Consultant Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Consultant
England > East of England

The median Consultant daily rate in the East of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 32 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 88 52 114
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.16% 5.59% 6.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.53% 6.29% 6.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 36 87
10th Percentile £463 £406 £325
25th Percentile £471 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £681 £556
90th Percentile £775 £700 £632
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £32.75
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% +104.55%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - £71.80
England median hourly rate £57.50 £81.25 £56.89
% change year-on-year -29.23% +42.83% -18.74%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,942 827 1,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 88.92% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 440 794
10th Percentile £193 £210 £213
25th Percentile £348 £395 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 167 559
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.88 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +30.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in the East of England

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the East of England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the East of England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the East of England

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Hertfordshire -8 32 £650 +44.44% 7
Bedfordshire -3 24 £475 -32.14% 1
Cambridgeshire +10 22 £544 +8.75% 8
Essex - 4 £443 - 3
Suffolk - 4 £500 - 6
Norfolk -29 1 £550 - 4
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, 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 of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 39 (44.32%) SAP
2 24 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 21 (23.86%) Analytics
4 17 (19.32%) Microsoft
5 16 (18.18%) Azure
6 15 (17.05%) ABAP
6 15 (17.05%) Migration
7 14 (15.91%) SAP S/4HANA
7 14 (15.91%) ServiceNow
8 13 (14.77%) ITSM
8 13 (14.77%) Validation
8 13 (14.77%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (13.64%) Oracle
9 12 (13.64%) Security Cleared
10 11 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
11 10 (11.36%) Accounts Payable
11 10 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (11.36%) ERP
11 10 (11.36%) SAP HCM
11 10 (11.36%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (11.36%) Workflow
12 9 (10.23%) OpenText
12 9 (10.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 9 (10.23%) Process Improvement
12 9 (10.23%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (10.23%) SOAP
12 9 (10.23%) Web Services
13 8 (9.09%) Data Migration
13 8 (9.09%) Invoice Processing
13 8 (9.09%) OCR

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) PTC Creo
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (15.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (11.36%) SAP HCM
3 9 (10.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 8 (9.09%) SAP FI
4 8 (9.09%) SAP MM
5 7 (7.95%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (6.82%) Teamcenter
7 3 (3.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (1.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.18%) Azure
2 10 (11.36%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (6.82%) AWS
3 6 (6.82%) SaaS
4 5 (5.68%) GCP
4 5 (5.68%) OCI
5 4 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.41%) Azure AI
6 3 (3.41%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.27%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.14%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.27%) Network Security
3 1 (1.14%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.14%) VPN
3 1 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) Metadata
2 5 (5.68%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (3.41%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.41%) Power BI
5 2 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (1.14%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Hudson
General
1 36 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 26 (29.55%) Finance
3 10 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.41%) Aviation
4 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.41%) Retail
5 2 (2.27%) Billing
5 2 (2.27%) General Ledger
5 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Law
5 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.14%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.14%) Electronics
6 1 (1.14%) Legal
6 1 (1.14%) Local Government
6 1 (1.14%) Marketing
6 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.23%) SOAP
1 9 (10.23%) Web Services
2 8 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (7.95%) XML
4 6 (6.82%) SAP Basis
4 6 (6.82%) SAP Business Workflow
4 6 (6.82%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (5.68%) REST
6 3 (3.41%) PyTorch
6 3 (3.41%) scikit-learn
6 3 (3.41%) TensorFlow
7 1 (1.14%) .NET
7 1 (1.14%) FHIR
7 1 (1.14%) IDoc
7 1 (1.14%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Replication
2 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (1.14%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.14%) FMCG
4 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.14%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 21 (23.86%) Analytics
3 15 (17.05%) Migration
4 13 (14.77%) ITSM
4 13 (14.77%) Validation
4 13 (14.77%) Workshop Facilitation
5 11 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 10 (11.36%) Accounts Payable
6 10 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (11.36%) ERP
6 10 (11.36%) Workflow
7 9 (10.23%) Process Improvement
7 9 (10.23%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (9.09%) Data Migration
8 8 (9.09%) Invoice Processing
8 8 (9.09%) OCR
8 8 (9.09%) Requirements Workshops
9 7 (7.95%) Data Modelling
9 7 (7.95%) Performance Improvement
9 7 (7.95%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.05%) ABAP
2 5 (5.68%) SQL
3 3 (3.41%) Python
4 1 (1.14%) Java
4 1 (1.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.41%) Degree
6 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.14%) CCSP
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.14%) CISM
7 1 (1.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.27%) GDPR
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.27%) NIST
3 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.14%) HL7
3 1 (1.14%) ISA99
3 1 (1.14%) PMO
3 1 (1.14%) SLA
3 1 (1.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) VMware NSX
2 4 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.41%) Docker
4 1 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 39 (44.32%) SAP
2 17 (19.32%) Microsoft
3 14 (15.91%) ServiceNow
4 12 (13.64%) Oracle
5 9 (10.23%) OpenText
6 6 (6.82%) Siemens
7 5 (5.68%) Computacenter
7 5 (5.68%) VMware
8 3 (3.41%) Foundry
8 3 (3.41%) Google
8 3 (3.41%) IBM
8 3 (3.41%) IFS
8 3 (3.41%) OpenAI
9 2 (2.27%) Remedy
10 1 (1.14%) Ariba
10 1 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 1 (1.14%) Workday