Chef
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Progress Chef skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Progress Chef over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 110 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +23 | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing Progress Chef | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.051% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | - | 0.54% | 1.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £487 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £490 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £750 | £499 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +50.38% | -7.64% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £510 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £515 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -8.00% | +4.17% |
All Systems Management Skills
West Midlands
Progress Chef falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 187 | 184 | 310 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 13.90% | 9.45% | 13.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 131 | 147 | 209 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £200 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £310 | £350 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -19.05% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £550 | £673 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £647 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.70% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.18 | £23.52 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.94 | £35.33 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.19 | £55.00 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -70.56% | +197.30% | +14.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.89 | - | £43.59 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.13 | - | £66.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £27.38 | £27.25 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.46% | -52.61% | +167.44% |
Progress Chef
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Progress Chef as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Progress Chef
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Progress Chef in the West Midlands.