DORA Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring DORA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 134 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -21 | - |
| Contract jobs citing DORA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | - | 0.051% | 0.053% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.29% | 0.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | - |
| England median daily rate | £630 | £600 | £644 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.80% | -5.33% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands
DORA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the West Midlands.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 708 | 345 | 309 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 19.83% | 17.54% | 16.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 463 | 227 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £320 | £312 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +5.26% | -8.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £588 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £718 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £518 | £500 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.50% | -3.85% | -3.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 13 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.90 | £16.02 | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.57 | £16.13 | £14.70 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.62 | £25.00 | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.54% | +19.05% | -23.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.27 | £33.88 | £41.34 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.32 | £39.36 | £51.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £31.73 | £31.49 | £33.93 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.76% | -7.19% | -11.78% |
DORA Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DORA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
