Issue Tracking Contracts in the West Midlands

Issue Tracking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Issue Tracking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Issue Tracking over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Issue Tracking 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.29% - 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £382 - £288
90th Percentile £405 - -
England median daily rate £356 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.86% -20.45%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,535 1,547 1,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.42% 81.29% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,022 1,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £387 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £725 £727
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 56 46
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.09 £14.93
25th Percentile £14.70 £14.93 £21.26
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.30% -22.56% +62.60%
75th Percentile £34.98 £35.63 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £69.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Issue Tracking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Issue Tracking 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
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
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Walsall - 2 £350 -
Shropshire - 1 £363 - 1
Birmingham - 1 £420 -
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Issue Tracking
England

Issue Tracking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce