Degree Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 10
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 26 22 74
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 6.84% 8.00% 14.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.00% 30.14% 43.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 26
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £168 £195 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £200 £410
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -51.22% -11.35%
75th Percentile £419 £436 £550
90th Percentile £509 £444 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 20
10th Percentile £21.38 £20.34 -
25th Percentile £26.89 £24.14 £14.00
Median hourly rate £31.18 £28.41 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year +9.73% +0.26% +62.19%
75th Percentile £33.98 £34.80 £36.57
90th Percentile £42.07 £39.42 £66.25
East of England median hourly rate £30.88 £72.50 £42.02
% change year-on-year -57.41% +72.53% -19.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 104 73 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 27.37% 26.55% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 31 38
10th Percentile £168 £195 £350
25th Percentile £183 £198 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -5.76% +4.21%
75th Percentile £604 £550 £700
90th Percentile £675 £605 £800
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 98
10th Percentile £16.87 - £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £25.15 £15.44 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +62.89% -5.28% +5.16%
75th Percentile £41.96 £16.30 £21.46
90th Percentile £48.00 £26.75 £31.13
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% +71.43% +66.67%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

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 Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Cambridge +1 18 £346 -15.03% 64
St Neots - 5 £185 - 2
Degree
East of England

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.54%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.85%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (11.54%) GCP
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (3.85%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.85%) Google Ads
3 1 (3.85%) Google Gemini
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) InfiniBand
1 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Metadata
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Electronics
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Publishing
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
1 3 (11.54%) Senior
1 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
1 3 (11.54%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (7.69%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
2 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (7.69%) SEO Specialist
3 1 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (3.85%) Change Analyst
3 1 (3.85%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (3.85%) Project Leader
3 1 (3.85%) Python Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (3.85%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (3.85%) Workstream Manager
3 1 (3.85%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
1 1 (3.85%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Robotics
2 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
3 3 (11.54%) Acoustics
3 3 (11.54%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (11.54%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.85%) BYOD
5 1 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.85%) Grid Computing
5 1 (3.85%) Life Science
5 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
5 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Android
3 2 (7.69%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 8 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) AI
4 6 (23.08%) Configuration Management
4 6 (23.08%) Data Collection
4 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (19.23%) Network Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Pedagogy
5 5 (19.23%) Project Management
6 4 (15.38%) DevOps
6 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (15.38%) Validation
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) ERP
7 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (11.54%) Motion Capture
7 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) Bash
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) C++
3 2 (7.69%) SQL
4 1 (3.85%) Java
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) Perl
4 1 (3.85%) R
4 1 (3.85%) Ruby
4 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.85%) X++
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) GPFS
2 1 (3.85%) Lustre
2 1 (3.85%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Ansible
1 3 (11.54%) Puppet
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) Consul
2 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Salt
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) EMC
3 1 (3.85%) IFS
3 1 (3.85%) OpenAI
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow