Acoustics Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Acoustics
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	202	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Acoustics	2	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	0.040%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.14%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£250	-	-
England median daily rate	£250	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-54.55%	-	-5.50%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Acoustics 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 citing generic IT skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	1,433	1,093	770
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands	28.90%	37.85%	28.90%
Number of daily rates quoted	815	690	451
10^th Percentile	£263	£257	£190
25^th Percentile	£411	£375	£359
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£485	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.11%	-5.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£616
90^th Percentile	£688	£653	£700
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£540
% change year-on-year	-	-2.78%	-1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	178	66	19
10^th Percentile	£12.83	-	£15.42
25^th Percentile	£13.81	£18.87	£20.40
Median hourly rate	£20.75	£25.11	£30.88
Median % change year-on-year	-17.37%	-18.66%	+34.24%
75^th Percentile	£33.70	£43.12	£52.50
90^th Percentile	£57.65	£50.00	£55.65
England median hourly rate	£32.50	£28.00	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+16.07%	-44.00%	+12.36%

Acoustics Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Acoustics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Acoustics Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
West Midlands	-	2	£250	-	1
Acoustics England

Acoustics Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Acoustics also mentioned 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 Midlands region citing Acoustics.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Android	100.0%	2
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Firmware	100.0%	2
1	ITIL	100.0%	2
1	ITIL Certification	100.0%	2
1	ITSM	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	2
1	Nexthink	100.0%	2
1	Scorecard	100.0%	2
1	ServiceNow	100.0%	2
1	SLA	100.0%	2
1	Ticket Management	100.0%	2
1	Unified Communications	100.0%	2
1	Validation	100.0%	2
1	VLAN	100.0%	2
1	VoIP	100.0%	2
1	Windows	100.0%	2

Acoustics Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Video Conferencing	100.0%	2
1	Virtual Team	100.0%	2