Reverse Engineering
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Reverse Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 104 | 103 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Reverse Engineering | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.061% | 0.50% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.069% | 0.62% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £329 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £387 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £365 | £438 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.57% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £373 | £538 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £545 | - |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | -4.35% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands
Reverse Engineering 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 | 1,439 | 1,626 | 1,932 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 88.39% | 81.06% | 86.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 903 | 1,089 | 1,323 |
| 10th Percentile | £209 | £263 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | £681 | £725 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 100 | 93 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £11.06 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.76 | £14.00 | £15.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.05 | £19.00 | £25.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.05% | -24.38% | +43.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.29 | £38.75 | £30.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.00 | £58.75 | £46.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.68% | -9.41% | +63.46% |
Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Reverse Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Reverse Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Reverse Engineering in the West Midlands.
Reverse Engineering
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: