NEC Housing Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring NEC Housing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 104 114
Rank change year-on-year -35 +10 -
Contract jobs citing NEC Housing 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.061% 0.055%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.82% 0.85% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £416 £356 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £363 £525
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -30.95% -
75th Percentile £575 £369 £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.01% +15.68% -2.56%

All Business Application Skills
West Midlands

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 165 117 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.11% 7.18% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 74 84
10th Percentile £400 £375 £326
25th Percentile £437 £434 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +2.65% -2.12%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £628
90th Percentile £725 £746 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £23.60 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year - -31.59% -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £43.84 £57.29
% change year-on-year +2.65% -23.47% +63.67%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

NEC Housing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC Housing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NEC Housing in the West Midlands

NEC Housing
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 NEC Housing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 January 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 - 3 £550 - 1
NEC Housing
England

NEC Housing
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Aareon QL
1 1 (33.33%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (33.33%) OPENHousing
1 1 (33.33%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure API Management
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Integration
1 2 (66.67%) API Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Northgate
2 1 (33.33%) Aareon
2 1 (33.33%) Capita
2 1 (33.33%) Civica
2 1 (33.33%) NEC
2 1 (33.33%) Oneserve
2 1 (33.33%) Orchard