Degree Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 12 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 74 56 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 14.65% 10.14% 11.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.79% 31.46% 36.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 42
10th Percentile £350 £226 £216
25th Percentile £364 £331 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% - -2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £530 £538
90th Percentile £700 £595 £575
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 22
10th Percentile - - £13.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.34 £17.47 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.19% +20.48% +26.09%
75th Percentile £36.57 £27.25 £15.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £48.50 £20.75
East of England median hourly rate £42.02 £52.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year -19.96% +135.96% -30.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 169 178 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 33.47% 32.25% 31.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 43 100
10th Percentile £350 £239 £213
25th Percentile £392 £316 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +12.43%
75th Percentile £700 £556 £538
90th Percentile £800 £628 £603
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 95 118
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.78 £20.25
90th Percentile £31.13 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -39.06%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +3 53 £410 -13.68% 176
Peterborough +2 19 £180 - 24
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 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) IIS
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (10.81%) Photoshop
4 7 (9.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (4.05%) Simulink
5 3 (4.05%) Stateflow
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Magento
1 1 (1.35%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.35%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.35%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.35%) SAP SD
1 1 (1.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.35%) Azure
3 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) RS-485
2 1 (1.35%) Firewall
2 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) QlikView
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Git
2 4 (5.41%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.35%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Manufacturing
3 11 (14.86%) Finance
3 11 (14.86%) Telecoms
4 10 (13.51%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (10.81%) Mandarin Language
6 5 (6.76%) Automotive
6 5 (6.76%) Electronics
7 4 (5.41%) Advertising
7 4 (5.41%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Military
7 4 (5.41%) Multimedia
8 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.70%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.70%) Banking
9 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.70%) Wearables
10 1 (1.35%) Games
10 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Analyst
2 11 (14.86%) Architect
2 11 (14.86%) Software Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) Software Architect
4 9 (12.16%) Service Analyst
4 9 (12.16%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (12.16%) Technical Analyst
4 9 (12.16%) Technical Services Analyst
5 8 (10.81%) Business Analyst
6 7 (9.46%) Embedded Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Coordinator
7 4 (5.41%) Lead
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Technical Coordinator
8 3 (4.05%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.51%) DirectX
1 10 (13.51%) OpenGL
1 10 (13.51%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (13.51%) Vulkan
2 5 (6.76%) NumPy
3 4 (5.41%) Pandas
3 4 (5.41%) React
3 4 (5.41%) SciPy
4 2 (2.70%) .NET
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.35%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 1 (1.35%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.35%) WCF
5 1 (1.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Management Information System
2 10 (13.51%) 3D Graphics
2 10 (13.51%) Ray Tracing
3 4 (5.41%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.41%) Social Media
4 3 (4.05%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.70%) FPGA
6 1 (1.35%) CMDB
6 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.35%) Life Science
6 1 (1.35%) NHS
6 1 (1.35%) Photography
6 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.27%) Windows
2 3 (4.05%) Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (20.27%) Computer Science
2 15 (20.27%) Software Engineering
3 12 (16.22%) Customer Service
3 12 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (14.86%) Project Management
5 10 (13.51%) ITIL
5 10 (13.51%) ITSM
5 10 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (13.51%) Software Architecture
6 9 (12.16%) Business Analysis
6 9 (12.16%) Data Protection
7 8 (10.81%) Six Sigma
8 7 (9.46%) Change Management
8 7 (9.46%) Data Governance
8 7 (9.46%) Document Management
8 7 (9.46%) Lean Six Sigma
8 7 (9.46%) Psychology
8 7 (9.46%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (9.46%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) C
2 11 (14.86%) C++
3 9 (12.16%) Python
4 8 (10.81%) C#
5 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.05%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.05%) SQL
7 2 (2.70%) Rust
7 2 (2.70%) VB
8 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Master's Degree
2 14 (18.92%) PhD
3 9 (12.16%) CCNA
3 9 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (12.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (12.16%) MCP
4 7 (9.46%) IIBA
5 4 (5.41%) HNC
5 4 (5.41%) HND
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) GDPR
2 7 (9.46%) Good Clinical Practice
2 7 (9.46%) GxP
3 2 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) SCCM
2 1 (1.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 8 (10.81%) Citrix
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) MathWorks
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Siemens
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe
5 1 (1.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco