Degree Contracts in Cumbria

Academic Degree
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 27 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -22 -1
Contract jobs citing Degree 12 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 6.15% 5.02% 21.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.64% 7.34% 27.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £577 £426
25th Percentile £394 £627 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £665 £456
Median % change year-on-year -37.97% +45.83% +7.29%
75th Percentile £431 £670 £486
90th Percentile - £671 £631
North West median daily rate £459 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.06% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £22.63 - £20.75
25th Percentile £22.72 - £22.84
Median hourly rate £27.50 £26.39 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -33.19% -21.78%
75th Percentile £42.63 £51.91 £55.81
90th Percentile £66.51 - £56.83
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £34.50
% change year-on-year +23.15% -23.51% -6.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

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 157 177 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 80.51% 68.34% 75.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 114 21
10th Percentile £388 £441 £425
25th Percentile £436 £493 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £515 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +11.35% -3.65%
75th Percentile £605 £665 £575
90th Percentile £638 £725 £700
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 7
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.14
25th Percentile £25.26 - £37.88
Median hourly rate £35.30 £10.95 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year +222.33% -80.18% +4.09%
75th Percentile £59.57 £26.39 £71.33
90th Percentile £81.43 £47.20 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Cumbria

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Cumbria

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Cumbria

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Cumbria

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 Degree 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 -7 7 - - 38
Carlisle - 1 £413 - 6
Degree
North West

Degree
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) Skype
1 1 (8.33%) VLAN
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Metadata
1 5 (41.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (41.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) Data Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Data Management
2 5 (41.67%) Data Science
2 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
2 5 (41.67%) Information Retrieval
2 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
2 5 (41.67%) Pattern Recognition
2 5 (41.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 5 (41.67%) Statistics
2 5 (41.67%) Visualisation
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) VB
1 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
3 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) NCSC
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (8.33%) Siemens