Claude Code Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Anthropic Claude Code
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Claude Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Claude Code 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.25% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

Claude Code 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 505 180 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.05% 13.39% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 110 149
10th Percentile £350 £399 £260
25th Percentile £408 £449 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -16.36%
75th Percentile £526 £548 £536
90th Percentile £575 £648 £556
England median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.41% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 12
10th Percentile £25.00 - £10.50
25th Percentile £34.54 £56.25 £43.88
Median hourly rate £65.75 £57.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.35% +2.22% +68.49%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
England median hourly rate £67.75 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.40% -3.85% +5.97%

Claude Code
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 Claude Code within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Birmingham - 8 - -
Claude Code
England

Claude Code
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:

Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Lead
2 4 (50.00%) Lead Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Security Penetration Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Security Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 8 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 4 (50.00%) Red Team