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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 38 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +16
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 5 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.52% 2.38% 3.83%
As % of the General category 2.67% 4.29% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £471 £260 £226
25th Percentile £503 £275 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £300 £563
Median % change year-on-year +87.08% -46.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £325 £791
90th Percentile £660 £340 £800
East of England median daily rate £500 £363 £600
% change year-on-year +37.93% -39.58% +19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £22.51 -
25th Percentile - £22.53 -
Median hourly rate - £24.21 £16.77
Median % change year-on-year - +44.34% -16.15%
75th Percentile - £27.86 £18.89
90th Percentile - £28.50 £20.15
East of England median hourly rate £14.84 £23.41 £18.90
% change year-on-year -36.61% +23.86% +0.80%

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 187 233 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 56.84% 55.48% 63.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 56 126
10th Percentile £200 £238 £185
25th Percentile £363 £356 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.27% -6.13%
75th Percentile £602 £563 £525
90th Percentile £685 £650 £625
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 107 172
10th Percentile £13.24 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.58 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £22.83 £21.37 £17.72
90th Percentile £31.00 £50.75 £21.90
East of England median hourly rate £41.48 £40.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +3.69% +125.73% -10.55%

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 17 August 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 17 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
Cambridge -2 3 £450 +28.57% 10
Peterborough +5 1 - - 2
Huntingdon -2 1 £673 +169.00% 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) German Language
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Avamar
1 1 (20.00%) vRealize
1 1 (20.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (20.00%) VMware