Benchmarking Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Benchmarking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Benchmarking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 117 104
Rank change year-on-year -46 -13 +18
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.057% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.064% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.74%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £452 £508
% change year-on-year -0.44% -10.94% -21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £20.85 - -
25th Percentile £23.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.24 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% - -
75th Percentile £27.27 - -
90th Percentile £27.29 - -
England median hourly rate £27.30 £32.72 £47.59
% change year-on-year -16.56% -31.25% +111.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Benchmarking 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 2,916 1,551 1,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.89% 88.43% 81.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,792 989 1,009
10th Percentile £313 £250 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 102 48
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.74 £15.34 £15.10
Median hourly rate £30.27 £24.34 £24.31
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% +0.11% -11.59%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.45 £35.63
90th Percentile £70.09 £50.00 £55.08
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Benchmarking job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Benchmarking
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 Benchmarking within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Author
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Project Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Author
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft