Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Computer Science
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 3.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £412 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 - -
75th Percentile £487 - -
90th Percentile £508 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Computer Science 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 104 143 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 86.67% 84.62% 83.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 60 81
10th Percentile £413 £398 £493
25th Percentile £464 £436 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £628
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -20.38% +47.07%
75th Percentile £611 £584 £683
90th Percentile £700 £638 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £503 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +0.60% -16.67% +40.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 18
10th Percentile £21.50 £22.72 £26.39
25th Percentile £31.43 £25.26 £33.48
Median hourly rate £41.68 £30.00 £44.07
Median % change year-on-year +38.93% -31.93% -21.94%
75th Percentile £63.40 £73.56 £46.91
90th Percentile £64.14 £81.72 £52.78
Cumbria median hourly rate £41.68 £28.75 £25.70
% change year-on-year +44.97% +11.89% -54.43%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 6 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Barrow-in-Furness

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

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

Computer Science
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Aruba
1 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (50.00%) Ekahau
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
1 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (50.00%) Veritas