Consultant Contracts in the East Midlands

Consultant
England > East Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the East Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 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
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 19 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 54 55 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.97% 7.28% 3.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.81% 7.66% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 20
10th Percentile £250 - £300
25th Percentile £425 £500 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £646
90th Percentile £633 £704 £654
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.75 £61.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year +19.72% -2.22% -13.10%

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 691 718 834
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.16% 94.97% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 472 623
10th Percentile £200 £205 £213
25th Percentile £317 £355 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £622 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 61 40
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.42 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £14.88
Median hourly rate £21.39 £22.50 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +5.84% +7.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.66 £53.81
90th Percentile £30.30 £51.91 £71.88
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +5.88% +65.50%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +6 14 £544 +8.75% 7
Derbyshire -4 13 £612 +6.43% 5
Northamptonshire -10 13 £525 +5.00% 4
Leicestershire 0 9 £250 -61.54% 2
Lincolnshire +3 5 - - 6
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) SAP
3 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
4 9 (16.67%) Migration
4 9 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (14.81%) Analytics
5 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (14.81%) SQL
6 7 (12.96%) ERP
6 7 (12.96%) Finance
6 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
6 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
7 6 (11.11%) Integration Testing
7 6 (11.11%) Validation
7 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.26%) Compliance Management
8 5 (9.26%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (9.26%) IFS
8 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
8 5 (9.26%) Workflow
8 5 (9.26%) SAP CO
8 5 (9.26%) FMCG
8 5 (9.26%) Data Mapping
8 5 (9.26%) Data Integration
8 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
8 5 (9.26%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (9.26%) CRM
8 5 (9.26%) SAP FI

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 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.85%) InDesign
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.85%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (9.26%) SAP CO
2 5 (9.26%) SAP FI
2 5 (9.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (7.41%) Sprinklr
4 1 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.85%) Primavera
4 1 (1.85%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (1.85%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.85%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.85%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.85%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.85%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.85%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.85%) SAP SCM
4 1 (1.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 3 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) BGP
1 2 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (1.85%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.85%) OSPF
2 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Dreamweaver
General
1 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
2 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
3 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Automotive
4 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.56%) General Ledger
4 3 (5.56%) Marketing
4 3 (5.56%) Retail
5 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Aviation
6 1 (1.85%) Games
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Local Government
6 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (5.56%) HTML
3 2 (3.70%) CSS
3 2 (3.70%) REST
4 1 (1.85%) BAPI
4 1 (1.85%) Flash
4 1 (1.85%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) FMCG
1 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.70%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Social Media
5 1 (1.85%) Blog
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) Migration
2 8 (14.81%) Analytics
2 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (12.96%) ERP
4 6 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 6 (11.11%) Validation
5 5 (9.26%) Compliance Management
5 5 (9.26%) CRM
5 5 (9.26%) Data Integration
5 5 (9.26%) Data Mapping
5 5 (9.26%) Workflow
6 4 (7.41%) Agile
6 4 (7.41%) API Integration
6 4 (7.41%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (7.41%) Data Analytics
6 4 (7.41%) Inventory Management
6 4 (7.41%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (7.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.70%) ABAP
4 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.70%) CCIE
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CCIE Wireless
5 1 (1.85%) CCNP
5 1 (1.85%) CISM
5 1 (1.85%) CISSP
5 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.85%) MBA
5 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.85%) GDPR
1 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.56%) AirWatch
2 3 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.56%) SCCM
3 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) SAP
2 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.26%) IFS
4 4 (7.41%) VMware
5 2 (3.70%) Avaya
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Facebook
5 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.70%) Genesys
5 2 (3.70%) Instagram
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
5 2 (3.70%) Twitter
5 2 (3.70%) YouTube
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe
6 1 (1.85%) Marketo
6 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.85%) Siemens