Consultant Contracts in Cumbria

Consultant
North West > Cumbria

The median Consultant daily rate in Cumbria is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 21 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 2.56% 8.11% 3.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 8.54% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 1
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £506 £575 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +52.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £463
90th Percentile £720 - -
North West median daily rate £543 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -1.36% +6.18% -5.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cumbria with a recognized job title 181 246 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 144 30
10th Percentile £362 £438 £350
25th Percentile £414 £492 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £705
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 61 7
10th Percentile £25.26 - £38.79
25th Percentile £30.13 £10.95 £52.05
Median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £44.74 £71.91
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Cumbria

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Cumbria

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Cumbria

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Cumbria

Consultant
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 Consultant within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness -22 1 - - 5
Broughton-in-Furness - 1 £600 -
Carlisle - 1 £425 -
Consultant
North West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cumbria region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) SAP PP
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Ariba
3 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) VB
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow

Consultant Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP PP
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Ariba
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow