Hardware Architect Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Architect
East of England > Cambridgeshire

As of 9 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Hardware Architect daily rate in Cambridgeshire.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 325 251 341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.32% 80.71% 79.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 122 146
10th Percentile £197 £301 £165
25th Percentile £335 £400 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +0.10% +0.95%
75th Percentile £594 £559 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
East of England median daily rate £475 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 32 118
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £13.80 £21.10 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £15.03
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +52.38% -3.06%
75th Percentile £25.15 £26.19 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £48.75 £35.45
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £40.28
% change year-on-year -49.70% +24.15% +96.46%

Hardware Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Hardware Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Hardware Architect job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Architect
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 Hardware Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 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 - - 4
Hardware Architect
East of England

Hardware Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Hardware Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Hardware Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cadence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Hardware Architect Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) OrCAD
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence