Collaborative Working Contracts in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 80 84
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 28 51 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.44% 2.27% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.58% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 35 77
10th Percentile £317 £242 £375
25th Percentile £375 £356 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £466 £505
Median % change year-on-year +15.34% -7.72% +34.67%
75th Percentile £697 £588 £575
90th Percentile £776 £713 £650
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.90 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.18% - -
75th Percentile £25.30 £29.38 -
90th Percentile £30.48 £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £19.35
% change year-on-year -1.96% +163.57% -7.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Collaborative Working 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 1,612 1,976 3,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.88% 87.86% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,074 1,343 2,346
10th Percentile £263 £263 £280
25th Percentile £373 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £586
90th Percentile £746 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 49 61
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.22 £13.70 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +23.35% +9.68%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Birmingham +8 14 £425 - 29
Staffordshire +9 5 £400 -23.81% 11
Warwickshire -10 4 £650 +8.33% 13
Solihull - 2 - - 1
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
1 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
1 3 (10.71%) SaaS
2 1 (3.57%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) IaaS
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) PaaS
2 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) IPsec
1 1 (3.57%) Kerberos
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.57%) SSL
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Billing
5 1 (3.57%) German Language
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (10.71%) Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) E-Commerce Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Hardware Support Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Performance Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Web Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) HR Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (3.57%) Product Lead
4 1 (3.57%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Senior
4 1 (3.57%) Technology Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 2 (7.14%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (28.57%) Project Management
2 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
3 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.86%) Process Improvement
4 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.29%) Change Management
5 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (10.71%) ERP
6 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.71%) Statistics
7 2 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (7.14%) Marketing Strategy
7 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (7.14%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Python
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (7.14%) CISSP
2 2 (7.14%) Dell Certification
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) CCNP
3 1 (3.57%) CCSP
3 1 (3.57%) CIPD
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) CRISC
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) GDPR
3 2 (7.14%) SLA
4 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Dell
2 2 (7.14%) Fujitsu
2 2 (7.14%) HP
2 2 (7.14%) Sun
3 1 (3.57%) Anaplan
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Juniper
3 1 (3.57%) McAfee
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce