IDMS Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

CA IDMS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring IDMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 116 134
Rank change year-on-year -53 +18 -
Contract jobs citing IDMS 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.099% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.59% 0.60% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £400 - £339
25th Percentile £408 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £507 £355
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +42.95% -
75th Percentile £428 - £364
90th Percentile £433 - £368
England median daily rate £419 £386 £475
% change year-on-year +8.48% -18.68% -

All Database & BI Skills
Midlands

IDMS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 683 332 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.23% 16.40% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 217 281
10th Percentile £350 £356 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +8.89% -9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £573 £588
90th Percentile £645 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -6.98% +0.84% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 10
10th Percentile £12.95 £16.14 £13.26
25th Percentile £13.24 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.10 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.55% +29.29% -47.13%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.00 £23.23
90th Percentile £83.25 £21.00 £33.98
England median hourly rate £53.25 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +38.31% -9.41% -22.73%

IDMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IDMS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IDMS
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing IDMS

IDMS
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 IDMS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 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 -47 4 £419 -17.43% 1
IDMS
England

IDMS
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 4 (100.00%) Tuxedo
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) CA Gen
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Unix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle