AI Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

AI
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing AI 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 2.48% 2.76% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 3.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £525 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £35.55 £25.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.80% - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £35.55 £25.43 -
% change year-on-year +39.80% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 154 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 86.78% 85.08% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 65 104
10th Percentile £413 £394 £481
25th Percentile £464 £438 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £582
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -15.29% +36.62%
75th Percentile £608 £585 £672
90th Percentile £700 £638 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +34.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 23
10th Percentile £22.19 £22.72 £14.04
25th Percentile £32.73 £25.26 £29.93
Median hourly rate £38.62 £35.30 £46.91
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -24.76% -16.91%
75th Percentile £49.43 £70.15 £51.91
90th Percentile £63.96 £81.43 £52.78
Cumbria median hourly rate £35.55 £30.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year +18.50% +130.77% -76.94%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

AI job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

AI
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing AI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing AI

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Change
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Prompt Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CIPD
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
233 AI jobs in the North West