Computer Science Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 43 57
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 -25
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 19 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.72% 2.54% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 2.85% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 11
10th Percentile £195 £331 £500
25th Percentile £256 £363 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £426 £522 £575
90th Percentile £460 £569 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £35.50 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Computer Science 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 419 492 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.00% 89.29% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 260 381
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +12.46%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £601 £638
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 148 235
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.37 -
25th Percentile £14.48 £13.85 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £21.37 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.00 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -8.55%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science in Cambridgeshire

Computer Science
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 Computer Science within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 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 12 £363 -25.64% 43
Peterborough - 6 - - 10
Computer Science
East of England

Computer Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Simulink
1 4 (21.05%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.26%) SAP MM
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) RS-485
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
2 4 (21.05%) Mercurial
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (31.58%) Automotive
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Legal
2 4 (21.05%) Multimedia
3 3 (15.79%) Electronics
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Military
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) French Language
5 1 (5.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Data Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) NumPy
2 4 (21.05%) Pandas
2 4 (21.05%) React
2 4 (21.05%) SciPy
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.26%) Entity Framework
3 1 (5.26%) Managed Extensibility Framework
3 1 (5.26%) Silverlight
3 1 (5.26%) WCF
3 1 (5.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Algorithms
2 4 (21.05%) Social Media
3 3 (15.79%) Data Structures
4 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (10.53%) FPGA
5 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Software Engineering
2 9 (47.37%) Test Automation
3 5 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Code Quality
4 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (21.05%) Data Collection
4 4 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (21.05%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 4 (21.05%) Machine Learning
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Signal Processing
4 4 (21.05%) Validation
4 4 (21.05%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 3 (15.79%) SDLC
6 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
6 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C#
2 7 (36.84%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 4 (21.05%) MATLAB
4 3 (15.79%) C
5 2 (10.53%) Rust
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) VB
6 1 (5.26%) C++
6 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
4 4 (21.05%) PhD
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.26%) CISSP
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco