Senior Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Senior
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 19 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 35 30 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.21% 6.00% 5.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.99% 7.63% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 24
10th Percentile £394 £389 £413
25th Percentile £413 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £503 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -1.80% +12.64%
75th Percentile £515 £560 £575
90th Percentile £572 £570 £640
East of England median daily rate £506 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.95% - +13.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £30.56
25th Percentile £26.42 - £31.39
Median hourly rate £27.67 £17.72 £42.18
Median % change year-on-year +56.15% -57.98% +212.41%
75th Percentile £28.93 £40.11 £53.75
90th Percentile - £53.54 -
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £31.85
% change year-on-year +40.00% -21.51% +135.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 292 393 629
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 76.84% 78.60% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 189 381
10th Percentile £251 £184 £201
25th Percentile £340 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £560 £586
90th Percentile £624 £615 £664
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 109 139
10th Percentile £14.57 - -
25th Percentile £15.92 £13.41 £13.41
Median hourly rate £22.90 £17.72 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.20% +14.32% +14.81%
75th Percentile £28.93 £20.56 £20.56
90th Percentile £60.00 £33.65 £35.50
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £43.15 £19.81
% change year-on-year +10.08% +117.82% +41.50%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cambridgeshire

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Cambridgeshire

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Cambridgeshire

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Cambridgeshire

Senior
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 Senior within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 +10 28 £469 -6.25% 32
Peterborough +10 3 - - 5
Huntingdon -1 1 - -
Senior
East of England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities 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 featuring Senior in the job title.

1 14 (40.00%) Degree
2 12 (34.29%) Software Engineering
3 10 (28.57%) Linux
3 10 (28.57%) Python
3 10 (28.57%) Agile
4 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
5 8 (22.86%) Azure
6 7 (20.00%) AWS
7 6 (17.14%) GCP
7 6 (17.14%) Workload Management
8 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 5 (14.29%) Virtual Team
8 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (14.29%) Public Cloud
8 5 (14.29%) Security Patching
8 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (14.29%) Ansible
8 5 (14.29%) JIRA
8 5 (14.29%) Google
8 5 (14.29%) Bash
8 5 (14.29%) Confluence
8 5 (14.29%) C#
8 5 (14.29%) Perl
8 5 (14.29%) Red Hat
8 5 (14.29%) IBM
9 4 (11.43%) WAN
9 4 (11.43%) CCIE
9 4 (11.43%) CCNP

Senior Skill Set
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 5 (14.29%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) CMS
2 2 (5.71%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
3 6 (17.14%) GCP
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Functions
4 2 (5.71%) Serverless
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) 802.11
1 4 (11.43%) SD-WAN
1 4 (11.43%) WAN
1 4 (11.43%) Wireless
2 3 (8.57%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
1 1 (2.86%) QlikView
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) JIRA
2 4 (11.43%) Artifactory
General
1 4 (11.43%) Electronics
1 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
1 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Finance
2 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.71%) Marketing
2 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.86%) Games
3 1 (2.86%) Law
3 1 (2.86%) Legal
3 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) 802.1X
2 2 (5.71%) .NET
2 2 (5.71%) .NET Framework
2 2 (5.71%) Entity Framework
2 2 (5.71%) RESTful
3 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.86%) Node.js
3 1 (2.86%) REST
3 1 (2.86%) SOAP
3 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Public Cloud
1 5 (14.29%) Virtual Team
2 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (11.43%) Data Structures
2 4 (11.43%) FPGA
3 2 (5.71%) NHS
4 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) IoT
4 1 (2.86%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) Online Games
4 1 (2.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Software Engineering
2 10 (28.57%) Agile
3 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
4 6 (17.14%) Workload Management
5 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (14.29%) Security Patching
5 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (11.43%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (11.43%) Data Protection
6 4 (11.43%) Physics
7 3 (8.57%) Battery Management
7 3 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.57%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.71%) Front End Development
8 2 (5.71%) Kaizen
8 2 (5.71%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) Python
2 5 (14.29%) Bash
2 5 (14.29%) C#
2 5 (14.29%) Perl
3 4 (11.43%) Rust
4 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.86%) Java
5 1 (2.86%) SQL
5 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.43%) CCIE
3 4 (11.43%) CCNP
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
4 3 (8.57%) PhD
5 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.86%) CISA
5 1 (2.86%) CISM
5 1 (2.86%) CRISC
5 1 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) GRC
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.86%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
1 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Ansible
2 4 (11.43%) Terraform
3 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Google
1 5 (14.29%) IBM
1 5 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 4 (11.43%) Cisco
3 2 (5.71%) SAP
4 1 (2.86%) Altera
4 1 (2.86%) Intel
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) VMware