Developer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Developer
North West > Cumbria

The median Developer daily rate in Cumbria is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 27 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 1.60% 0.52% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 0.58% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £460 £450 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +6.33% +25.40%
75th Percentile £480 £550 £474
90th Percentile - - £507
North West median daily rate £425 £438 £488
% change year-on-year -2.86% -10.26% -4.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cumbria with a recognized job title 121 172 144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.80% 90.05% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 90 100
10th Percentile £300 £266 £409
25th Percentile £431 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -2.34% +19.77%
75th Percentile £549 £638 £627
90th Percentile £638 £670 £652
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 7
10th Percentile £25.34 £23.25 £38.49
25th Percentile £32.14 £39.72 £51.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £53.72 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -2.33% +11.96%
75th Percentile £58.42 £66.61 £60.43
90th Percentile £69.49 £70.90 £72.36
North West median hourly rate £24.62 £37.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -33.46% +8.82% +45.36%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cumbria

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cumbria

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cumbria

Developer
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 Developer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 +4 2 £470 -6.00%
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cumbria region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (100.00%) IDoc
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SAPUI5
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) BAPI
2 1 (50.00%) Agile

Developer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) IDoc
2 1 (50.00%) BAPI
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (50.00%) SAPUI5
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP