Deployment Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Deployment Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.42% - 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% - 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 - -
75th Percentile £200 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £175 - £170
% change year-on-year - - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £20.23 £23.00 -
% change year-on-year -12.04% - -

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 293 331 411
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.48% 76.27% 78.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 132 215
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £375 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.43% -2.63%
75th Percentile £614 £556 £539
90th Percentile £700 £624 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 78 99
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £27.50 £20.56
90th Percentile £51.01 £53.75 £33.65
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year -15.79% +13.64% +111.00%

Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Deployment Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Deployment Engineer
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 Deployment Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 - 2 £175 - 2
Peterborough - 2 £200 -
Huntingdon - 1 - -
Deployment Engineer
East of England

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Deployment Engineer 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 Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation

Deployment Engineer 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft