Human-in-the-Loop Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Human-in-the-Loop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - 104
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Human-in-the-Loop 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.031% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% - 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £674 - £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £698 - £580
75th Percentile £721 - £595
90th Percentile - - £612
England median daily rate £508 - £580

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Human-in-the-Loop 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 2,673 1,215 1,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.61% 88.75% 83.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,726 791 1,067
10th Percentile £313 £195 £273
25th Percentile £404 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £669 £750
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 55 115
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.09
25th Percentile £22.50 £13.20 £14.06
Median hourly rate £33.99 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.89% -15.56% +3.73%
75th Percentile £67.19 £27.35 £41.13
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

Human-in-the-Loop
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Human-in-the-Loop job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Human-in-the-Loop
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 Human-in-the-Loop within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 May 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 - 1 £698 - 1
Human-in-the-Loop
England

Human-in-the-Loop
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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft