Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Software Packaging
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 1.80% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £399 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - -
75th Percentile £407 - -
90th Percentile £407 - -
North West median daily rate £404 £400 £325
% change year-on-year +0.88% +23.08% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cumbria

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 13 29 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 7.78% 14.72% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 20
10th Percentile £382 £398 £469
25th Percentile £401 £431 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £449 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% -12.70% +20.60%
75th Percentile £523 £500 £522
90th Percentile £527 £571 £540
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Software Packaging
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 Software Packaging within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 - 3 £402 -
Software Packaging
North West

Software Packaging
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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft