ITSM Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

IT Service Management (ITSM)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing ITSM 20 37 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 13.42% 19.58% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.75% 22.98% -
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 0
10th Percentile £338 £388 -
25th Percentile £573 £395 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.84% - -
75th Percentile £620 £500 -
90th Percentile £666 £550 -
North West median daily rate £575 £400 £535
% change year-on-year +43.66% -25.19% +29.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

ITSM 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 127 161 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.23% 85.19% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 68 138
10th Percentile £456 £395 £428
25th Percentile £474 £430 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -16.67% +40.52%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £670
90th Percentile £690 £641 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 27
10th Percentile £22.20 £19.51 £13.00
25th Percentile £31.36 £23.35 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.68 £38.56 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% -6.47% -26.53%
75th Percentile £63.40 £69.74 £46.91
90th Percentile £63.77 £78.84 £53.75
North West median hourly rate £41.90 £30.40 £37.34
% change year-on-year +37.82% -18.59% +0.11%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Cumbria

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Cumbria over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Cumbria

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing ITSM

ITSM
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 ITSM within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 20 January 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 -4 19 £605 +38.34% 2
ITSM
North West

ITSM
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (45.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) DHCP
1 9 (45.00%) DNS
1 9 (45.00%) LAN
1 9 (45.00%) Skype
1 9 (45.00%) VLAN
1 9 (45.00%) VPN
1 9 (45.00%) WAN
1 9 (45.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Architect
2 7 (35.00%) Technical Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Service Architect
4 4 (20.00%) Storage Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) SCCM Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Automation Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Security Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
1 11 (55.00%) Windows 10
2 9 (45.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Service Management
2 9 (45.00%) Disk Encryption
2 9 (45.00%) ITIL
3 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) Service Design
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (20.00%) High Availability
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) PowerShell
1 9 (45.00%) VB
1 9 (45.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (65.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (55.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (15.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) BitLocker
2 4 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) ServiceNow
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) EMC
3 4 (20.00%) NetApp
3 4 (20.00%) Veritas
4 2 (10.00%) Remedy