Customer Requirements Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Customer Requirements
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Customer Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 92 100
Rank change year-on-year -35 +8 +18
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 15 15 10
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.66% 0.96% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.11% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £359 £419 £555
25th Percentile £359 £441 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £476 £610
Median % change year-on-year -24.37% -21.97% +28.42%
75th Percentile £655 £510 £668
90th Percentile £832 £530 £761
England median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.14 - -
Median hourly rate £18.23 £16.26 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% - -
75th Percentile £19.31 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.44 £45.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.14% -30.77% +563.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Customer Requirements 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 1,957 1,356 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.61% 86.92% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 845 999
10th Percentile £263 £223 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 46 62
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.97
25th Percentile £16.22 £16.38 £17.94
Median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -23.80% +63.62%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £50.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Customer Requirements job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the West Midlands

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Requirements.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Worcestershire - 6 - -
Birmingham -13 4 £900 +77.60% 4
Warwickshire - 3 - - 5
Shropshire - 2 £359 - 1
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (6.67%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) GIS
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
1 4 (26.67%) Toad
General
1 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 5 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) SAP Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) SAP Test Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics Technician
3 1 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Geospatial Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Workflow
2 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Defect Management
4 2 (13.33%) Line Management
4 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Product Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (6.67%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (6.67%) Data Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
5 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) Prototyping
5 1 (6.67%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Java
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) ISEB
1 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (13.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Ariba
3 2 (13.33%) webMethods