Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Business Consultant
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The median Business Consultant daily rate in Dunstable is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 7.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £325 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dunstable

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dunstable. 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 Dunstable with a recognized job title 13 7 24
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 18
10th Percentile £309 £428 £212
25th Percentile £457 £450 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £398
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +25.79% -18.04%
75th Percentile £595 £525 £528
90th Percentile £614 £585 £538
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £71.50 £84.75 £64.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% +32.42% +16.36%

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, Business Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Dunstable region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation