The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Akamai skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Akamai over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
54
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Akamai
8
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Akamai falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.
DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
155
230
298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
26.91%
32.62%
34.25%
Number of daily rates quoted
103
179
219
10th Percentile
£229
£213
£262
25th Percentile
£362
£355
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£475
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
+5.26%
-5.00%
75th Percentile
£500
£625
£600
90th Percentile
£617
£738
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£501
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.37%
-
-4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
3
3
10th Percentile
£38.09
£17.05
£20.20
25th Percentile
£41.22
£18.63
£21.63
Median hourly rate
£47.38
£22.50
£24.00
Median % change year-on-year
+110.56%
-6.25%
+89.57%
75th Percentile
£54.47
£39.38
£24.94
90th Percentile
£58.16
£48.75
£25.50
West Midlands median hourly rate
£34.43
£30.88
£19.00
% change year-on-year
+11.51%
+62.50%
+11.76%
Akamai Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Akamai as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Akamai Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Akamai.
Akamai Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Akamai also mentioned 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 Birmingham region with a requirement for Akamai.
Akamai Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
