Batch Scheduling Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Batch Scheduling
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Batch Scheduling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Contract jobs citing Batch Scheduling 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.19% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £422 - -
25th Percentile £423 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.53%
75th Percentile £425 - £425
90th Percentile £425 - -
England median daily rate £358 £455 £500
% change year-on-year -21.32% -9.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £22.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Batch Scheduling 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,908 1,589 1,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.95% 84.07% 84.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 987 1,079
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 54 51
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.38 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.01 £22.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -8.80% +41.24%
75th Percentile £30.00 £33.93 £52.50
90th Percentile £41.58 £51.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

Batch Scheduling
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Batch Scheduling job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Batch Scheduling
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Batch Scheduling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Batch Scheduling

Batch Scheduling
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Batch Scheduling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Batch Scheduling

Batch Scheduling
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 Batch Scheduling within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Shropshire - 4 £425 - 2
Batch Scheduling
England

Batch Scheduling
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow