Consultant Contracts in Leicestershire

Consultant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Consultant daily rate in Leicestershire is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 34 26
Rank change year-on-year +23 -8 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 16 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 10.00% 1.17% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.96% 1.20% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £465 - £551
25th Percentile £506 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +53.37%
75th Percentile £625 - £656
90th Percentile £638 - £690
East Midlands median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +23.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 146 167 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 97.66% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 144 205
10th Percentile £131 £216 £152
25th Percentile £256 £322 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.08%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £562 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.98 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.08 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.32 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.03% +8.37% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £22.73 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £41.75 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.32 £17.11
% change year-on-year -13.88% +18.80% +16.36%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leicester +14 12 £600 -7.69% 3
Kegworth - 1 £750 -
Consultant
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Leicestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 4 (25.00%) Order to Cash
3 4 (25.00%) Record to Report
3 4 (25.00%) OCI
4 3 (18.75%) RBAC
4 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (18.75%) Okta
4 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
4 3 (18.75%) OAuth
4 3 (18.75%) Azure
4 3 (18.75%) Bash
4 3 (18.75%) OpenID
4 3 (18.75%) SailPoint
4 3 (18.75%) SAML
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 3 (18.75%) Web Services
4 3 (18.75%) Windows
4 3 (18.75%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) LDAP
5 2 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (12.50%) SAP MM
3 1 (6.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (6.25%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) OCI
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) NetScaler
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) SAN
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 1 (6.25%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) LDAP
1 3 (18.75%) OAuth
1 3 (18.75%) OpenID
1 3 (18.75%) SailPoint
1 3 (18.75%) SAML
1 3 (18.75%) Web Services
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Order to Cash
1 4 (25.00%) Record to Report
2 3 (18.75%) Agile
2 3 (18.75%) RBAC
2 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) ERP
4 1 (6.25%) Generative AI
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (6.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Bash
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) XenApp
2 2 (12.50%) XenDesktop
3 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
2 3 (18.75%) Okta
3 1 (6.25%) Blue Prism
3 1 (6.25%) Hyperion
3 1 (6.25%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (6.25%) UiPath
3 1 (6.25%) VMware