NHS Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

National Health Service (NHS)
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term NHS in contract job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NHS over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NHS 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 0.42% - 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
North West median daily rate £350 £215 £400
% change year-on-year +62.79% -46.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £44.74
North West median hourly rate £45.00 - £16.17
% change year-on-year - - -4.04%

All Generic Skills
Cumbria

NHS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 79 33 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 33.47% 17.93% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 8 45
10th Percentile £360 £305 £428
25th Percentile £440 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -0.10% +1.44%
75th Percentile £530 £638 £500
90th Percentile £611 £641 £568
North West median daily rate £469 £456 £493
% change year-on-year +2.85% -7.51% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 11
10th Percentile - £22.69 -
25th Percentile - £23.60 -
Median hourly rate £25.49 £29.27 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% +125.15% -79.10%
75th Percentile £30.52 £31.67 £44.41
90th Percentile £39.33 £47.39 £44.74
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £29.90 £25.25
% change year-on-year +83.95% +18.42% -9.76%

NHS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

NHS job vacancy trend in Cumbria

NHS
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing NHS

NHS
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing NHS

NHS
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 NHS within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 29 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
Carlisle - 1 - - 1
NHS
North West

NHS
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Support
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP