The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for YAGNI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited YAGNI over the 6 months to 2 March 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
YAGNI is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
1,544
2,553
4,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
82.61%
83.93%
87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,124
1,605
2,797
Median daily rate
£413
£450
£435
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33%
+3.45%
+8.61%
10th Percentile
£225
£263
£281
90th Percentile
£563
£600
£588
England median daily rate
£475
£475
£475
Number of hourly rates quoted
44
100
115
Median hourly rate
£17.50
£15.85
£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.41%
-9.43%
-30.00%
10th Percentile
£12.98
£11.24
£10.93
90th Percentile
£42.63
£43.75
£45.00
Median hourly rate
£26.00
£21.00
£22.25
% change year-on-year
+23.81%
-5.62%
-1.11%
YAGNI Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing YAGNI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
YAGNI Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing YAGNI in the West Midlands.
YAGNI 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 YAGNI within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 March 2021. 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
YAGNI Top 9 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 2 March 2021, IT contractor jobs citing YAGNI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for YAGNI.
YAGNI Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
