VectorCAST Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VectorCAST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VectorCAST 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.090% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £75.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - -
75th Percentile £78.00 - -
90th Percentile £78.60 - -
England median hourly rate £77.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
East of England

VectorCAST falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 174 89 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 7.79% 9.40% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 51 50
10th Percentile £323 £313 £342
25th Percentile £425 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £689 £613 £638
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 14 51
10th Percentile £59.45 £34.89 £51.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £62.19 £58.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% +0.38% -
75th Percentile - £74.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.13 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.27% -7.50% +5.69%

VectorCAST
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VectorCAST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

VectorCAST job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VectorCAST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VectorCAST

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VectorCAST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VectorCAST

VectorCAST
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VectorCAST within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Ada Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware