Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 109 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.16% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £481 £487 -
25th Percentile £509 £496 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £581 £538 -
90th Percentile £593 - -
England median daily rate £550 £533 £531
% change year-on-year +3.29% +0.24% +1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Contract Negotiation 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 1,925 1,533 1,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.34% 84.23% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 952 1,088
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% +3.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 52 53
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.07 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.50 £21.80 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -11.40% +38.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £34.06 £50.00
90th Percentile £40.46 £52.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the West Midlands

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Negotiation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contract Negotiation

Contract Negotiation
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 Contract Negotiation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 December 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 4 £550 +4.76% 12
Contract Negotiation
England

Contract Negotiation
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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Category Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Educational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) Swim Lanes
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (75.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Progress