Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Engineering Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £813, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £756 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - -
75th Percentile £869 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +3.59%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,961 1,268 1,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 90.51% 91.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,863 822 1,206
10th Percentile £313 £200 £250
25th Percentile £408 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £577 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £640 £700
England median daily rate £518 £517 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 84 142
10th Percentile £15.33 £12.62 £12.14
25th Percentile £23.93 £14.00 £14.88
Median hourly rate £33.99 £20.00 £19.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.95% +1.16% -1.15%
75th Percentile £59.50 £33.89 £40.38
90th Percentile £69.40 £50.00 £56.13
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.57 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.21% -21.68% -16.11%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Engineering Manager
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 Engineering Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Warwickshire - 6 £813 - 6
Engineering Manager
England

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, Engineering Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 6 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Information Management
1 6 (100.00%) Metadata
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Middleware
2 3 (50.00%) Navisworks
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Revit
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Workflow

Engineering Manager Skill Set
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 (50.00%) Navisworks
1 3 (50.00%) Revit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Information Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Control
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Autodesk