The median contractor rate for a Consultant was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies in the East of England during the 6 months to 27 November 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
2,378
1,190
3,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.42%
91.40%
92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,383
717
2,218
10th Percentile
£156
£165
£190
25th Percentile
£288
£285
£313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£425
£400
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+6.25%
-5.88%
-
75th Percentile
£538
£508
£500
90th Percentile
£625
£588
£588
England median daily rate
£513
£475
£466
% change year-on-year
+7.89%
+1.93%
+3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
333
142
264
10th Percentile
£12.25
£12.32
£10.63
25th Percentile
£12.50
£14.00
£13.00
Median hourly rate
£14.50
£22.00
£16.50
Median % change year-on-year
-34.09%
+33.33%
-2.94%
75th Percentile
£26.25
£45.00
£43.00
90th Percentile
£49.25
£50.00
£49.00
England median hourly rate
£20.00
£22.50
£18.55
% change year-on-year
-11.11%
+21.29%
+6.00%
Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Consultant Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant 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 27 November 2021.
Consultant Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant 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 27 November 2021. 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
Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England
For the 6 months to 27 November 2021, Consultant contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.
Consultant Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
