Line Management Contracts in the Midlands

Line Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Line Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Line Management over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 125 139
Rank change year-on-year +12 +14 +12
Contract jobs citing Line Management 22 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.91% 0.50% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.63% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 12
10th Percentile £400 £375 £178
25th Percentile £441 £496 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -1.44% +9.47%
75th Percentile £669 £697 £594
90th Percentile £800 £878 £688
England median daily rate £550 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -21.43% +33.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £14.88 - -
25th Percentile £15.25 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -11.54% +182.61%
75th Percentile £28.18 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £21.12 £51.17
% change year-on-year -10.04% -58.73% +89.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Line 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 2,117 2,234 2,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.44% 80.50% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,355 1,522 1,907
10th Percentile £220 £257 £253
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £642 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 122 86
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.79 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.12 £14.00 £19.17
Median hourly rate £21.04 £18.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -34.55% +41.03%
75th Percentile £26.69 £36.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +65.38%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Line Management in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in the Midlands

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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 Line Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +12 19 £525 - 86
East Midlands -1 3 - - 45
Line Management
England

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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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.55%) Tableau
3 1 (4.55%) UniData
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Legal
3 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Military
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Data Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Lead
1 4 (18.18%) Lead Data Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Applications Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Report Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Application Development Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Applications Development Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Development Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Engagement Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Rig Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Change Management
1 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
2 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) Case Management
3 3 (13.64%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
3 3 (13.64%) Product Strategy
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) Service Management
3 3 (13.64%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (13.64%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (9.09%) Business Case
4 2 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (9.09%) Conflict Management
4 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
4 2 (9.09%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 2 (9.09%) COSHH
1 2 (9.09%) ISO 14001
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft