Hardware Specialist Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Hardware Specialist
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Hardware Specialist daily rate in Coventry is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.71% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £321 - -
25th Percentile £334 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £384 - -
90th Percentile £394 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £363 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Coventry with a recognized job title 260 100 105
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 91.74% 98.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 69 79
10th Percentile £297 £200 £275
25th Percentile £401 £220 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £625
90th Percentile £660 £635 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.13%
75th Percentile £27.00 - £18.50
90th Percentile £37.58 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £22.05 £19.77
% change year-on-year +54.10% +11.53% -2.37%

Hardware Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Hardware Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Hardware Specialist job vacancy trend in Coventry

Hardware Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Hardware Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Coventry region featuring Hardware Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Snow

Hardware Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Snow