Subject Matter Expert Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Subject Matter Expert
England > West Midlands

As of 18 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Subject Matter Expert daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 104 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Subject Matter Expert 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.045% 0.060% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.064% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
England median daily rate £494 £610 £506
% change year-on-year -19.10% +20.49% -11.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,988 1,557 1,716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.75% 93.63% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,005 1,177
10th Percentile £258 £207 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £704 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 58 59
10th Percentile £13.03 £13.58 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.81 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.25 £32.27 £39.88
90th Percentile £49.33 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Subject Matter Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Subject Matter Expert' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Subject Matter Expert job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Subject Matter Expert
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Subject Matter Expert job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Subject Matter Expert job vacancies in the West Midlands

Subject Matter Expert
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Subject Matter Expert job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Subject Matter Expert job vacancies in the West Midlands

Subject Matter Expert
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 Subject Matter Expert within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Subject Matter Expert
England

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Subject Matter Expert contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Subject Matter Expert in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys