Social Housing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Social Housing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 130 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.097% 0.080% -
As % of the General category 0.16% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £681 - -
90th Percentile £738 - -
England median daily rate £450 £425 £338
% change year-on-year +5.88% +25.93% -27.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
England median hourly rate - £27.75 £25.79
% change year-on-year - +7.60% -

All General Skills
Midlands

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,838 1,512 1,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 59.46% 60.26% 52.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 919 956
10th Percentile £210 £219 £204
25th Percentile £363 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £694
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 66 81
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.26 £14.14
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £16.54
Median hourly rate £23.31 £23.05 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +4.30% +30.50%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.15 £43.75
90th Percentile £45.28 £51.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.58% -6.31% +26.41%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Social Housing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Social Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Housing

Social Housing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Housing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Housing in the Midlands

Social Housing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Housing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Social Housing

Social Housing
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 Social Housing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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 -17 2 £750 - 10
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 6
Social Housing
England

Social Housing
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft