Open Source Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Open Source
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Open Source skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 39 46
Rank change year-on-year - +7 +13
Contract jobs citing Open Source 0 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire - 1.26% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.52% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile - £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +12.30%
75th Percentile - £588 £550
90th Percentile - £625 £558
East of England median daily rate £553 £320 £350
% change year-on-year +72.81% -8.57% -33.27%
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 329 329 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 90.38% 82.66% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 115 180
10th Percentile £259 £266 £225
25th Percentile £400 £340 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +2.11% -
75th Percentile £625 £579 £560
90th Percentile £700 £638 £614
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 101 198
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -6.45%
75th Percentile £21.50 £18.22 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £52.50 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.14 £27.67 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.60% +39.68% -5.67%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Open Source relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Open Source job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Open Source.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Open Source

Open Source
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Open Source.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Open Source