IT Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

IT Consultant
England > Midlands

The median IT Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 161 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 11 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.40% 0.059% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.062% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £560 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £656 - -
90th Percentile £750 - -
England median daily rate £545 £518 £450
% change year-on-year +5.31% +15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.13 - -
Median hourly rate £12.25 - -
75th Percentile £12.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £12.25 - -

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 2,513 3,228 4,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.58% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,271 3,526
10th Percentile £213 £220 £209
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 170
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.08
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.55
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the Midlands

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in the Midlands

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in the Midlands

IT Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Consultant in the Midlands

IT Consultant
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 IT Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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 - 9 £600 -
East Midlands +23 2 - -
IT Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Midlands region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Law
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
1 5 (45.45%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (27.27%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) CMDB
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Data Entry
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Proxmox
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Windows
4 1 (9.09%) Linux
4 1 (9.09%) LAN

IT Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 3 (27.27%) CMDB
3 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS X
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Data Entry
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft