Consultant Contracts in Birmingham

Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Consultant daily rate in Birmingham is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 29 34
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 59 52 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.70% 5.85% 5.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.19% 6.05% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 33 22
10th Percentile £460 £281 £401
25th Percentile £478 £413 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -5.09% +13.68%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £584
90th Percentile £738 £636 £634
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 720 859 1,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 96.63% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 572 903
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £335 £375 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.70 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +7.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 Birmingham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (25.42%) NetSuite
2 13 (22.03%) Finance
3 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
4 11 (18.64%) SAP
5 9 (15.25%) Oracle
5 9 (15.25%) Roadmaps
6 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
7 7 (11.86%) Migration
7 7 (11.86%) ERP
7 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
7 7 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (10.17%) Digital Strategy
8 6 (10.17%) Power Platform
8 6 (10.17%) SQL
8 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.17%) Legal
9 5 (8.47%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (8.47%) Change Management
9 5 (8.47%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (8.47%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (8.47%) Power BI
10 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (6.78%) Coaching
10 4 (6.78%) Presales
10 4 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (6.78%) Data Migration
10 4 (6.78%) Azure
10 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 15 (25.42%) NetSuite
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (5.08%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (3.39%) SAP Business One
3 2 (3.39%) SAP HCM
3 2 (3.39%) SAP MDG
3 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.69%) Odoo
4 1 (1.69%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.69%) SAP MDG-BP
4 1 (1.69%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 4 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.08%) AWS
3 3 (5.08%) OCI
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Firewall
1 1 (1.69%) LAN
1 1 (1.69%) VPN
1 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Power BI
2 3 (5.08%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.39%) Adabas
4 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
General
1 13 (22.03%) Finance
2 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Legal
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Law
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing
7 1 (1.69%) Billing
7 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.39%) HTML
2 2 (3.39%) REST
2 2 (3.39%) SOAP
2 2 (3.39%) XML
3 1 (1.69%) CSS
3 1 (1.69%) IDoc
3 1 (1.69%) JSON
3 1 (1.69%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.69%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.69%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
1 3 (5.08%) Replication
2 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.69%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.69%) NHS
2 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
2 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
1 2 (3.39%) zOS
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.25%) Roadmaps
2 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (11.86%) ERP
3 7 (11.86%) Migration
3 7 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (10.17%) Digital Strategy
4 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.47%) Change Management
5 5 (8.47%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (8.47%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (6.78%) Analytics
6 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (6.78%) Coaching
6 4 (6.78%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.78%) Presales
7 3 (5.08%) Data Design
7 3 (5.08%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.08%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (5.08%) User Stories
8 2 (3.39%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) ABAP
2 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.39%) Natural
3 1 (1.69%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.69%) Python
3 1 (1.69%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) Degree
4 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) CEMLI
2 1 (1.69%) Proxmox
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) SAP
2 9 (15.25%) Oracle
3 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.08%) Anaplan
4 3 (5.08%) Hyperion
4 3 (5.08%) JD Edwards
4 3 (5.08%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (3.39%) Software AG
6 1 (1.69%) Ariba
6 1 (1.69%) Conga
6 1 (1.69%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) VMware
6 1 (1.69%) Workday
98 Consultant jobs in the West Midlands