Lead Consultant Contracts

Lead Consultant
UK

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 574 718
Rank change year-on-year +35 +144 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 45 122 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 74 66
10th Percentile £466 £500 £438
25th Percentile £513 £571 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £653
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.32% +18.77%
75th Percentile £725 £698 £806
90th Percentile £770 £800 £881
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £688 £475
% change year-on-year -12.73% +44.74% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,482 54,195 83,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,839 58,825
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,507 2,030
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.21 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +40 36 £600 -4.00% 30
UK excluding London +37 18 £600 -12.73% 14
Work from Home +81 16 £623 +3.79% 16
London +46 16 £550 -11.29% 9
South East +17 5 £650 +9.24% 3
South West +15 4 £700 -9.68% 9
East of England +14 4 £600 -22.58%
North of England +25 2 £500 +3.90%
West Midlands +16 2 £494 -28.18% 2
Yorkshire +16 2 £500 -
Midlands +12 2 £494 -28.18% 2
Scotland - 1 £770 -

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (28.89%) Finance
1 13 (28.89%) SAP
2 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (15.56%) ERP
5 6 (13.33%) Data Migration
5 6 (13.33%) Migration
5 6 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.89%) Workflow
7 4 (8.89%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
7 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.89%) System Testing
7 4 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (8.89%) Supply Chain Management
7 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.89%) Requirements Workshops
7 4 (8.89%) Inventory Management
7 4 (8.89%) IFS
7 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (6.67%) Data Centre
8 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (6.67%) Marketing
8 3 (6.67%) Network Security

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.22%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 9 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.67%) SAP EWM
3 2 (4.44%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (2.22%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.22%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.22%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.22%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.22%) SAP MDG-S
4 1 (2.22%) SAP MDM
4 1 (2.22%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.22%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.22%) SAP SD
4 1 (2.22%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.67%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (4.44%) OCI
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) SaaS
4 1 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) DNS
2 1 (2.22%) VPN
2 1 (2.22%) WAN
2 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.22%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.22%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.22%) Postman
2 1 (2.22%) REST Assured
2 1 (2.22%) Selenium
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Marketing
5 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Banking
6 2 (4.44%) German Language
6 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.22%) Automotive
7 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Murex MxML
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.22%) REST
1 1 (2.22%) SAP ALE
1 1 (2.22%) SAP Basis
1 1 (2.22%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.22%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (2.22%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.22%) Life Science
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.56%) ERP
1 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (13.33%) Data Migration
2 6 (13.33%) Migration
3 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (8.89%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (8.89%) Inventory Management
3 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (8.89%) Requirements Workshops
3 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
3 4 (8.89%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (8.89%) System Testing
3 4 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (8.89%) Workflow
4 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (6.67%) SIEM
5 2 (4.44%) Capacity Management
5 2 (4.44%) Data Governance
5 2 (4.44%) Mentoring
5 2 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) ABAP
1 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) ISACA
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) COBIT
1 2 (4.44%) GDPR
1 2 (4.44%) NIST
1 2 (4.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) SAP
2 4 (8.89%) IFS
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.44%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.44%) HP
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) Splunk
4 1 (2.22%) Aruba
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) F5
4 1 (2.22%) Informatica
4 1 (2.22%) MobileIron
4 1 (2.22%) Murex
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) Tanium
4 1 (2.22%) Virgin Media