Benchmarking Contracts in the Midlands

Benchmarking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Benchmarking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Benchmarking over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 127 149
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +56
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £538 £763
90th Percentile - - £1,000
England median daily rate £438 £503 £650
% change year-on-year -12.94% -22.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.20 - -
25th Percentile £23.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile £24.80 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £53.03 £22.50
% change year-on-year -52.86% +135.69% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Benchmarking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,193 2,147 2,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.58% 81.17% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,468 1,836
10th Percentile £231 £270 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 94 85
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -25.45% +44.74%
75th Percentile £26.51 £36.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.71 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the Midlands

Benchmarking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in the Midlands

Benchmarking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in the Midlands

Benchmarking
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 Benchmarking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 August 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 3 £447 - 2
West Midlands -16 1 - - 13
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Digital User Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Eye Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (25.00%) Basel III
2 1 (25.00%) IFRS
2 1 (25.00%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft