Software Engineering Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 26 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 47 33 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.29% 5.79% 6.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.27% 6.52% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 22 16
10th Percentile £422 £425 £462
25th Percentile £461 £433 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +3.26% +34.38%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £738
90th Percentile £703 £650 £781
East of England median daily rate £500 £537 £523
% change year-on-year -6.89% +2.65% +30.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 9
10th Percentile £35.52 - £42.50
25th Percentile £48.00 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +24.59%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 417 506 747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.41% 88.77% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 273 374
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £300 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £562 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £600 £604
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 148 238
10th Percentile - £13.37 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.85 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%
75th Percentile £21.37 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.30 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £23.31 £15.50
% change year-on-year +71.60% +50.39% -15.16%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 +5 36 £550 -0.90% 108
Peterborough - 11 - - 6
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 7 (14.89%) Simulink
1 7 (14.89%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
1 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) RS-485
2 1 (2.13%) 4G
2 1 (2.13%) 5G
2 1 (2.13%) MQTT
2 1 (2.13%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Git
2 5 (10.64%) GCC
2 5 (10.64%) Mercurial
3 3 (6.38%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.13%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (23.40%) Automotive
2 9 (19.15%) Electronics
3 7 (14.89%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (10.64%) Multimedia
6 4 (8.51%) Legal
6 4 (8.51%) Military
7 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
8 2 (4.26%) Finance
8 2 (4.26%) Marketing
8 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 39 (82.98%) Software Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 9 (19.15%) Senior
3 9 (19.15%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Compiler Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Development Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Development Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Software Development Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Data Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Developer
6 3 (6.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Python Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) NumPy
2 5 (10.64%) LLVM
2 5 (10.64%) Pandas
2 5 (10.64%) React
2 5 (10.64%) SciPy
3 3 (6.38%) .NET
3 3 (6.38%) DirectX
3 3 (6.38%) OpenGL
3 3 (6.38%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (6.38%) Vulkan
3 3 (6.38%) WPF
4 2 (4.26%) MFC
4 2 (4.26%) WinForms
5 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.13%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.13%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.13%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 1 (2.13%) Silverlight
5 1 (2.13%) WCF
5 1 (2.13%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Algorithms
2 5 (10.64%) Social Media
3 3 (6.38%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (4.26%) FPGA
5 1 (2.13%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Computer Science
2 12 (25.53%) Machine Learning
3 10 (21.28%) Test Automation
4 7 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (14.89%) Validation
5 6 (12.77%) Open Source
6 5 (10.64%) Agile
6 5 (10.64%) Code Quality
6 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (10.64%) Data Collection
6 5 (10.64%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (10.64%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 5 (10.64%) Performance Analysis
6 5 (10.64%) SDLC
6 5 (10.64%) Signal Processing
7 4 (8.51%) DevOps
7 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.51%) Verification and Validation
8 3 (6.38%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) Python
2 14 (29.79%) C#
3 12 (25.53%) C++
4 11 (23.40%) C
5 7 (14.89%) MATLAB
6 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.26%) C++/CLI
7 2 (4.26%) Java
7 2 (4.26%) Rust
7 2 (4.26%) SQL
7 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.26%) VB
8 1 (2.13%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.13%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Degree
2 9 (19.15%) PhD
3 7 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) MathWorks
2 2 (4.26%) SAP