Demand Management Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Demand Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Demand Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 108 134
Rank change year-on-year -55 +26 +28
Contract jobs citing Demand Management 5 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.50% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.56% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £271 - -
25th Percentile £273 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 £313 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -45.57% +61.97%
75th Percentile £299 - -
90th Percentile £305 £314 -
England median daily rate £525 £469 £538
% change year-on-year +12.00% -12.79% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
England median hourly rate £33.00 £80.59 -
% change year-on-year -59.05% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Demand Management 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 3,169 1,784 2,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 84.85% 89.16% 83.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,001 1,141 1,529
10th Percentile £263 £208 £230
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £484 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.65% -3.65%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £588
90th Percentile £650 £689 £682
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 75 176
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.77 £11.88
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.22 £14.61
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.65% +30.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £29.50 £39.06
90th Percentile £30.25 £35.00 £56.88
England median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -18.43% +2.31% -2.92%

Demand Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Demand Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Demand Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Demand Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Demand Management

Demand Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Demand Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Demand Management

Demand Management
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 Demand Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -54 4 £283 -9.58% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Demand Management
England

Demand Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Transparency
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian