Resource Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Resource Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Resource Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 91 87
Rank change year-on-year -37 -4 +66
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 14 16 23
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.61% 1.03% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.18% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 16
10th Percentile £277 £494 £375
25th Percentile £291 £531 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% -1.04%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £519
90th Percentile £725 £638 £588
England median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Resource Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 1,356 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.61% 86.92% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 845 999
10th Percentile £263 £223 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 46 62
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.97
25th Percentile £16.22 £16.38 £17.94
Median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -23.80% +63.62%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £50.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Resource Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Management in the West Midlands

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Resource Management
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 Resource Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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 -11 6 £289 -49.83% 1
Warwickshire -8 4 £550 -6.38% 1
Coventry -14 2 £753 - 1
Resource Management
England

Resource Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Confluence
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Primavera
1 2 (14.29%) SAP ERP
2 1 (7.14%) SAP PM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.14%) DWDM
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Finance Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Services Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Financial Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
1 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Waterfall
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Business Case
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Use Case
4 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
5 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) GRC
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft