Event-Driven Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands
Event-Driven
England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing Event-Driven skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | 71 | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -14 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Event-Driven | 22 | 6 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 1.60% | 0.70% | 0.41% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.10% | 0.81% | 0.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 6 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £296 | £374 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £327 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £358 | £444 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.29% | -19.48% | -11.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £409 | £467 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £436 | £481 |
| England median daily rate | £560 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.61% | -4.17% | +4.35% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands
Event-Driven falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 1,049 | 743 | 617 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 76.29% | 86.60% | 84.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 405 | 515 | 376 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £211 | £267 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £350 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £415 | £445 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.43% | -6.74% | -7.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £525 | £541 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £619 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 230 | 69 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.76 | £16.17 | £14.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.45 | £17.87 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.46 | £18.87 | £23.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.77% | -18.84% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.75 | £25.15 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £32.50 | - | £51.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -32.93% | -15.73% |
Event-Driven Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Event-Driven relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
Event-Driven Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Event-Driven.
Event-Driven Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Event-Driven in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.
Event-Driven Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Event-Driven.
Event-Driven Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Event-Driven within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire | +25 | 15 | £402 | +7.20% | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | - | 4 | £642 | - | 2 |
| Leicestershire | - | 3 | £500 | - | |
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Event-Driven Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event-Driven Architecture | 86.4% | 19 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 72.7% | 16 |
| 2 | Microservices | 72.7% | 16 |
| 4 | DevOps | 45.5% | 10 |
| 5 | Containerisation | 31.8% | 7 |
| 6 | Agile | 27.3% | 6 |
| 6 | API Development | 27.3% | 6 |
| 6 | Identity Access Management | 27.3% | 6 |
| 6 | Integration Patterns | 27.3% | 6 |
| 6 | Performance Optimisation | 27.3% | 6 |
| 11 | Code Quality | 22.7% | 5 |
| 11 | Observability | 22.7% | 5 |
| 11 | Service Design | 22.7% | 5 |
| 11 | TDD | 22.7% | 5 |
| 15 | Digital Transformation Programme | 18.2% | 4 |
| 15 | Roadmaps | 18.2% | 4 |
| 15 | Test Automation | 18.2% | 4 |
| 15 | Validation | 18.2% | 4 |
| 19 | Data Modelling | 13.6% | 3 |
| 19 | Deployment Automation | 13.6% | 3 |