Junior Contracts in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior daily rate in the Midlands is £208 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 134 178
Rank change year-on-year +13 +44 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 13 23 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.70% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.74% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 21
10th Percentile £117 £184 £200
25th Percentile £143 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% -6.67% +114.29%
75th Percentile £239 £420 £467
90th Percentile £298 £445 £495
England median daily rate £325 £270 £300
% change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £11.00 -
England median hourly rate £10.42 £13.15 £19.46
% change year-on-year -20.76% -32.43% +5.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,476 3,119 4,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.57% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,193 3,507
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +14.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 117 164
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.48
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.00 £22.88
90th Percentile £52.45 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -17.97% +95.42% +5.92%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
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 Junior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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 +16 9 £208 -30.83% 49
East Midlands +16 4 £241 -31.07% 37
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Workflow
2 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
2 4 (30.77%) SCCM
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
3 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
3 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
3 3 (23.08%) Time Management
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (15.38%) Apple
4 2 (15.38%) MCSE
4 2 (15.38%) Apache
4 2 (15.38%) VPN
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (15.38%) SLA
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 2 (15.38%) SCOM

Junior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
1 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) MySQL
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
General
1 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (30.77%) Workflow
2 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
2 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
2 3 (23.08%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Forensics
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Malware Reverse Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Purple Team
4 1 (7.69%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) SIEM
4 1 (7.69%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
2 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) MCSE
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) SCOM
2 2 (15.38%) SCSM
3 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) Apple
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) SAP