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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 27 34
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 123 63 88
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.10% 4.94% 4.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.23% 5.49% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 34 68
10th Percentile £444 £413 £371
25th Percentile £485 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -7.57%
75th Percentile £588 £697 £541
90th Percentile £713 £709 £649
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £28.03 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £29.51 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.35% +22.22% -33.58%
75th Percentile £31.99 - £47.50
90th Percentile £32.88 - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £68.69 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.83% +5.67% -10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,333 1,147 1,647
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.76% 89.89% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 493 965
10th Percentile £185 £220 £190
25th Percentile £338 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £590
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 195 286
10th Percentile £13.56 £15.61 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.41 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.20 £47.50 £41.06
Median % change year-on-year -34.32% +15.70% +107.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £82.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +49.84%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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
Hertfordshire +13 56 £550 +22.22% 24
Cambridgeshire +5 41 £550 +2.33% 16
Bedfordshire -6 20 £550 -21.43% 4
Suffolk +8 2 £550 +4.76% 1
Essex 0 2 £500 +5.26% 9
Norfolk -14 2 £550 - 7
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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 33 (26.83%) SAP
2 26 (21.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
4 24 (19.51%) ITSM
5 22 (17.89%) ServiceNow
6 21 (17.07%) Dynatrace
7 20 (16.26%) SC Cleared
7 20 (16.26%) Workshop Facilitation
8 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
8 19 (15.45%) WebSphere
9 17 (13.82%) SAP S/4HANA
9 17 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (13.01%) DevOps
10 16 (13.01%) Knowledge Transfer
10 16 (13.01%) Middleware
10 16 (13.01%) Migration
10 16 (13.01%) SOAP
11 15 (12.20%) ABAP
12 14 (11.38%) .NET
12 14 (11.38%) C
12 14 (11.38%) C++
12 14 (11.38%) HTML
12 14 (11.38%) Java
12 14 (11.38%) Node.js
12 14 (11.38%) PHP
12 14 (11.38%) WebLogic
12 14 (11.38%) Workflow
13 13 (10.57%) CI/CD
13 13 (10.57%) Oracle
13 13 (10.57%) Service Design

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 19 (15.45%) WebSphere
2 14 (11.38%) WebLogic
3 5 (4.07%) Apache
3 5 (4.07%) IIS
4 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.81%) Confluence
5 1 (0.81%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (13.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (9.76%) Maximo
3 10 (8.13%) SAP HCM
4 9 (7.32%) SAP FI
5 8 (6.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 8 (6.50%) SAP MM
6 7 (5.69%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (3.25%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (1.63%) SAP CO
8 2 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.81%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.81%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.81%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.81%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.94%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (8.13%) OCI
3 6 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.07%) AWS
4 5 (4.07%) Azure
5 4 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.25%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.44%) Slack
7 2 (1.63%) GCP
7 2 (1.63%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.63%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.81%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.81%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.81%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) Modbus
1 1 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) Metadata
2 5 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.07%) DB2
2 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.44%) Power BI
3 3 (2.44%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.44%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.63%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.69%) GitLab
1 7 (5.69%) Hudson
2 3 (2.44%) Git
2 3 (2.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.81%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 40 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.45%) Finance
3 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.07%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.25%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.63%) Law
7 2 (1.63%) Retail
8 1 (0.81%) Billing
8 1 (0.81%) French Language
8 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.01%) Middleware
1 16 (13.01%) SOAP
2 14 (11.38%) .NET
2 14 (11.38%) HTML
2 14 (11.38%) Node.js
3 13 (10.57%) Web Services
3 13 (10.57%) XML
4 11 (8.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (5.69%) SAP Basis
5 7 (5.69%) SAP Fiori
6 6 (4.88%) SAP Business Workflow
7 4 (3.25%) REST
8 1 (0.81%) EDI
8 1 (0.81%) IDoc
8 1 (0.81%) JSON
8 1 (0.81%) JWT
8 1 (0.81%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.81%) RESTCONF
8 1 (0.81%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.13%) Replication
2 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.25%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.63%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.63%) Social Media
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) FMCG
5 1 (0.81%) IVR
5 1 (0.81%) Life Science
5 1 (0.81%) LIMS
5 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.81%) Mashup
5 1 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Windows
2 5 (4.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.25%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.81%) Linux
5 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 24 (19.51%) ITSM
3 20 (16.26%) Workshop Facilitation
4 17 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (13.01%) DevOps
5 16 (13.01%) Knowledge Transfer
5 16 (13.01%) Migration
6 14 (11.38%) Workflow
7 13 (10.57%) CI/CD
7 13 (10.57%) Service Design
8 12 (9.76%) Accounts Payable
8 12 (9.76%) Analytics
8 12 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (9.76%) Validation
9 11 (8.94%) Data Modelling
9 11 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.94%) Time Management
10 10 (8.13%) Process Improvement
11 9 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.32%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.20%) ABAP
2 14 (11.38%) C
2 14 (11.38%) C++
2 14 (11.38%) Java
2 14 (11.38%) PHP
3 8 (6.50%) SQL
4 6 (4.88%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.88%) Python
5 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 20 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.07%) Degree
4 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.63%) ACCA
6 2 (1.63%) CIMA
6 2 (1.63%) CISM
6 2 (1.63%) CISSP
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.63%) OSCP
7 1 (0.81%) CCIE
7 1 (0.81%) CCNP
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.81%) SANS
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) GDPR
2 4 (3.25%) NIST
3 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.63%) COBIT
4 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.81%) GRC
5 1 (0.81%) GxP
5 1 (0.81%) HL7
5 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (2.44%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.50%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.50%) Terraform
2 6 (4.88%) Grafana
2 6 (4.88%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.63%) Ansible
4 1 (0.81%) Istio
4 1 (0.81%) vRealize
Vendors
1 33 (26.83%) SAP
2 22 (17.89%) ServiceNow
3 21 (17.07%) Dynatrace
4 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
5 13 (10.57%) Oracle
6 8 (6.50%) IFS
6 8 (6.50%) OpenText
7 5 (4.07%) Computacenter
7 5 (4.07%) IBM
8 4 (3.25%) Remedy
9 3 (2.44%) VMware
10 1 (0.81%) Ariba
10 1 (0.81%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.81%) Facebook
10 1 (0.81%) Instagram
10 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.81%) Workday