PDM Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Product Data Management (PDM)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring PDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PDM 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.76% - 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 - -
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £408 - -
North West median daily rate £372 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

PDM 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 156 167 241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 86.19% 85.64% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 73 140
10th Percentile £353 £368 £425
25th Percentile £424 £425 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.53% +11.80%
75th Percentile £612 £600 £667
90th Percentile £700 £638 £725
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 19 65
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.72 -
25th Percentile £14.80 £25.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £35.55 £31.76 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% +144.31% -76.76%
75th Percentile - £59.24 £44.74
90th Percentile £49.18 £81.15 £52.43
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £32.25 £22.31
% change year-on-year +63.64% +44.59% -37.17%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

PDM job vacancy trend in Cumbria

PDM
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 PDM within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 5 £372 - 1
PDM
North West

PDM
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 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Officer
1 4 (80.00%) Project Support Officer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP