Customer Requirements Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Customer Requirements
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 52 65
Rank change year-on-year -24 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 4 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.47% 1.26% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.39% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £255 -
25th Percentile £850 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £476 £375
Median % change year-on-year +89.08% +26.93% -25.00%
75th Percentile £950 £510 £388
90th Percentile - £530 -
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £441 £535
% change year-on-year -20.54% -17.66% +9.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 £16.26 £26.00
% change year-on-year +12.08% -37.46% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Customer Requirements falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 504 615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.81% 90.48% 82.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 350 397
10th Percentile £263 £200 £238
25th Percentile £402 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% +14.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 41
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.24 £13.18
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.34 £18.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £29.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.03% +13.46% +87.39%
75th Percentile £23.58 £47.04 £48.75
90th Percentile £29.38 £56.65 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.00
% change year-on-year +6.66% -12.52% +29.87%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Ariba
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP