Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Consultant
North West > Cumbria

The median Consultant daily rate in Cumbria is £472, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 21 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 1.60% 3.65% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 4.07% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £422 £508 -
25th Percentile £437 £519 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £575 £524
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +9.73% -12.67%
75th Percentile £506 £630 -
90th Percentile £519 £638 -
North West median daily rate £620 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +12.73% +4.76% +5.00%

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 121 172 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.80% 89.58% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 90 102
10th Percentile £300 £266 £413
25th Percentile £431 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -5.35% +23.57%
75th Percentile £549 £638 £627
90th Percentile £638 £670 £649
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 7
10th Percentile £25.34 £23.25 £38.49
25th Percentile £32.14 £39.72 £51.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £53.72 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -2.33% +11.96%
75th Percentile £58.42 £66.61 £60.43
90th Percentile £69.49 £70.90 £72.36
North West median hourly rate £24.88 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.75% +5.71% +46.17%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cumbria

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies 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 17 September 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 0 1 £519 -9.74% 1
Carlisle - 1 £425 - 1
Consultant
North West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) IDoc
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) IDoc
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP