Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Computer Science
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria 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 30 40 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.36% 0.45% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 0.53% -
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 £336 £571 £506
% change year-on-year -41.09% +12.74% +6.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 189 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 83.22% 84.75% 85.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 77 121
10th Percentile £413 £392 £450
25th Percentile £464 £438 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% -16.67% +40.19%
75th Percentile £610 £583 £672
90th Percentile £697 £638 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 44
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.06 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £24.62 £12.53
Median hourly rate £41.68 £28.75 £25.70
Median % change year-on-year +44.97% +11.89% -54.43%
75th Percentile £63.40 £62.09 £44.74
90th Percentile £63.77 £80.87 £46.91
North West median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £25.30
% change year-on-year +35.38% +28.46% -32.53%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Cumbria

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Computer Science
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 within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 6 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 - 2
Computer Science
North West

Computer Science
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 3 (60.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
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