Code Optimisation Contracts in the Midlands

Code Optimisation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Code Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Code Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Code Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.049% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £800
% change year-on-year +9.09% -31.25% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Code Optimisation 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 1,822 2,269 2,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.45% 81.47% 87.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,194 1,528 1,992
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +27.62%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.85% - +50.00%

Code Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Code Optimisation in the Midlands

Code Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Code Optimisation in the Midlands

Code Optimisation
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 Code Optimisation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
West Midlands - 1 - -
Code Optimisation
England

Code Optimisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JSX
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA