Project Delivery Contracts in Cumbria

Project Delivery
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery 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 32 29 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -14 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 7 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.59% 4.25% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 4.44% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £416 £661 -
25th Percentile £448 £666 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £669 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.46% - -
75th Percentile £586 £670 -
90th Percentile £617 £689 -
North West median daily rate £475 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -17.39% +27.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - £52.35
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £56.38
75th Percentile £76.25 - £60.41
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £73.75 £27.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +168.18% -57.69% +225.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Project Delivery 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 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Cumbria

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Cumbria

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Cumbria

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Cumbria

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery 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 -8 4 £625 -6.58% 8
Carlisle - 1 £413 -
Project Delivery
North West

Project Delivery
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) BGP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) HSRP
1 1 (14.29%) IPsec
1 1 (14.29%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Build Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Build Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Decarbonisation
4 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (28.57%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens