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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 48 | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +6 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing Open Source | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | - | 1.00% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.20% | 0.95% |
| 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 | £400 | £300 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -42.86% | -10.26% |
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 | 245 | 415 | 524 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 88.45% | 82.83% | 88.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 130 | 149 | 283 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £200 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £350 | £281 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £600 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £461 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.40% | -2.89% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 199 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.84 | - | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.16 | £14.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.23 | £15.00 | £14.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.20% | +3.45% | +6.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.85 | £21.46 | £20.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.00 | £49.75 | £22.00 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.00 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +81.82% | +41.94% |
Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cambridgeshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cambridgeshire.