Degree Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Academic Degree
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Degree 76 50 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 14.37% 9.26% 11.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.78% 30.49% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 45
10th Percentile £300 £226 £235
25th Percentile £353 £334 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% -2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £516 £538
90th Percentile £680 £555 £583
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 20
10th Percentile - - £13.20
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +72.41% -6.45%
75th Percentile £36.57 £30.25 £15.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £23.43
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.31 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.03% +138.80% -25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 166 164 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.38% 30.37% 32.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 43 103
10th Percentile £325 £239 £213
25th Percentile £388 £316 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +13.10%
75th Percentile £700 £566 £550
90th Percentile £800 £625 £636
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 83 124
10th Percentile - £13.29 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.37
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -3.13%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.78 £20.25
90th Percentile £31.13 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £21.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +90.48% +6.01% -14.65%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Cambridgeshire

Degree
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 Degree within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 58 £410 -8.89% 135
Peterborough +6 16 £180 - 22
Degree
East of England

Degree
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 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (1.32%) IIS
3 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (10.53%) Photoshop
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.95%) Simulink
4 3 (3.95%) Stateflow
5 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (2.63%) Shopify
2 1 (1.32%) Magento
2 1 (1.32%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.32%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.32%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.32%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.32%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.63%) Stripe
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.32%) Azure
3 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) RS-485
2 1 (1.32%) Firewall
2 1 (1.32%) Internet
2 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.32%) VoIP
2 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.32%) Power BI
1 1 (1.32%) QlikView
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) Mercurial
3 2 (2.63%) JIRA
4 1 (1.32%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Manufacturing
3 14 (18.42%) Finance
4 12 (15.79%) Telecoms
5 10 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (10.53%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (7.89%) Electronics
8 5 (6.58%) Automotive
8 5 (6.58%) Marketing
9 4 (5.26%) Advertising
9 4 (5.26%) Military
9 4 (5.26%) Multimedia
9 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.95%) Retail
11 2 (2.63%) Aerospace
11 2 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (2.63%) Banking
11 2 (2.63%) Games
11 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.63%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 18 (23.68%) Analyst
2 12 (15.79%) Software Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Architect
3 11 (14.47%) Senior
4 10 (13.16%) Software Architect
5 8 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) Business Analyst
6 7 (9.21%) Embedded Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Service Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) Technical Services Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Coordinator
8 4 (5.26%) Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Lead
8 4 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Technical Coordinator
9 3 (3.95%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.16%) DirectX
1 10 (13.16%) OpenGL
1 10 (13.16%) OpenGL ES
1 10 (13.16%) Vulkan
2 5 (6.58%) NumPy
3 4 (5.26%) Pandas
3 4 (5.26%) React
3 4 (5.26%) SciPy
4 2 (2.63%) .NET
5 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.32%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.32%) Managed Extensibility Framework
5 1 (1.32%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.32%) Vue
5 1 (1.32%) WCF
5 1 (1.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Management Information System
2 10 (13.16%) 3D Graphics
2 10 (13.16%) Ray Tracing
3 4 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.26%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.26%) Social Media
4 3 (3.95%) FPGA
5 2 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.32%) CMDB
6 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.32%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.32%) iPhone
6 1 (1.32%) NHS
6 1 (1.32%) Photography
6 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.11%) Windows
2 4 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Android
3 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.68%) Computer Science
1 18 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.05%) Software Engineering
3 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (14.47%) Project Management
5 10 (13.16%) Software Architecture
6 9 (11.84%) Business Analysis
6 9 (11.84%) Customer Service
6 9 (11.84%) Data Protection
6 9 (11.84%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (10.53%) Six Sigma
8 7 (9.21%) Agile
8 7 (9.21%) Change Management
8 7 (9.21%) Document Management
8 7 (9.21%) ITIL
8 7 (9.21%) ITSM
8 7 (9.21%) Lean Six Sigma
8 7 (9.21%) Psychology
8 7 (9.21%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (9.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) C
2 11 (14.47%) C++
3 10 (13.16%) Python
4 9 (11.84%) C#
5 4 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.95%) MATLAB
6 3 (3.95%) Rust
6 3 (3.95%) SQL
7 2 (2.63%) VB
8 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.32%) XAML
Qualifications
1 17 (22.37%) Master's Degree
2 15 (19.74%) PhD
3 11 (14.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (9.21%) IIBA
5 6 (7.89%) CCNA
5 6 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.89%) MCP
6 4 (5.26%) HNC
6 4 (5.26%) HND
7 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.84%) GDPR
2 7 (9.21%) Good Clinical Practice
2 7 (9.21%) GxP
3 2 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) SCCM
2 1 (1.32%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.58%) Citrix
3 4 (5.26%) SAP
4 3 (3.95%) MathWorks
5 2 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.63%) Siemens
6 1 (1.32%) Adobe
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco