RIBA Contracts in the West Midlands

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for RIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 107 129
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +46
Contract jobs citing RIBA 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.073% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.33% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile - £444 £455
90th Percentile - - £459
England median daily rate £575 £510 £455
% change year-on-year +12.75% +12.03% +16.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £44.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year +85.71% -36.65% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

RIBA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 450 602 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.82% 31.84% 26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 384 353
10th Percentile £150 £275 £313
25th Percentile £312 £360 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -14.77% +13.68%
75th Percentile £589 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £693 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 28
10th Percentile £17.84 £14.00 £11.70
25th Percentile £18.51 £21.44 £13.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £27.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +39.74% +12.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.44 £28.75
90th Percentile £59.10 £58.75 £60.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +30.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing RIBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for RIBA in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RIBA in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for RIBA in the West Midlands

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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 RIBA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Live
Jobs
Birmingham - 1 - - 11
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England

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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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared