Customer Requirements Contracts in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Customer Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 101 122
Rank change year-on-year -27 +21 +55
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 9 36 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.37% 1.28% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 1.59% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 21
10th Percentile £280 £500 £210
25th Percentile - £555 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £672 £450
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% +49.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £402 £775 £538
90th Percentile £513 - £576
England median daily rate £560 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +6.67% +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 5
10th Percentile - - £48.30
25th Percentile - £12.75 £86.25
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £87.50
Median % change year-on-year - -80.57% -
75th Percentile - £26.15 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.25 £47.83 £37.00
% change year-on-year -13.76% +29.27% -32.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Customer Requirements 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 2,102 2,267 2,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.47% 80.33% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,533 1,933
10th Percentile £218 £251 £256
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% -0.40% +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 135 89
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.56 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.12 £13.96 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.28 £18.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% -34.55% +40.43%
75th Percentile £26.69 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +63.46%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 July 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 -12 9 £400 -40.48% 52
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Toad
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior PMO
3 2 (22.22%) Senior PMO Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) Line Management
2 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) Document Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Defect Management
4 1 (11.11%) Personalization
4 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience
4 1 (11.11%) User Stories
4 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) webMethods