Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 40 54
Rank change year-on-year +16 +14 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 112 116 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.78% 4.93% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.33% 5.19% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 81 82
10th Percentile £435 £400 £407
25th Percentile £468 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £600
90th Percentile £750 £694 £649
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.38% +22.61%

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 1,769 2,236 3,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 94.95% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,534 2,509
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +16.21%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £703 £694 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 66 80
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.46
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +13.77% +7.13%
75th Percentile £41.13 £26.82 £19.90
90th Percentile £55.75 £55.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

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 Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
Birmingham +15 40 £550 +4.76% 61
Warwickshire +7 26 £600 +14.29% 9
Worcestershire +11 7 £644 +7.29%
Coventry +1 7 £500 -27.27% 4
Shropshire +23 5 £485 -1.62% 2
Staffordshire +7 5 £475 -4.04% 4
Solihull -13 2 £450 -21.74% 2
Herefordshire - 2 £550 - 2
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.21%) SAP
3 23 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.07%) Finance
5 17 (15.18%) Security Cleared
6 16 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 13 (11.61%) Migration
9 11 (9.82%) Law
9 11 (9.82%) Agile
9 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (8.04%) Power BI
10 9 (8.04%) Workshop Facilitation
10 9 (8.04%) SAP S/4HANA
10 9 (8.04%) Power Platform
10 9 (8.04%) Roadmaps
11 8 (7.14%) Digital Strategy
11 8 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (7.14%) SAP BW
11 8 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.14%) Marketing
11 8 (7.14%) Data Protection
12 7 (6.25%) Change Management
12 7 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (6.25%) Public Sector
13 6 (5.36%) GDPR
13 6 (5.36%) Information Security
13 6 (5.36%) Oracle
13 6 (5.36%) Microsoft

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.79%) CMS
1 2 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (8.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.57%) SAP CO
2 4 (3.57%) SAP FI
2 4 (3.57%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.68%) SAP HCM
3 3 (2.68%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.79%) Odoo
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.79%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.79%) SAP GRC
4 2 (1.79%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.89%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.89%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (0.89%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.89%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.04%) Power Platform
2 8 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (5.36%) Azure
4 4 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.68%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.79%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.89%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.79%) Firewall
1 2 (1.79%) VPN
2 1 (0.89%) LAN
2 1 (0.89%) Network Security
2 1 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.04%) Power BI
2 8 (7.14%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.79%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.89%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.89%) Metadata
4 1 (0.89%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.89%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.89%) CA Gen
General
1 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.07%) Finance
3 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.82%) Law
4 8 (7.14%) Marketing
5 7 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.57%) Police
7 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.68%) Legal
7 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Automotive
8 2 (1.79%) Billing
8 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Local Government
8 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.89%) German Language
9 1 (0.89%) Retail
9 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.68%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.89%) BAPI
3 1 (0.89%) EDI
3 1 (0.89%) HTML
3 1 (0.89%) IDoc
3 1 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.89%) RESTful
3 1 (0.89%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.89%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.89%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.89%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (0.89%) Web Services
3 1 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.68%) CMDB
3 3 (2.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.68%) Replication
4 2 (1.79%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.79%) Social Media
5 1 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.89%) NHS
5 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.89%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.89%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.68%) Windows
2 2 (1.79%) Linux
3 1 (0.89%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.61%) Migration
4 11 (9.82%) Agile
5 9 (8.04%) Roadmaps
5 9 (8.04%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (7.14%) Data Protection
6 8 (7.14%) Digital Strategy
6 8 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (6.25%) Change Management
8 6 (5.36%) Data Governance
8 6 (5.36%) ERP
8 6 (5.36%) Information Security
8 6 (5.36%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (5.36%) SAP Security
9 5 (4.46%) Cost Reduction
9 5 (4.46%) Decision-Making
9 5 (4.46%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.68%) ABAP
1 3 (2.68%) SQL
2 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.79%) Python
3 1 (0.89%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.89%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 17 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.68%) Degree
4 2 (1.79%) CISM
4 2 (1.79%) CISSP
4 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.89%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) GDPR
2 5 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.79%) NCSC
4 1 (0.89%) GRC
4 1 (0.89%) QA
4 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.89%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (23.21%) SAP
2 6 (5.36%) Informatica
2 6 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.36%) Oracle
3 5 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.79%) Anaplan
4 2 (1.79%) Autodesk
4 2 (1.79%) Facebook
4 2 (1.79%) Instagram
4 2 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.89%) Ariba
5 1 (0.89%) CA
5 1 (0.89%) Concur
5 1 (0.89%) Conga
5 1 (0.89%) DocuSign
5 1 (0.89%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.89%) OpenText
5 1 (0.89%) VMware