Distributed Computing Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Distributed Computing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 - £612

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Distributed Computing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 258 279 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 29.55% 43.46% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 185 110
10th Percentile £299 £250 £158
25th Percentile £413 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £656 £538 £659
90th Percentile £734 £600 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +8.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 7
10th Percentile £16.01 - £17.10
25th Percentile £43.75 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -62.26% -23.08%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £56.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £31.75 £58.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.80 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year -0.67% +24.07% -12.07%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Distributed Computing
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management