Senior Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Senior
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Senior daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 20 33
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 30 37 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.76% 6.69% 5.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.76% 7.92% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 26
10th Percentile £336 £313 £308
25th Percentile £350 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% +6.88%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £538
90th Percentile £596 £650 £563
East of England median daily rate £534 £588 £513
% change year-on-year -9.11% +14.63% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £30.05 £24.43 -
25th Percentile £35.50 £34.49 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £52.50 £31.85
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +64.84% +42.63%
75th Percentile £36.57 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.83 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.76% -4.55% +136.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 444 467 759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.22% 84.45% 90.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 290 417
10th Percentile £217 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £311 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £538
90th Percentile £655 £600 £638
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 83 196
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £14.50 £13.83
Median % change year-on-year +12.41% +4.84% +2.44%
75th Percentile £27.50 £19.20 £15.75
90th Percentile £58.78 £20.71 £20.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

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 May 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 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 -11 15 £350 -30.00% 109
Peterborough +5 7 - - 7
Huntingdon - 4 £582 - 3
Senior
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 12 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (33.33%) Degree
3 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) SAP
4 6 (20.00%) CRM
4 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (16.67%) Battery Management
5 5 (16.67%) Master's Degree
6 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (13.33%) Life Science
6 4 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (13.33%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (13.33%) Marketing
6 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
6 4 (13.33%) Linux
6 4 (13.33%) Python
6 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (13.33%) SAP SD
6 4 (13.33%) Middleware
6 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
6 4 (13.33%) Automotive
6 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
6 4 (13.33%) Military
6 4 (13.33%) Agile
7 3 (10.00%) Billing
7 3 (10.00%) Finance
7 3 (10.00%) Validation

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 1 (3.33%) Apache
1 1 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Simulink
1 2 (6.67%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (13.33%) SAP SD
2 1 (3.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) dbt
1 1 (3.33%) GCP
1 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
1 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (6.67%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) QlikView
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Automotive
2 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 4 (13.33%) Marketing
2 4 (13.33%) Military
3 3 (10.00%) Billing
3 3 (10.00%) Electronics
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) Middleware
2 2 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (3.33%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
1 4 (13.33%) Life Science
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) LIMS
3 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.67%) FPGA
3 2 (6.67%) NHS
3 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Social Media
3 2 (6.67%) Video Editing
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (20.00%) CRM
2 6 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.67%) Battery Management
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (13.33%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 4 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.00%) Analytics
5 3 (10.00%) Validation
6 2 (6.67%) ETL
6 2 (6.67%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (6.67%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.67%) Project Management
6 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.67%) Social Media Marketing
6 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Python
2 3 (10.00%) C
2 3 (10.00%) C#
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) MATLAB
3 2 (6.67%) Rust
3 2 (6.67%) VB
4 1 (3.33%) C++
4 1 (3.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.00%) PhD
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Adobe
2 2 (6.67%) MathWorks
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk