Junior Contracts in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior daily rate in the Midlands is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 136 179
Rank change year-on-year +10 +43 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 15 22 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.51% 0.68% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.72% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 21
10th Percentile £117 £166 £180
25th Percentile £121 £202 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £263 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% -30.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £273 £350 £467
90th Percentile £308 - £495
England median daily rate £320 £270 £300
% change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £11.00 -
England median hourly rate £10.42 £13.15 £19.00
% change year-on-year -20.76% -30.79% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
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 Junior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 June 2024. 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 +15 12 £200 -5.88% 31
East Midlands +3 3 £283 -19.29% 24
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 June 2024, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (26.67%) Windows
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 4 (26.67%) SCCM
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (20.00%) Backlog Management
4 3 (20.00%) Product Backlog
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (13.33%) SCSM
5 2 (13.33%) Ansible
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) GitLab
5 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (13.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
5 2 (13.33%) RabbitMQ

Junior Skill Set
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 (13.33%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
1 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) MySQL
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) SAP HANA
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) GitLab
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 3 (20.00%) Product Backlog
3 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Data Architecture
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Purple Team
5 1 (6.67%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.67%) Validation
5 1 (6.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) MCSE
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Ansible
2 2 (13.33%) SCOM
2 2 (13.33%) SCSM
3 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Apple
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Citrix
4 1 (6.67%) SAP