Business Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £594 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 135 170
Rank change year-on-year +28 +35 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.26% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £501 - £408
25th Percentile £530 £513 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +14.70% +0.95%
75th Percentile £667 £613 £510
90th Percentile £702 £631 £515
England median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,762 2,284 3,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 94.69% 96.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,188 1,571 2,548
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 69 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.10 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £27.13 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £54.50 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the West Midlands

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in the West Midlands

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the West Midlands

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in the West Midlands

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Birmingham +9 2 £594 +7.95% 4
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Business 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared