Public Sector Contracts in Cumbria

Public Sector
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -12
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 25 39 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 14.04% 16.32% 6.38%
As % of the General category 34.25% 29.32% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 4
10th Percentile £422 £421 £161
25th Percentile £461 £481 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £493 £260
Median % change year-on-year +6.49% +89.62% +136.36%
75th Percentile £603 £668 £373
90th Percentile £738 £670 £416
North West median daily rate £465 £493 £525
% change year-on-year -5.68% -6.10% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
North West median hourly rate £21.27 £26.00 £16.85
% change year-on-year -18.19% +54.30% -25.11%

All General Skills
Cumbria

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 73 133 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 41.01% 55.65% 53.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 84 38
10th Percentile £403 £272 £394
25th Percentile £447 £448 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £493 £486
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +1.44% +5.08%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £488
90th Percentile £635 £670 £591
North West median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 2
10th Percentile £24.81 - £22.94
25th Percentile £27.14 £13.00 £28.33
Median hourly rate £40.59 £46.65 £37.98
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% +22.84% -23.11%
75th Percentile £58.27 £51.91 £46.95
90th Percentile £62.11 - £51.93
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £28.50 £27.35
% change year-on-year +0.88% +4.20% +18.91%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cumbria

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Cumbria

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cumbria over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Cumbria

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Cumbria

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 -3 18 £550 +10.78% 5
Carlisle +3 1 £425 +53.99%
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Firewall
2 6 (24.00%) BGP
2 6 (24.00%) IPsec
2 6 (24.00%) OSPF
3 5 (20.00%) EIGRP
3 5 (20.00%) HSRP
3 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (16.00%) DHCP
4 4 (16.00%) DNS
5 3 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (12.00%) NetScaler
5 3 (12.00%) WAN
6 2 (8.00%) VLAN
7 1 (4.00%) 4G
7 1 (4.00%) NAS
7 1 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (4.00%) VPN
7 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Designer
4 1 (4.00%) Domain Architect
4 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Support
4 1 (4.00%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Network Technical Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Project Director
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) VMS
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) ITIL
1 5 (20.00%) Network Management
1 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (16.00%) ITSM
2 4 (16.00%) Network Architecture
2 4 (16.00%) Network Design
3 3 (12.00%) Agile
3 3 (12.00%) Load Balancing
4 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.00%) DevOps
4 2 (8.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (8.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (4.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (4.00%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (4.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) C++
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) VB
1 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (88.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (84.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) WSUS
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Nessus
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.00%) SELinux
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Cisco
2 7 (28.00%) Palo Alto
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.00%) Meraki
5 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.00%) VMware
6 1 (4.00%) Dell
6 1 (4.00%) Qualys
6 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.00%) Splunk
6 1 (4.00%) Tanium