Focus Group Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Focus Groups
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Focus Group skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.100% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £380 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - -
75th Percentile £520 - -
90th Percentile £569 - -
England median daily rate £455 £483 £372
% change year-on-year -5.80% +29.93% -21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Focus Group 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 2,525 1,190 1,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.03% 88.48% 83.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,667 803 1,064
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £389 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £605
90th Percentile £650 £688 £723
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 54 117
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.09 £14.70 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.22% -19.71% +26.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.37 £34.63 £57.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Focus Group job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Focus Group
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Focus Group.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Focus Group

Focus Group
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Focus Group in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Focus Group in the West Midlands

Focus Group
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 Focus Group within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
Birmingham - 2 £410 -
Warwickshire - 1 £601 -
Focus Group
England

Focus Group
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) X.25
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Project Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Business Information Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (33.33%) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared