Black-Box Testing Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Black-Box Testing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Black-Box Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Black-Box Testing 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.029% - 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% - 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £514 £463
% change year-on-year - +11.14% -13.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £22.50 - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 - £57.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Black-Box Testing 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 2,981 1,588 1,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.03% 88.12% 81.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,834 1,015 1,002
10th Percentile £313 £250 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £516
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.05% +3.15%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £666 £725
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 103 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.14
25th Percentile £17.64 £16.07 £15.13
Median hourly rate £29.60 £24.34 £22.05
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% +10.41% -19.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.30 £35.63
90th Percentile £69.57 £50.00 £55.03
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%

Black-Box Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Black-Box Testing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Black-Box Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Black-Box Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Black-Box Testing

Black-Box Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Black-Box Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Black-Box Testing

Black-Box Testing
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 Black-Box Testing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Staffordshire - 1 - - 3
Black-Box Testing
England

Black-Box Testing
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 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving