Consultant Contracts in the East Midlands

Consultant
England > East Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the East Midlands is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 38 41
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 55 41 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.33% 4.13% 4.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.71% 4.35% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 25 41
10th Percentile £489 £300 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +18.92%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £663 £650 £788
England median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.13 - -
Median hourly rate £12.25 - -
75th Percentile £12.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.60 £64.84 £70.25
% change year-on-year -4.99% -7.70% +22.17%

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 820 942 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 94.96% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 736 976
10th Percentile £180 £213 £179
25th Percentile £270 £334 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +7.56% +14.67%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £519
90th Percentile £622 £700 £595
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 50 79
10th Percentile £11.83 £13.11 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £14.72
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% +10.65% +36.89%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £32.63
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024. 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 16 £500 -13.79% 10
Leicestershire +19 15 £600 -7.69% 7
Nottinghamshire +16 13 £575 +9.52% 7
Northamptonshire +1 8 £490 -14.56% 6
Lincolnshire +16 4 £625 +38.89% 4
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, 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 13 (23.64%) SAP
2 12 (21.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (18.18%) Azure
4 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
4 9 (16.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (12.73%) Finance
5 7 (12.73%) Microsoft
6 6 (10.91%) Social Skills
7 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
7 5 (9.09%) Oracle
7 5 (9.09%) Migration
8 4 (7.27%) SAP GTS
8 4 (7.27%) OpenID
8 4 (7.27%) OAuth
8 4 (7.27%) Use Case
8 4 (7.27%) Analytics
8 4 (7.27%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (7.27%) Aerospace
8 4 (7.27%) Agile
8 4 (7.27%) Python
8 4 (7.27%) LDAP
8 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (7.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (7.27%) SAML
8 4 (7.27%) Order to Cash
8 4 (7.27%) Record to Report
8 4 (7.27%) Roadmaps
8 4 (7.27%) Single Sign-On

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:

Business Applications
1 9 (16.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.27%) SAP GTS
3 3 (5.45%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.82%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.82%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.82%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.82%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (7.27%) OCI
4 3 (5.45%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.45%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.64%) Serverless
6 1 (1.82%) AWS
6 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) SAN
2 1 (1.82%) VPN
General
1 7 (12.73%) Finance
2 6 (10.91%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Law
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) LDAP
1 4 (7.27%) OAuth
1 4 (7.27%) OpenID
1 4 (7.27%) SAML
2 3 (5.45%) SailPoint
2 3 (5.45%) Web Services
3 1 (1.82%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.82%) JSON
3 1 (1.82%) Node.js
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.82%) REST
3 1 (1.82%) SOAP
3 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (9.09%) Migration
1 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (7.27%) Agile
2 4 (7.27%) Analytics
2 4 (7.27%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (7.27%) Order to Cash
2 4 (7.27%) Record to Report
2 4 (7.27%) Roadmaps
2 4 (7.27%) Use Case
3 3 (5.45%) Change Management
3 3 (5.45%) Conceptual Models
3 3 (5.45%) Customer Service
3 3 (5.45%) Data Engineering
3 3 (5.45%) Data Modelling
3 3 (5.45%) Data Transformation
3 3 (5.45%) Logical Data Model
3 3 (5.45%) RBAC
3 3 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (5.45%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (5.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) Bash
2 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.64%) ABAP
4 1 (1.82%) C#
4 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.82%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.45%) BC Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.64%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) XenApp
2 2 (3.64%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) SAP
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.09%) Oracle
4 3 (5.45%) Citrix
4 3 (5.45%) Google
4 3 (5.45%) iManage
4 3 (5.45%) Okta
5 2 (3.64%) Databricks
6 1 (1.82%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.82%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.82%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.82%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.82%) UiPath
6 1 (1.82%) VMware