AI Agents Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AI Agents 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £551 - -
25th Percentile £591 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £625 -
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

AI Agents 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 requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 831 467 662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.48% 30.87% 34.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 282 408
10th Percentile £232 £174 £282
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £617 £611
90th Percentile £673 £699 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 22 60
10th Percentile £17.09 £15.51 £10.88
25th Percentile £18.69 £18.96 £16.54
Median hourly rate £23.05 £23.89 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +3.87% +19.90%
75th Percentile £27.11 £31.65 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £54.60 £67.63
England median hourly rate £31.51 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -15.99% +15.38% +44.54%

AI Agents
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

AI Agents job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

AI Agents
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 AI Agents within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 February 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
Birmingham - 4 £625 -
AI Agents
England

AI Agents
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 4 (80.00%) Law
1 4 (80.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Business Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Transformation Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Legal Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce