Agile Software Development
North West > Cumbria
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | 30 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | -5 | -14 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Agile | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | 4.41% | 3.36% | 5.08% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.71% | 3.75% | 5.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £274 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £276 | £470 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £440 | £471 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.95% | -6.48% | -5.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £511 | £471 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £577 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -9.09% | +5.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.87 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £31.59 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £40.59 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59.82 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £69.68 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.16 | £55.00 | £52.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.56% | +5.77% | -25.71% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria
Agile 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 Cumbria.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 105 | 240 | 109 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria | 77.21% | 89.55% | 92.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 129 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £344 | £399 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £477 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +4.82% | +11.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £553 | £585 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £670 | £627 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 49 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.22 | - | £19.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.14 | £10.95 | £41.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.15 | £16.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +149.38% | -70.00% | +11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.82 | £66.61 | £55.85 |
| 90th Percentile | £59.50 | £71.10 | £68.68 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.36 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.87% | +1.03% | +60.70% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Agile.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Agile.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in Cumbria over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.
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DemandTrendContract 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 Agile within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness | +5 | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| Carlisle | +1 | 1 | £475 | +72.10% | |
| Agile North West |
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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: