Degree Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 21 73 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.61% 14.75% 11.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.17% 41.48% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 19
10th Percentile - £330 £222
25th Percentile £195 £388 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £436 £550 £552
90th Percentile £444 £680 £603
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 14
10th Percentile £19.49 - -
25th Percentile £22.03 £14.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £28.34 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +50.24% +30.07%
75th Percentile £34.63 £36.57 £27.44
90th Percentile £39.35 £66.25 £53.75
East of England median hourly rate £73.75 £38.95 £57.06
% change year-on-year +89.35% -31.74% +178.35%

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 72 176 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 26.09% 35.56% 34.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 53
10th Percentile £192 £350 £225
25th Percentile £195 £405 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £530 £688 £569
90th Percentile £585 £793 £621
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 100 101
10th Percentile - £14.00 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.87 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +5.16% +6.90%
75th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £22.00
90th Percentile - £31.13 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 -8 11 £408 -6.86% 401
Peterborough +7 9 £200 +11.11% 135
Degree
East of England

Degree
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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
1 2 (9.52%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Simulink
2 1 (4.76%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (9.52%) Hadoop
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
1 2 (9.52%) Text Mining
2 1 (4.76%) QlikView
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) Artifactory
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Automotive
3 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Consultant
2 2 (9.52%) Developer
2 2 (9.52%) IFS Consultant
2 2 (9.52%) Information Scientist
2 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Change Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) PMO Specialist
3 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) CMDB
2 2 (9.52%) FMCG
2 2 (9.52%) Life Science
2 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) ITSM
2 6 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 6 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 6 (28.57%) Data Entry
2 6 (28.57%) Inventory Management
2 6 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
2 6 (28.57%) Service Management
2 6 (28.57%) Time Management
3 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) Analytics
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (9.52%) Informatics
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (9.52%) Security Patching
6 2 (9.52%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) MATLAB
4 2 (9.52%) Bash
4 2 (9.52%) Perl
4 2 (9.52%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) PhD
4 1 (4.76%) APMG
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) GCFE
4 1 (4.76%) GCIH
4 1 (4.76%) GIAC
4 1 (4.76%) GREM
4 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.76%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Ansible
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) IBM
2 2 (9.52%) IFS
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Red Hat
2 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Planview