Converged Networks Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Network Convergence
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Converged Networks skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Converged Networks 5 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.33% 2.59% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.06% 5.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £498 £500 -
25th Percentile £513 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -
75th Percentile £539 £588 -
90th Percentile £539 - -
North West median daily rate £537 £575 -
% change year-on-year -6.61% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

Converged Networks falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 62 97 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 28.84% 50.26% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 38 26
10th Percentile £364 £344 £456
25th Percentile £474 £433 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% -1.69% +9.88%
75th Percentile £598 £588 £666
90th Percentile £629 £638 £670
North West median daily rate £490 £450 £483
% change year-on-year +8.78% -6.74% -0.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £38.88 £24.59 £34.37
% change year-on-year +58.15% -28.46% +24.96%

Converged Networks
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Converged Networks job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Converged Networks
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Converged Networks.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Converged Networks

Converged Networks
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 Converged Networks within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 -7 4 £539 -6.35% 3
Converged Networks
North West

Converged Networks
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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Broadband
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 5 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco