WebFOCUS Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Information Builders WebFOCUS
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring WebFOCUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WebFOCUS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.081% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £359 - -
25th Percentile £359 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 - -
75th Percentile £382 - -
90th Percentile £386 - -
England median daily rate £358 £650 -
% change year-on-year -44.92% - -

All Database & BI Skills
West Midlands

WebFOCUS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 473 272 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.25% 17.54% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 169 209
10th Percentile £372 £392 £300
25th Percentile £456 £438 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £700
England median daily rate £500 £545 £540
% change year-on-year -8.26% +0.93% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £36.00 £18.00 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -42.01% +158.67%
England median hourly rate £46.50 £39.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +19.23% -7.90% -27.53%

WebFOCUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

WebFOCUS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

WebFOCUS
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 WebFOCUS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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 - 2 £367 - 1
WebFOCUS
England

WebFOCUS
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft