Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in Durham

Lead Consultant
North East > Durham

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in Durham is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £515 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 28 53 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 92.98% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 39
10th Percentile £178 £388 £372
25th Percentile £263 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £470 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +17.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £523 £588 £488
90th Percentile £660 £669 £588
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £435
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -17.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £28.91 £28.14 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% +81.99% -76.58%
North East median hourly rate £25.71 £46.18 £32.25
% change year-on-year -44.34% +43.19% +104.76%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in Durham

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Durham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Durham

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the Durham region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
Darlington - 2 £515 - 3
Lead Consultant
North East

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Lead 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 Durham region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Order Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Manufacturing
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Order Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle