Generative AI Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Generative AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 0.66% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £550 £516 £550
% change year-on-year +6.69% -6.27% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Generative AI 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 127 195 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 83.55% 86.28% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 82 143
10th Percentile £413 £394 £461
25th Percentile £463 £440 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% -13.04% +34.35%
75th Percentile £609 £585 £670
90th Percentile £695 £636 £725
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 63
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.52 -
25th Percentile £14.80 £25.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £29.91 £30.88 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +137.54% -76.94%
75th Percentile £44.77 £70.15 £44.07
90th Percentile £63.59 £80.15 £46.91
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year +40.63% +36.00% -36.92%

Generative AI
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 Generative AI within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 17 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 - 1 £525 - 1
Generative AI
North West

Generative AI
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared