The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Claude Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Claude Code falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills |
122 |
49 |
57 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham |
13.10% |
9.39% |
7.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
70 |
29 |
45 |
| 10th Percentile |
£347 |
£425 |
£259 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£463 |
£260 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£491 |
£500 |
£400 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-1.75% |
+25.00% |
-27.27% |
| 75th Percentile |
£540 |
£648 |
£475 |
| 90th Percentile |
£575 |
£689 |
£525 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£470 |
£500 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.00% |
+11.11% |
-16.36% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3 |
0 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25.26 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£25.65 |
- |
£55.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£26.61 |
- |
£55.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+66.62% |
| 75th Percentile |
£50.95 |
- |
£56.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£65.38 |
- |
- |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£65.75 |
£57.50 |
£56.25 |
| % change year-on-year |
+14.35% |
+2.22% |
+68.49% |
