Public Sector Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 46 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 +21
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 7 9 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.54% 1.82% 5.39%
As % of the General category 4.38% 3.07% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 20
10th Percentile £265 - £198
25th Percentile £296 £168 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £170 £238
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -28.42% -48.65%
75th Percentile £366 £173 £538
90th Percentile £416 - £589
East of England median daily rate £388 £375 £563
% change year-on-year +3.33% -33.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £14.53 -
25th Percentile - £14.77 £16.77
Median hourly rate - £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile - £25.88 -
90th Percentile - £28.21 £19.60
East of England median hourly rate £20.50 £15.79 £18.20
% change year-on-year +29.83% -13.24% +25.52%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 293 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 57.97% 59.19% 62.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 90 156
10th Percentile £245 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £582 £594
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 154 144
10th Percentile - £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.62 - £14.04
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £33.05 £52.03 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +11 4 £325 +91.18% 8
Huntingdon - 2 £348 - 1
Peterborough +12 1 - -
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) General Ledger
3 1 (14.29%) German Language
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) C++ Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer in Test
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Linux Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Python Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Accountant
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Accountant
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) API Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office Automation
1 2 (28.57%) Office Automation
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
1 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Cash Management
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
2 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Groovy
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Avamar
1 1 (14.29%) vRealize
1 1 (14.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Atlassian
2 1 (14.29%) Dell
2 1 (14.29%) LogRhythm
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) VMware