Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Prototyping
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 1.43% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -17.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 55 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 75.71% 83.33% 83.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 30 42
10th Percentile £455 £143 £213
25th Percentile £525 £353 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £510 £581
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -12.26% +10.71%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £654
90th Percentile £738 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 8
10th Percentile £15.40 £15.22 £16.35
25th Percentile £17.14 £16.68 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +2.31% +0.11%
75th Percentile £22.45 £22.89 £33.81
90th Percentile £77.95 £23.40 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.34
% change year-on-year -6.21% -23.80% +63.62%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Prototyping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Malvern - 1 £550 -
Prototyping
West Midlands

Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA