Collaborative Working Contracts in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Collaborative Working skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 120 95
Rank change year-on-year +43 -25 -5
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 33 27 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.71% 1.11% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.26% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 63
10th Percentile £360 £356 £353
25th Percentile £422 £413 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -2.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £678 £538 £543
90th Percentile £761 £726 £599
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.13 - -
Median hourly rate £15.90 - -
75th Percentile £16.67 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year -1.96% +155.74% -12.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Collaborative Working is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,614 2,145 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.84% 88.31% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,475 2,393
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +4.92% +17.66%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £575
90th Percentile £734 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 48 72
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.11 £13.70
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +6.35% -4.79%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.35 £19.59
90th Percentile £57.75 £49.38 £21.85
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +10 14 £438 -5.41% 17
Warwickshire +6 8 £625 +34.12% 11
Solihull - 4 - -
Staffordshire +10 3 £500 -4.76% 7
Shropshire +36 1 £350 - 1
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 3 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) IaaS
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) PaaS
2 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (9.09%) LAN
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
2 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 3 (9.09%) VPN
2 3 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (3.03%) Intranet
3 1 (3.03%) IPsec
3 1 (3.03%) Kerberos
3 1 (3.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.06%) Marketing
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) German Language
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (15.15%) Analyst
1 5 (15.15%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 3 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (6.06%) Architect
3 2 (6.06%) Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) E-Commerce Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Hardware Support Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Web Consultant
4 1 (3.03%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.03%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Performance Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.03%) CSS
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
1 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.06%) SCADA
1 2 (6.06%) Social Media
2 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Agile
1 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (27.27%) Project Management
2 7 (21.21%) Change Management
2 7 (21.21%) Process Improvement
3 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
4 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (12.12%) Analytics
5 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.09%) High Availability
6 3 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (9.09%) Problem Management
6 3 (9.09%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) CCNP
5 2 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.06%) CISSP
5 2 (6.06%) Dell Certification
6 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.03%) CCSP
6 1 (3.03%) CIPD
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.03%) CRISC
6 1 (3.03%) HND
6 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (6.06%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) SLA
3 1 (3.03%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco
2 3 (9.09%) Juniper
2 3 (9.09%) McAfee
3 2 (6.06%) Dell
3 2 (6.06%) Fujitsu
3 2 (6.06%) HP
3 2 (6.06%) Sun
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle