The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for SOQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOQL over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
SOQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
187 |
224 |
311 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham |
24.48% |
25.03% |
23.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
145 |
152 |
239 |
| 10th Percentile |
£259 |
£319 |
£325 |
| 25th Percentile |
£310 |
£400 |
£393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£400 |
£513 |
£450 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-21.95% |
+13.89% |
+12.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£667 |
£558 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£700 |
£639 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£450 |
£525 |
£460 |
| % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
+14.13% |
+15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
5 |
7 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
£40.20 |
£21.70 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£40.50 |
£24.31 |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£55.00 |
£33.39 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+64.74% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£56.25 |
£75.63 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£98.50 |
- |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£57.50 |
£29.32 |
£17.39 |
| % change year-on-year |
+96.13% |
+68.59% |
-53.63% |
