Elite 3E Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Thomson Reuters Elite 3E
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Elite 3E skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 113 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Elite 3E 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.053% 0.053% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.79% 0.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £494 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% - -
75th Percentile £531 £500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +13.89% -7.02% +7.56%

All Business Application Skills
West Midlands

Elite 3E falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 127 166 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.69% 8.81% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 109 119
10th Percentile £365 £380 £373
25th Percentile £413 £435 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -6.09% +6.48%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £668
90th Percentile £693 £751 £746
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £23.60 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year - -31.59% -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.21% -27.58% +25.53%

Elite 3E
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Elite 3E relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Elite 3E job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Elite 3E
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Elite 3E.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Elite 3E

Elite 3E
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 Elite 3E within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -4 1 £513 +13.89%
Elite 3E
England

Elite 3E
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Legal Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management