Degree Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Academic Degree
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 28 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -17
Contract jobs citing Degree 5 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 4.20% 4.40% 2.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.10% 5.04% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £584 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 - -
75th Percentile £601 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £593 £413 £588
% change year-on-year +43.64% -29.79% +37.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
Median hourly rate £63.40 £27.50 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +130.55% +4.21% +9.96%
Cumbria median hourly rate £63.40 £27.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year +130.55% +4.21% -33.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Barrow-in-Furness

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 98 139 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 82.35% 87.42% 78.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 66 95
10th Percentile £414 £400 £493
25th Percentile £460 £456 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £627
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -16.31% +46.84%
75th Percentile £563 £597 £674
90th Percentile £627 £650 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £500 £625
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +46.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 6
10th Percentile - £23.48 -
25th Percentile £58.43 £25.26 £26.39
Median hourly rate £63.40 £28.75 £31.17
Median % change year-on-year +120.52% -7.76% -62.63%
75th Percentile £67.84 £69.74 £38.43
90th Percentile - £78.84 £41.25
Cumbria median hourly rate £63.27 £28.75 £32.13
% change year-on-year +120.06% -10.51% -42.48%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

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

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

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

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Skype
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Disk Encryption
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
2 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Veritas
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow