AI Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

AI
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria 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 33 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing AI 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 1.99% 2.15% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £35.55 £25.43 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.80% - -
North West median hourly rate £35.55 £28.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +23.65% -37.74% +130.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 201 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 83.44% 86.27% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 84 143
10th Percentile £413 £391 £461
25th Percentile £462 £436 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +34.35%
75th Percentile £605 £586 £670
90th Percentile £696 £638 £725
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 64
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £15.65 £25.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £35.55 £30.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.50% +130.77% -76.94%
75th Percentile £44.77 £59.90 £44.07
90th Percentile £63.40 £80.59 £50.41
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +40.63% +34.14% -36.39%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

AI job vacancy trend in Cumbria

AI
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing AI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing AI

AI
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 AI within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 23 March 2026. 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 -1 3 £525 - 1
AI
North West

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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