Semantic Kernel Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands
Microsoft Semantic Kernel
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing Semantic Kernel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 165 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Semantic Kernel | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.20% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.04% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £354 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £501 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £546 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £560 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -8.48% | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands
Semantic Kernel falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the West Midlands.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 670 | 442 | 363 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 18.85% | 22.36% | 19.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 477 | 289 | 205 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £375 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £456 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £507 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.33% | -7.82% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £600 | £635 |
| 90th Percentile | £652 | £700 | £733 |
| England median daily rate | £537 | £518 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.77% | -5.91% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 21 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.91 | £27.21 | £19.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.43 | £33.91 | £26.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £50.00 | £42.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.00% | +18.34% | +141.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | - | £59.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.60 | - | £68.98 |
| England median hourly rate | £67.47 | £54.70 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.35% | -15.85% | +13.04% |
Semantic Kernel Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Semantic Kernel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Semantic Kernel Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Semantic Kernel in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.
Semantic Kernel 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 Semantic Kernel within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire | - | 4 | £280 | - | |
| Coventry | - | 3 | £575 | - | |
| Semantic Kernel England |
|||||
Semantic Kernel Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LangChain | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2 | REST | 85.7% | 6 |
| 3 | LangGraph | 71.4% | 5 |
| 4 | JSON | 57.1% | 4 |
| 5 | GraphQL | 42.9% | 3 |
| 5 | Microsoft Graph | 42.9% | 3 |
| 7 | CSS | 28.6% | 2 |
| 7 | Next.js | 28.6% | 2 |
| 7 | OAuth | 28.6% | 2 |
| 7 | OpenID | 28.6% | 2 |
| 7 | React | 28.6% | 2 |
| 7 | Tailwind CSS | 28.6% | 2 |
| 13 | .NET | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | .NET Core | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | .NET Framework | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Apache Avro | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | ASP.NET | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | ASP.NET Core | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Entity Framework | 14.3% | 1 |
| 13 | gRPC | 14.3% | 1 |