Value-Added Service Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Value-Added Service
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Value-Added Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Value-Added Service 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.025% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

Value-Added Service falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 400 238 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.91% 12.63% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 146 304
10th Percentile £190 £161 £200
25th Percentile £300 £210 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £466 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +16.56% -11.11%
75th Percentile £537 £588 £550
90th Percentile £609 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 37
10th Percentile £15.95 £13.48 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.22 £13.81 £13.25
Median hourly rate £58.00 £18.13 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +219.91% +27.05% -31.08%
75th Percentile £71.44 £24.20 £23.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £35.45 £28.75
England median hourly rate £42.38 £35.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year +18.53% -5.92% +100.37%

Value-Added Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Value-Added Service relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Value-Added Service job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Value-Added Service
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 Value-Added Service within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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 - 1 - - 2
Value-Added Service
England

Value-Added Service
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Asset Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow