Community of Practice Contracts in the West Midlands

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Community of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Community of Practice over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 133 155
Rank change year-on-year +27 +22 -27
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 7 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.36% 0.21% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.24% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile - £530 £423
25th Percentile £556 £556 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +3.60% +13.27%
75th Percentile £925 £588 £597
90th Percentile - £595 £615
England median daily rate £550 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +5.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Community of Practice is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,619 2,084 3,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.06% 88.57% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 1,427 2,350
10th Percentile £275 £263 £271
25th Percentile £368 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £699 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 49 67
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.40 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.94
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% +8.82% +2.16%
75th Percentile £40.38 £27.13 £19.68
90th Percentile £58.00 £48.75 £21.11
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Community of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in the West Midlands

Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Community of Practice in the West Midlands

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Community of Practice in the West Midlands

Community of Practice
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Coventry +16 4 £563 -6.25%
Birmingham - 3 £850 - 7
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
1 4 (57.14%) Lead Product Owner
1 4 (57.14%) Product Owner
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Product Requirements
3 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (42.86%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (42.86%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
5 2 (28.57%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (14.29%) Business Case
6 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience