Cantonese Language Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Cantonese Language
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cantonese Language in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cantonese Language over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cantonese Language 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham - - 0.27%
As % of the General category - - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.06
Median hourly rate - - £11.54
75th Percentile - - £12.02
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £11.54

All General Skills
Birmingham

Cantonese Language falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 511 311 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 55.79% 61.95% 51.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 211 259
10th Percentile £331 £163 £200
25th Percentile £413 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £701
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £458 £500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -8.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 32
10th Percentile £17.09 - £11.89
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.00 £13.97
Median hourly rate £26.61 £19.03 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +39.84% -22.82% +19.65%
75th Percentile £51.25 £26.51 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £28.40 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £32.00 £24.34 £19.59
% change year-on-year +31.47% +24.25% -9.68%

Cantonese Language
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cantonese Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Cantonese Language job vacancy trend in Birmingham