Consultant Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 34 50
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 17 21 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.27% 4.15% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 4.87% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 4
10th Percentile £450 £399 £481
25th Percentile £455 £518 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £582 £663
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% -12.15% +20.45%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £725
90th Percentile £605 £645 -
East of England median daily rate £488 £525 £503
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% -8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +136.36% - -
East of England median hourly rate £51.50 £45.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +14.44% +104.55% -51.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 220 431 474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.18% 85.18% 86.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 161 289
10th Percentile £313 £206 £200
25th Percentile £413 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £538
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 193 92
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% +13.47%
75th Percentile £19.03 £27.50 £19.04
90th Percentile £44.25 £57.50 £20.75
East of England median hourly rate £46.81 £43.00 £41.81
% change year-on-year +8.86% +2.86% +161.28%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
Cambridge +11 11 £500 -6.76% 11
Huntingdon -1 4 £529 -9.11% 2
Consultant
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) SAP
2 5 (29.41%) IFS
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Inventory Management
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Hudson
3 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Migration
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) SAP SCM
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
5 2 (11.76%) User Research
5 2 (11.76%) Business Process Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (11.76%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) SCADA
5 2 (11.76%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) Tcl
5 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
5 2 (11.76%) Perl
5 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL

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

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP SCM
2 1 (5.88%) SAP CO
2 1 (5.88%) SAP FI
2 1 (5.88%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database
1 2 (11.76%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (5.88%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Hudson
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
1 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) SCADA
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
1 4 (23.53%) Inventory Management
1 4 (23.53%) Migration
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
2 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (11.76%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
3 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
3 2 (11.76%) ERP
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) User Experience
3 2 (11.76%) User Research
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Perl
1 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
1 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) SAP
2 5 (29.41%) IFS
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) DataCore
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (11.76%) Synopsys
5 1 (5.88%) Dell
5 1 (5.88%) Sybase
5 1 (5.88%) Veeam