NEC Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

NEC
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 109 115
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 +66
Contract jobs citing NEC 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.053% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.30% 0.11% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £403 £356 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £363 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -30.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £528 £369 £538
90th Percentile £594 - -
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,014 906 1,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.45% 48.27% 50.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 591 644
10th Percentile £263 £220 £214
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £464
Median % change year-on-year - +7.82% -6.31%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £662 £713 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 21
10th Percentile £15.71 £14.40 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.69 £15.22 £17.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.13 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.83% +13.59% +39.39%
75th Percentile £35.63 £35.00 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £57.75 £42.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.36 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.30% -20.54% +82.68%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

NEC job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NEC in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NEC in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Warwickshire - 2 £513 -
Birmingham - 1 £413 - 2
NEC
England

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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 Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Primavera
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Procurement Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft