Consultant Contracts in Birmingham

Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Consultant daily rate in Birmingham is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 32 29
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 39 46 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.09% 5.09% 5.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.52% 5.29% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 29 32
10th Percentile £463 £211 £407
25th Percentile £513 £400 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £647 £600 £564
90th Percentile £761 £641 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £555 £543
% change year-on-year -0.90% +2.30% +14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 706 870 1,265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 96.24% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 583 928
10th Percentile £250 £263 £209
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £578
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 22
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.53
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.35% -2.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Consultant 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 Birmingham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.95%) SAP
4 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
5 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (12.82%) Information Security
6 5 (12.82%) Oracle
6 5 (12.82%) Migration
6 5 (12.82%) GDPR
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (10.26%) Police
7 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
7 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (10.26%) Power BI
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
8 3 (7.69%) Data Design
8 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
8 3 (7.69%) Legal
8 3 (7.69%) ITSM
8 3 (7.69%) CMDB

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (5.13%) SAP HCM
1 2 (5.13%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.56%) Odoo
2 1 (2.56%) SAP MDG-BP
2 1 (2.56%) SAP MDG-F
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) LAN
1 1 (2.56%) VPN
1 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.26%) Police
5 3 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Law
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.56%) IDoc
2 1 (2.56%) SAP ALE
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.56%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) CMDB
1 3 (7.69%) Replication
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.56%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (15.38%) Data Protection
2 6 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
2 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 5 (12.82%) Information Security
3 5 (12.82%) Migration
3 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (12.82%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (10.26%) Change Management
4 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.69%) Data Design
5 3 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 3 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (7.69%) ITSM
5 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 3 (7.69%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) ABAP
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) CISM
3 2 (5.13%) CISSP
4 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) CEMLI
2 1 (2.56%) Proxmox
2 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) SAP
2 5 (12.82%) Oracle
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) VMware