Data Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Data Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Data Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 138 158
Rank change year-on-year +39 +20 -54
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 14 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.73% 0.082% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.087% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 9
10th Percentile £425 £627 £375
25th Percentile £481 £639 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £669 £545
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% +22.71% +21.11%
75th Percentile £638 £689 £563
90th Percentile £683 £696 £565
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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 1,754 2,304 3,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.54% 96.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,596 2,589
10th Percentile £258 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 69 83
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.50 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +9.95% +6.34%
75th Percentile £42.50 £26.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.00 £53.50 £23.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Consultant in the West Midlands

Data Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Data Consultant in the West Midlands

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in the West Midlands

Data Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Consultant in the West Midlands

Data 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 Data Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Warwickshire - 7 £450 - 1
Birmingham +18 6 £575 -14.02% 1
Coventry - 1 £500 -
Data Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Data 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 Data Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 5 (35.71%) Data Quality
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) Informatica
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (28.57%) Data Lineage
3 4 (28.57%) GDPR
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Use Case
4 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Oracle
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Police
4 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) Data Design
5 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Instagram
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Automotive
5 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
5 2 (14.29%) CAD

Data 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 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.14%) Data Vault
2 1 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Police
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Data Lineage
3 4 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Data Design
4 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Use Case
5 2 (14.29%) CAD
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.14%) Data Governance Strategy
6 1 (7.14%) Master Data Management
6 1 (7.14%) Product Information Management
6 1 (7.14%) Reference Data Management
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Data Quality
2 4 (28.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Informatica
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Facebook
3 2 (14.29%) Instagram