Software Engineering Contracts in Cumbria

Software Engineering
North West > Cumbria

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 18 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 7.11% - 10.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% - 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £476
25th Percentile - - £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £490
75th Percentile - - £514
90th Percentile - - £521
North West median daily rate £548 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.67% +20.00% +23.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile £38.39 - £51.17
25th Percentile £43.51 - £54.81
Median hourly rate £46.91 - £60.00
75th Percentile £51.91 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - £65.00
North West median hourly rate £48.00 £42.80 £51.79
% change year-on-year +12.16% -17.37% +18.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Software Engineering 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 Cumbria with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 242 62 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 95.65% 92.54% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 36 40
10th Percentile £425 £369 £309
25th Percentile £490 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -2.63% +35.71%
75th Percentile £667 £491 £538
90th Percentile £725 £663 £576
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 8 21
10th Percentile - £42.03 £19.50
25th Percentile £10.95 £52.20 £37.52
Median hourly rate £13.00 £55.94 £49.53
Median % change year-on-year -76.76% +12.94% +23.83%
75th Percentile £44.74 £83.40 £58.75
90th Percentile £52.43 - £65.00
North West median hourly rate £22.11 £36.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -38.58% +71.43% +15.93%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cumbria

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Cumbria

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Cumbria

Software Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 18 - - 5
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) RS-422
General
1 6 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.11%) Military
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (55.56%) PLC Software Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) SDLC
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) ERP
4 1 (5.56%) PLM
4 1 (5.56%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C
1 1 (5.56%) C#
1 1 (5.56%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) SAP