Junior Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Junior
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Junior daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 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
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 49 52
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.15% 0.23% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 0.30% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £385
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £188 - £393
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £175 £226 £270
% change year-on-year -22.70% -16.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 - £12.95
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

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 274 332 439
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.31% 77.75% 79.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 118 256
10th Percentile £224 £216 £205
25th Percentile £368 £325 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £423 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -6.11% -4.51%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.82% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 114 89
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.74 £21.37 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +33.56% +3.23%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £30.89
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £47.50 £33.22
% change year-on-year -9.47% +42.99% +67.69%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Cambridgeshire

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in Cambridgeshire

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Cambridgeshire

Junior
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 Junior within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Peterborough - 6 £175 - 2
Cambridge -2 1 - - 3
Junior
East of England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 13 August 2025, Junior 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 Junior in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) JSON
2 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (71.43%) Workday
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Canva
3 1 (14.29%) Instagram
3 1 (14.29%) Figma
3 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (14.29%) Typography
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Facebook
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Life Science
3 1 (14.29%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (14.29%) InDesign
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop

Junior 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (14.29%) Canva
2 1 (14.29%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) JSON
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Life Science
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
2 1 (14.29%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) Workday
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe
3 1 (14.29%) Ariba
3 1 (14.29%) Facebook
3 1 (14.29%) Instagram
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow