10% +85.90%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
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 Consultant within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 7 July 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 +16 22 £500 -9.09% 16
Huntingdon -1 3 £605 +3.95%
Consultant
East of England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (35.71%) C
1 10 (35.71%) C++
1 10 (35.71%) HTML
1 10 (35.71%) Java
1 10 (35.71%) .NET
1 10 (35.71%) PHP
1 10 (35.71%) WebLogic
1 10 (35.71%) Middleware
1 10 (35.71%) WebSphere
1 10 (35.71%) Node.js
1 10 (35.71%) Dynatrace
1 10 (35.71%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (28.57%) SAP
3 7 (25.00%) IFS
4 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) Hudson
5 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
5 5 (17.86%) Migration
5 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
6 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (14.29%) Inventory Management
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 4 (14.29%) Validation
6 4 (14.29%) SAP SCM
7 3 (10.71%) Supply Chain Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (35.71%) WebLogic
1 10 (35.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) SAP SCM
2 1 (3.57%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (3.57%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Hudson
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) General Ledger
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) .NET
1 10 (35.71%) HTML
1 10 (35.71%) Middleware
1 10 (35.71%) Node.js
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
2 5 (17.86%) Migration
2 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 4 (14.29%) Validation
3 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
5 2 (7.14%) Accounts Payable
5 2 (7.14%) Change Management
5 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.14%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (7.14%) Data Extraction
5 2 (7.14%) Data Validation
5 2 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) C
1 10 (35.71%) C++
1 10 (35.71%) Java
1 10 (35.71%) PHP
2 2 (7.14%) Perl
2 2 (7.14%) Shell Script
2 2 (7.14%) Tcl
3 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) IFRS
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Dynatrace
2 8 (28.57%) SAP
3 7 (25.00%) IFS
4 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.14%) Synopsys
6 1 (3.57%) Dell
6 1 (3.57%) Oracle
6 1 (3.57%) Sybase
6 1 (3.57%) Veeam