Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 125 132
Rank change year-on-year -34 +7 +69
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 5 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.16% 0.22% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.25% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £524 - -
25th Percentile £541 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -10.42% +11.63% -6.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Objectives and Key Results 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 2,724 1,999 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.28% 86.39% 84.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,255 1,508
10th Percentile £250 £250 £253
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £589
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 71 94
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.08
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.77
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% -4.35% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.91 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
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 Objectives and Key Results within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 1
West Midlands -31 2 £525 -16.00% 3
Objectives and Key Results
England

Objectives and Key Results
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) PMO