Capacity Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Capacity Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Capacity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 105 113
Rank change year-on-year -28 +8 +72
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 4 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.20% 0.37% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.44% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £494 £165 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £170 £375
Median % change year-on-year +252.94% -54.67% -36.17%
75th Percentile £700 £175 £388
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £520 £525 £650
% change year-on-year -0.95% -19.23% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Capacity Management 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 1,821 1,575 1,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.64% 83.25% 84.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 994 1,098
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £618 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 41 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £16.28
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £24.18 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -12.07% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.59 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% -11.03% +27.14%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Capacity Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Management in the West Midlands

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Capacity Management
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 Capacity Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham -8 3 £700 +311.76%
Warwickshire - 1 £500 - 2
Capacity Management
England

Capacity Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Transformation Director
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) NetApp
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) VMware