The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Poetry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poetry over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
106
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Poetry
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
Poetry falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the West Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
213
213
257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
13.26%
10.42%
11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted
146
154
179
10th Percentile
£365
£261
£313
25th Percentile
£425
£358
£411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£450
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+5.56%
-14.29%
+6.06%
75th Percentile
£521
£538
£600
90th Percentile
£622
£628
£700
England median daily rate
£500
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.76%
-4.55%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
12
1
10th Percentile
-
£10.50
-
25th Percentile
-
£43.88
£31.69
Median hourly rate
-
£56.88
£33.39
Median % change year-on-year
-
+70.36%
-
75th Percentile
-
£58.75
£35.08
90th Percentile
-
-
-
England median hourly rate
£63.00
£65.00
£62.50
% change year-on-year
-3.08%
+4.00%
+13.64%
Poetry 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 Poetry within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Poetry Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Poetry also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Poetry.
Poetry 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:
