Hardware Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 36 45
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.76% 1.16% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.48% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £160
East of England median daily rate £168 £183 £143
% change year-on-year -8.22% +28.07% +29.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £15.10 £16.00
% change year-on-year +429.80% -5.63% -8.57%

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 346 270 354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.37% 78.49% 78.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 119 151
10th Percentile £185 £284 £185
25th Percentile £350 £356 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% +0.80%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £560
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
East of England median daily rate £493 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +9.47% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 37 114
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.31 £20.75 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £50.25 £37.10
East of England median hourly rate £30.11 £47.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year -36.62% +17.94% +97.67%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hardware Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Hardware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 10 December 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 - - 3
Hardware Engineer
East of England

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, Hardware Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management

Hardware Engineer 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP