Grid Computing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Grid Computing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Grid Computing over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Grid Computing 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.021% - 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.076% - 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £556 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £449
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.22%
75th Percentile £569 - £556
90th Percentile - - £605
England median daily rate £525 £738 £470
% change year-on-year -28.86% +57.02% -28.52%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Grid Computing 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 requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,316 821 829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 28.25% 33.80% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 517 531
10th Percentile £300 £250 £250
25th Percentile £408 £367 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £603 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 64 33
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.28 £11.44
25th Percentile £17.23 £18.87 £13.00
Median hourly rate £25.88 £26.67 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +40.34% -30.91%
75th Percentile £47.50 £41.35 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.98 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.71 £45.00
% change year-on-year +34.39% -27.31% +11.23%

Grid Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Grid Computing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Grid Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Grid Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Grid Computing

Grid Computing
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 Grid Computing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 July 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 - 1 £563 -
Grid Computing
England

Grid Computing
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) IT Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) EAM
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP