Consultant Contracts in the East Midlands

Consultant
England > East Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the East Midlands is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 23 50
Rank change year-on-year +12 +27 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 52 49 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.61% 6.31% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.95% 6.71% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 36 19
10th Percentile £373 £463 £350
25th Percentile £475 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £632 £663 £654
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.25 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% -6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 475 730 970
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.80% 93.95% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 489 746
10th Percentile £200 £163 £208
25th Percentile £349 £260 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £565
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 79 61
10th Percentile £11.59 £11.81 £11.80
25th Percentile £18.34 £14.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.88% +19.16%
75th Percentile £26.37 £26.15 £30.00
90th Percentile £33.55 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
% change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the East Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the East Midlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the East Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the East Midlands

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 Consultant within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Nottinghamshire +13 17 £500 -13.04% 19
Northamptonshire +10 13 £550 +12.24% 13
Derbyshire +6 11 £550 +10.00% 24
Leicestershire +2 7 £250 -58.33% 14
Lincolnshire +1 4 £513 -18.00% 8
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 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 East Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) SAP
2 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.15%) Migration
3 8 (15.38%) Finance
3 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) System Testing
5 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.54%) Manufacturing
6 5 (9.62%) Validation
6 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (9.62%) Azure
6 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (9.62%) Data Migration
6 5 (9.62%) Data Mapping
6 5 (9.62%) Data Integration
6 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
6 5 (9.62%) Decision-Making
6 5 (9.62%) Compliance Management
6 5 (9.62%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (7.69%) Client Onboarding
7 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
7 4 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (7.69%) Security Posture
7 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (9.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.69%) Primavera
2 4 (7.69%) SAP HR
2 4 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.92%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.92%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.92%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.92%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Azure
2 4 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.92%) OCI
5 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) BGP
1 2 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.92%) OSPF
2 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
General
1 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.38%) Finance
3 6 (11.54%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.69%) Local Government
4 4 (7.69%) Retail
5 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.85%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Games
7 1 (1.92%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Marketing
7 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) REST
2 1 (1.92%) BAPI
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.92%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.92%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.85%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.92%) FMCG
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) Migration
2 7 (13.46%) System Testing
3 5 (9.62%) Compliance Management
3 5 (9.62%) Data Integration
3 5 (9.62%) Data Mapping
3 5 (9.62%) Data Migration
3 5 (9.62%) Decision-Making
3 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (9.62%) Validation
4 4 (7.69%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (7.69%) ERP
4 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 4 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 4 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (5.77%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (5.77%) Process Improvement
5 3 (5.77%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.92%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) CCIE
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.85%) CISM
4 2 (3.85%) CISSP
4 2 (3.85%) CRISC
5 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) CCIE Wireless
5 1 (1.92%) CCNP
5 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.92%) MBA
5 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) GRC
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.85%) NIST
2 1 (1.92%) GAAP
2 1 (1.92%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.77%) AirWatch
2 3 (5.77%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.77%) SCCM
3 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
1 11 (21.15%) SAP
2 4 (7.69%) VMware
3 2 (3.85%) Cisco
3 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
3 2 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) IFS
4 1 (1.92%) JDA
4 1 (1.92%) Marketo
4 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.92%) RedPrairie
4 1 (1.92%) Salesforce