Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Computer Science Degree
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.36% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £518 - -
90th Percentile £521 - -
North West median daily rate £366 £700 £500
% change year-on-year -47.71% +40.00% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

Computer Science 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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 116 176 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 77.85% 79.64% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 72 111
10th Percentile £412 £390 £471
25th Percentile £460 £449 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +46.37%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £674
90th Percentile £614 £650 £725
North West median daily rate £476 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.52% +4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 17
10th Percentile £57.97 £22.72 -
25th Percentile £58.43 £25.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £63.27 £28.75 £11.20
Median % change year-on-year +120.06% +156.81% -83.88%
75th Percentile £67.19 £73.86 £28.30
90th Percentile £67.84 £82.00 £40.68
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% +25.00% -27.78%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Cumbria over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in Cumbria

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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 Computer Science Degree within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 4 £448 - 1
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Aruba
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Ekahau
1 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Veritas