IDMS Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

CA IDMS
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring IDMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 99 102
Rank change year-on-year -47 +3 -
Contract jobs citing IDMS 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.71% 0.84% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £400 - £339
25th Percentile £408 - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £507 £355
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +42.95% -
75th Percentile £428 - £364
90th Percentile £433 - £368
England median daily rate £419 £386 £475
% change year-on-year +8.48% -18.68% -

All Database & BI Skills
West Midlands

IDMS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 563 237 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.62% 16.88% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 156 209
10th Percentile £357 £363 £305
25th Percentile £425 £423 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £634
90th Percentile £646 £681 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -6.98% +0.84% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £15.80 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £16.57 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £18.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -55.56% +237.50%
75th Percentile £47.50 £19.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £53.25 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +38.31% -9.41% -22.73%

IDMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

IDMS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

IDMS
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

IDMS
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 IDMS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Shropshire -42 4 £419 -17.43% 1
IDMS
England

IDMS
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 4 (100.00%) Tuxedo
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) CA Gen
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Unix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle