Acoustics Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Acoustics
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	179	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Acoustics	2	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands	0.056%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.19%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£250	-	-
England median daily rate	£250	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-54.55%	-	-5.50%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Acoustics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	1,078	801	546
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands	30.12%	38.96%	28.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	649	474	329
10^th Percentile	£305	£250	£188
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£482	£488	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-1.28%	-11.32%	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	£610	£588	£638
90^th Percentile	£687	£668	£725
England median daily rate	£525	£525	£540
% change year-on-year	-	-2.78%	-1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	92	51	19
10^th Percentile	£13.01	-	£19.34
25^th Percentile	£17.25	£18.87	£21.25
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£30.00	£30.45
Median % change year-on-year	-16.67%	-1.48%	+23.78%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£50.00	£41.34
90^th Percentile	£73.43	-	£55.65
England median hourly rate	£33.99	£28.00	£46.71
% change year-on-year	+21.39%	-40.06%	+4.97%

Acoustics Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Acoustics Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acoustics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Birmingham	-	2	£250	-	1
Acoustics England

Acoustics Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Acoustics also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region citing Acoustics.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Android	100.0%	2
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Firmware	100.0%	2
1	ITIL	100.0%	2
1	ITIL Certification	100.0%	2
1	ITSM	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	2
1	Nexthink	100.0%	2
1	Scorecard	100.0%	2
1	ServiceNow	100.0%	2
1	SLA	100.0%	2
1	Ticket Management	100.0%	2
1	Unified Communications	100.0%	2
1	Validation	100.0%	2
1	VLAN	100.0%	2
1	VoIP	100.0%	2
1	Windows	100.0%	2

Acoustics Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Video Conferencing	100.0%	2
1	Virtual Team	100.0%	2