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 3 March 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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
309
767
842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire
80.05%
85.22%
85.48%
Number of daily rates quoted
195
459
462
Median daily rate
£425
£450
£436
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.56%
+3.15%
+9.06%
10th Percentile
£224
£263
£260
90th Percentile
£620
£600
£624
East of England median daily rate
£426
£425
£448
% change year-on-year
+0.29%
-5.03%
+5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted
49
104
73
Median hourly rate
£15.13
£18.00
£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.94%
+2.86%
-55.13%
10th Percentile
£12.25
£13.00
£10.83
90th Percentile
£43.75
£49.00
£48.75
Median hourly rate
£23.21
£19.25
£17.75
% change year-on-year
+20.57%
+8.45%
-35.45%
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
Software Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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 3 March 2021.
Software Engineering Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 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 3 March 2021. 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
Software Engineering Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Cambridgeshire
For the 6 months to 3 March 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Co-occurring IT Skills in Cambridgeshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
