Software Engineering Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 12 56 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.86% 10.85% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 13.11% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 25
10th Percentile £389 £371 -
25th Percentile £484 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £566 £560
90th Percentile £674 £575 £650
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.35% -9.09% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 2
10th Percentile £24.59 £36.77 £54.13
25th Percentile £28.41 £48.81 £54.69
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -6.38% +3.07%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.25 £62.19
90th Percentile - £74.63 £62.38
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering 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 274 427 493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.10% 82.75% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 147 248
10th Percentile £250 £204 £225
25th Percentile £369 £319 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £684 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 182 168
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 £53.75 £23.58
East of England median hourly rate £32.07 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.83% +90.48% +7.69%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Engineering in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Peterborough +2 6 - - 43
Cambridge -21 5 £575 +4.55% 242
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
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 (25.00%) Simulink
1 3 (25.00%) Stateflow
2 1 (8.33%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) npm
1 2 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) CANoe
1 2 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 2 (16.67%) Git
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Automotive
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Electronics
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Angular Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Junior
3 2 (16.67%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Junior Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (16.67%) DirectX
1 2 (16.67%) Express.js
1 2 (16.67%) JSON
1 2 (16.67%) NgRx
1 2 (16.67%) Playwright
1 2 (16.67%) REST
1 2 (16.67%) RESTful
1 2 (16.67%) RxJS
1 2 (16.67%) Vulkan
1 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.33%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Validation
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
5 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (16.67%) Product Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) User Experience
5 2 (16.67%) UX Design
5 2 (16.67%) Web Development
5 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 1 (8.33%) Data Management
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Microservices
6 1 (8.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (8.33%) C#
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (8.33%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (8.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
1 2 (16.67%) Workday
2 1 (8.33%) Xilinx