Open Source Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Open Source
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Open Source skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Open Source over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 53 47
Rank change year-on-year - -6 +19
Contract jobs citing Open Source 0 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire - 0.98% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.18% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £1,000 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +90.48% -
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - £558
East of England median daily rate £361 £681 £500
% change year-on-year -47.05% +36.25% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Open Source falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 276 423 496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.18% 82.94% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 143 251
10th Percentile £250 £209 £225
25th Percentile £369 £319 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £545 £536
90th Percentile £684 £635 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £428 £500
% change year-on-year +16.96% -14.41% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 179 169
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.84 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £20.88 £25.00 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £54.50 £23.05
East of England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% +90.48% +7.69%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Cambridgeshire

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Open Source in Cambridgeshire

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in Cambridgeshire