CA Gen Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

CA Gen (formerly COOL:Gen, Advantage:Gen, AllFusion Gen)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring CA Gen skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 93 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs citing CA Gen 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.075% 0.14% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.45% 1.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £428 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £507 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% - -
75th Percentile £434 - -
90th Percentile £436 - -
England median daily rate £431 £507 -
% change year-on-year -15.07% - -

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

CA Gen falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 446 181 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.74% 12.61% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 114 131
10th Percentile £363 £345 £260
25th Percentile £429 £411 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.02% +8.89% -16.36%
75th Percentile £545 £569 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £600
England median daily rate £500 £504 £535
% change year-on-year -0.70% -5.89% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 £56.25 £10.50
Median hourly rate £47.30 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% - -
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.75 - £62.96
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

CA Gen
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

CA Gen job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

CA Gen
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

CA Gen
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 CA Gen within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
Shropshire -42 2 £431 -15.07% 5
CA Gen
England

CA Gen
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Tuxedo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) IDMS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle