Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Consultant
England > East Midlands

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the East Midlands is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.25% - 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £520 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,063 687 714
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.51% 90.04% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 465 469
10th Percentile £252 £200 £223
25th Percentile £406 £323 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £403 £449
Median % change year-on-year +21.04% -10.30% -5.47%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £560
90th Percentile £668 £624 £622
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 63 59
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.12 £12.64
25th Percentile £14.52 £17.87 £14.14
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% -10.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £27.55 £25.15 £46.33
90th Percentile £56.25 £30.30 £51.91
England median hourly rate £43.10 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +70.23% -43.73% +7.40%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the East Midlands

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Derbyshire - 2 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £513 - 5
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 East Midlands region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) NetSuite
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (66.67%) NetSuite
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft