Cantonese Language Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Cantonese Language
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cantonese Language in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cantonese Language over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cantonese Language 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands - - 0.10%
As % of the General category - - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.06
Median hourly rate - - £11.54
75th Percentile - - £12.02
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £14.27

All General Skills
West Midlands

Cantonese Language falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,695 900 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 52.53% 62.46% 54.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,086 564 747
10th Percentile £313 £185 £253
25th Percentile £400 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £750
England median daily rate £516 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.71% -1.57% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 65 121
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.00 £11.13
25th Percentile £22.46 £15.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £24.34 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% +24.25% -9.68%
75th Percentile £47.50 £33.91 £35.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.45% -10.63% +3.14%

Cantonese Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Cantonese Language job vacancy trend in the West Midlands