Issue Tracking Contracts in the Midlands

Issue Tracking
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Issue Tracking 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% - 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £420 - £288
90th Percentile £426 - -
England median daily rate £356 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.86% -18.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Issue Tracking 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,211 2,182 2,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.50% 81.39% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 1,473 1,780
10th Percentile £235 £270 £253
25th Percentile £358 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £556 £612 £600
90th Percentile £647 £700 £707
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 95 84
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.70 £19.56
Median hourly rate £21.39 £20.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -27.27% +48.65%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.79 £68.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% +2.41% +53.76%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Issue Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Issue Tracking in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Issue Tracking

Issue Tracking
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Issue Tracking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Issue Tracking

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DemandTrendContract 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 Issue Tracking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 4 £356 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £420 - 3
Issue Tracking
England

Issue Tracking
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 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) OpenVMS
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce