Knowledge Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Knowledge Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 105 111
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +76
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 5 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.32% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.39% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £534 £216 £138
25th Percentile £547 £327 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £260
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +101.92% -52.98%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £369
90th Percentile £631 - £493
England median daily rate £450 £500 £543
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.83% -1.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Knowledge Management 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 1,598 1,547 1,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.19% 81.42% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,008 1,231
10th Percentile £250 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £626 £600
90th Percentile £667 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 40 48
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.14 £14.29
25th Percentile £16.07 £15.13 £20.36
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.41% -19.84% +61.76%
75th Percentile £35.30 £35.63 £36.87
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.03 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Management in the West Midlands

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Knowledge Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
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 Knowledge Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Birmingham - 3 - - 1
Coventry -3 1 £550 +285.96% 5
Knowledge Management
England

Knowledge Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) PLM
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Product Management
2 2 (40.00%) Product Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) P3O
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft