IT Consultant Contracts in Birmingham

IT Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Consultant daily rate in Birmingham is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £570 - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 - -

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 702 877 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 95.74% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 587 946
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
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 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 23
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.55
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in Birmingham

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in Birmingham

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in Birmingham

IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) CMDB
1 3 (75.00%) ITSM
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Proxmox
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) IT Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) ITSM
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft