Openreach
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Openreach products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Openreach over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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 BT Openreach.
| 6 months to 25 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 106 | 123 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +17 | +52 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Openreach | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.21% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | 0.46% | 0.093% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | - |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -5.56% | +38.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.33 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £13.44 | £12.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £13.75 | £13.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.77% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £13.94 | £13.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £13.98 | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £13.75 | £13.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.77% | -48.00% |
All Vendors
West Midlands
Openreach 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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 833 | 871 | 1,071 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 48.29% | 45.67% | 50.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 536 | 596 | 671 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £253 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £362 | £360 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £713 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.71% | - | -0.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 21 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | £13.95 | £17.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.92 | £14.25 | £17.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £24.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | +4.35% | +41.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.94 | £45.50 | £48.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £56.25 | £91.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £29.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.28% | -27.50% | +77.78% |
Openreach
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Openreach as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised 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 Openreach.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Openreach.
