The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Puppet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Puppet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
-
72
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+18
Contract jobs citing Puppet
1
0
3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Puppet falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills
58
78
124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
11.11%
10.09%
13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted
43
62
81
10th Percentile
£263
£204
£313
25th Percentile
£310
£350
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£425
£588
Median % change year-on-year
+5.88%
-27.66%
+30.56%
75th Percentile
£621
£569
£700
90th Percentile
£700
£650
-
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£425
£525
% change year-on-year
+11.76%
-19.05%
+16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
2
2
10th Percentile
-
-
£18.45
25th Percentile
-
-
£18.74
Median hourly rate
-
£55.00
£19.60
Median % change year-on-year
-
+180.58%
-
75th Percentile
-
-
£20.58
90th Percentile
-
-
£20.94
West Midlands median hourly rate
£16.19
£55.00
£18.50
% change year-on-year
-70.56%
+197.30%
+14.76%
Puppet Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Puppet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Puppet Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Puppet in Birmingham.
Puppet Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Puppet 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 Puppet.
Puppet 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:
