Collaborative Working Contracts in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Collaborative Working skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 87 83
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 59 24 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.59% 1.25% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 1.53% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 11 29
10th Percentile £163 £300 £261
25th Percentile £202 £456 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.75% +14.29% +4.48%
75th Percentile £548 £731 £650
90th Percentile £600 £788 £738
England median daily rate £500 £493 £550
% change year-on-year +1.42% -10.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.13 £26.25
Median hourly rate £33.88 £15.90 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +113.08% -42.18% -
75th Percentile - £25.30 £29.38
90th Percentile - £30.48 £30.00
England median hourly rate £28.15 £50.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.70% +17.65% +123.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Collaborative Working 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 1,449 1,566 1,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.19% 81.61% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,065 1,313
10th Percentile £220 £275 £263
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £663 £738 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 71 37
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.44 £13.22
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.06 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £18.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.19% -31.48% +56.52%
75th Percentile £33.88 £39.38 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £47.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +63.46%

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 27 July 2025.

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 27 July 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 +15 22 £460 -3.16% 30
Warwickshire +8 13 £525 -31.15% 19
Shropshire - 10 £480 - 3
Coventry - 6 £243 - 8
Solihull +14 4 £320 - 1
Staffordshire +1 1 - - 27
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 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.08%) Confluence
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) NetWeaver
3 1 (1.69%) SAP EP
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.69%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.08%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (5.08%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
3 2 (3.39%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.69%) Figma
4 1 (1.69%) Miro
4 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Firewall
2 1 (1.69%) BGP
2 1 (1.69%) DHCP
2 1 (1.69%) DNS
2 1 (1.69%) EIGRP
2 1 (1.69%) IPv4
2 1 (1.69%) MPLS
2 1 (1.69%) Network Security
2 1 (1.69%) OSPF
2 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.69%) VPN
2 1 (1.69%) WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.69%) Metadata
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (1.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Git
1 3 (5.08%) GitLab
1 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
1 3 (5.08%) JMeter
1 3 (5.08%) Postman
1 3 (5.08%) REST Assured
1 3 (5.08%) Selenium
1 3 (5.08%) TestNG
1 3 (5.08%) Travis CI
2 1 (1.69%) Pa11y
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 40 (67.80%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 7 (11.86%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Legal
5 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.69%) Banking
8 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Analyst
2 5 (8.47%) Lead
3 4 (6.78%) Change Analyst
3 4 (6.78%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Designer
3 4 (6.78%) Senior
4 3 (5.08%) Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Business Change Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Interaction Designer
4 3 (5.08%) Network Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Rollout Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Tester
5 2 (3.39%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Developer
5 2 (3.39%) Product Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) React
1 3 (5.08%) Spring
2 1 (1.69%) Play Framework
2 1 (1.69%) REST
2 1 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.69%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.69%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.78%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.95%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) ITIL
2 11 (18.64%) Computer Science
3 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (13.56%) Change Management
4 8 (13.56%) Roadmaps
4 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (11.86%) Agile
5 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.17%) Business Analysis
6 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.17%) Project Delivery
6 6 (10.17%) User Experience
7 5 (8.47%) Decision-Making
7 5 (8.47%) DevOps
7 5 (8.47%) SIEM
7 5 (8.47%) Visualisation
8 4 (6.78%) Data Protection
8 4 (6.78%) Front End Development
8 4 (6.78%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.78%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Java
1 4 (6.78%) SQL
2 3 (5.08%) Bash
2 3 (5.08%) Python
3 2 (3.39%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.69%) ABAP
4 1 (1.69%) Scala
4 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.17%) Degree
3 6 (10.17%) MCSE
4 5 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) CISSP
5 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.08%) CEH
6 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.08%) ISTQB
6 3 (5.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.69%) CCNA
8 1 (1.69%) CCNP
8 1 (1.69%) CISM
8 1 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.69%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.69%) MCP
8 1 (1.69%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
2 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.39%) GDPR
3 2 (3.39%) PMO
3 2 (3.39%) SLA
4 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.69%) GRC
4 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.69%) NIST
4 1 (1.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.78%) SCCM
3 3 (5.08%) Kibana
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.25%) Cisco
3 7 (11.86%) Juniper
4 2 (3.39%) Ariba
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle
4 2 (3.39%) SAP
5 1 (1.69%) Adobe
5 1 (1.69%) Apple
5 1 (1.69%) BMC
5 1 (1.69%) Huawei
5 1 (1.69%) iManage
5 1 (1.69%) OneLogin
5 1 (1.69%) Qualys
5 1 (1.69%) Remedy
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.69%) VMware