Issue Tracking Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Issue Tracking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Issue Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 - 113
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Contract jobs citing Issue Tracking 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% - 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £442 - -
25th Percentile £474 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 - £288
90th Percentile £677 - -
England median daily rate £448 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Issue Tracking 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 1,944 1,424 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.41% 85.63% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 899 1,076
10th Percentile £263 £225 £266
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £587 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 47 50
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.03 £16.88 £17.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.60 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.04% +2.61% +29.80%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £39.61 £52.50 £67.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Issue Tracking job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Issue Tracking
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Issue Tracking
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Issue Tracking in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Issue Tracking in the West Midlands

Issue Tracking
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Issue Tracking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Issue Tracking

Issue Tracking
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 Issue Tracking within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Coventry - 2 £670 -
Birmingham - 1 £420 -
Issue Tracking
England

Issue Tracking
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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Manager
1 2 (66.67%) PMO Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft