Customer Requirements Contracts in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Customer Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 116 151
Rank change year-on-year +23 +35 -21
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 41 51 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.52% 1.52% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.72% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 32
10th Percentile £162 £299 £369
25th Percentile £201 £409 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £419
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% +13.43% +19.30%
75th Percentile £775 £544 £459
90th Percentile - £593 £575
England median daily rate £500 £500 £468
% change year-on-year - +6.89% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 1
10th Percentile £12.75 - -
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.16 -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.08 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.51% -17.82% -
75th Percentile £26.50 £34.44 -
90th Percentile - £55.03 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £10.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year +417.40% -76.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Customer Requirements 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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,219 2,963 4,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.09% 88.29% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,482 2,074 3,238
10th Percentile £238 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +3.47% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £591 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 106 145
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.90 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £14.64 £13.73
Median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% +13.27%
75th Percentile £34.56 £31.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £56.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Customer Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the Midlands

Customer Requirements
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Requirements within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +2 21 £694 +46.05% 76
East Midlands +35 20 £173 -51.75% 38
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.88%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Google Workspace
1 5 (12.20%) IaaS
1 5 (12.20%) PaaS
1 5 (12.20%) SaaS
2 4 (9.76%) OCI
2 4 (9.76%) Oracle Service Cloud
2 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.44%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) GitHub
4 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) VoIP
1 10 (24.39%) VPN
2 7 (17.07%) WAN
3 6 (14.63%) LAN
3 6 (14.63%) MPLS
3 6 (14.63%) PBX
3 6 (14.63%) WLAN
4 5 (12.20%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (12.20%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (12.20%) DHCP
4 5 (12.20%) DNS
4 5 (12.20%) Firewall
4 5 (12.20%) Internet
4 5 (12.20%) SD-WAN
5 4 (9.76%) PSTN
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.44%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (9.76%) Power BI
3 1 (2.44%) Pentaho
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Artifactory
1 1 (2.44%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (26.83%) Telecoms
2 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
4 5 (12.20%) Electronics
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Legal
5 4 (9.76%) Marketing
5 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.76%) Publishing
6 1 (2.44%) Aeronautics
6 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Data Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Test Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support
4 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
4 4 (9.76%) Help Desk Technician
4 4 (9.76%) IMAC Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) IMAC Support
4 4 (9.76%) Insight Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Report Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Windows Support Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) Web Services
2 1 (2.44%) AWS CDK
2 1 (2.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
1 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (14.63%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Windows 7
3 4 (9.76%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Programme Management
2 8 (19.51%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (14.63%) Analytics
3 6 (14.63%) Architectural Design
3 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.63%) Data Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) Data Analytics
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
3 6 (14.63%) Network Architecture
3 6 (14.63%) Performance Management
3 6 (14.63%) Resource Management
3 6 (14.63%) SOA
3 6 (14.63%) Storage Management
3 6 (14.63%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
4 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
4 5 (12.20%) Test Scripting
5 4 (9.76%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) CCIE
3 6 (14.63%) CCIE Data Center
3 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (14.63%) Degree
4 5 (12.20%) APMP
4 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
4 5 (12.20%) PMP
5 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.88%) Dell Certification
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (4.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.44%) Ansible
3 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.44%) Puppet
3 1 (2.44%) Rancher
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (29.27%) Oracle
3 7 (17.07%) Cisco
3 7 (17.07%) SAP
4 5 (12.20%) CheckPoint
4 5 (12.20%) Google
4 5 (12.20%) Infoblox
4 5 (12.20%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.20%) Salesforce
4 5 (12.20%) Symantec
4 5 (12.20%) Zscaler
5 4 (9.76%) Computacenter
5 4 (9.76%) Denodo
6 2 (4.88%) Dell
6 2 (4.88%) Fujitsu
6 2 (4.88%) HP
6 2 (4.88%) Sun
7 1 (2.44%) IBM
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) Nokia