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 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 115 59 84
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.05% 4.50% 4.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.33% 5.05% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 30 65
10th Percentile £428 £412 £363
25th Percentile £477 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £580 £647 £538
90th Percentile £624 £750 £660
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.49 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.75% +22.22% -33.58%
75th Percentile £36.49 - £47.50
90th Percentile £38.29 - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.42% +1.54% -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 1,232 1,169 1,669
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.21% 89.17% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 498 987
10th Percentile £185 £220 £190
25th Percentile £358 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £599
90th Percentile £688 £640 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 202 280
10th Percentile £13.79 £15.14 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.05 £47.50 £43.15
Median % change year-on-year -36.73% +10.08% +117.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £77.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

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 6 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 6 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 +14 47 £550 +22.22% 49
Cambridgeshire +6 40 £550 -4.35% 18
Bedfordshire -1 20 £550 -12.00% 14
Essex 0 3 £500 +5.26% 19
Norfolk -14 3 £500 -4.76% 7
Suffolk +6 2 £381 -27.38% 3
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 29 (25.22%) SAP
2 24 (20.87%) ITSM
3 23 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 22 (19.13%) ServiceNow
5 21 (18.26%) Dynatrace
5 21 (18.26%) Requirements Gathering
6 20 (17.39%) SC Cleared
7 19 (16.52%) Microsoft
7 19 (16.52%) Migration
7 19 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (16.52%) WebSphere
8 17 (14.78%) SAP S/4HANA
9 16 (13.91%) DevOps
9 16 (13.91%) Middleware
10 15 (13.04%) Java
10 15 (13.04%) Knowledge Transfer
10 15 (13.04%) WebLogic
11 14 (12.17%) .NET
11 14 (12.17%) C
11 14 (12.17%) C++
11 14 (12.17%) CI/CD
11 14 (12.17%) HTML
11 14 (12.17%) Node.js
11 14 (12.17%) PHP
11 14 (12.17%) Validation
11 14 (12.17%) Workflow
11 14 (12.17%) Workshop Facilitation
12 13 (11.30%) Analytics
12 13 (11.30%) Service Design
12 13 (11.30%) User Acceptance Testing

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 (16.52%) WebSphere
2 15 (13.04%) WebLogic
3 5 (4.35%) Apache
3 5 (4.35%) IIS
4 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.87%) Confluence
5 1 (0.87%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (14.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (10.43%) Maximo
3 9 (7.83%) SAP FI
4 8 (6.96%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 8 (6.96%) SAP MM
5 4 (3.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (1.74%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.74%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (1.74%) SAP HCM
6 2 (1.74%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.87%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.87%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.87%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.87%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.87%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.83%) OCI
2 6 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.35%) AWS
3 5 (4.35%) Azure
4 4 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.48%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.61%) Slack
5 3 (2.61%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.74%) GCP
6 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.74%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.87%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.87%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.87%) SaaS
7 1 (0.87%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.87%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.87%) Firewall
1 1 (0.87%) Modbus
1 1 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) Metadata
2 5 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.35%) DB2
2 5 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.61%) Power BI
4 3 (2.61%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.61%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (2.61%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.09%) GitLab
2 6 (5.22%) Hudson
3 3 (2.61%) Git
3 3 (2.61%) JIRA
4 1 (0.87%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.87%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 37 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.39%) Finance
3 8 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.09%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.61%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.74%) Law
8 2 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Retail
9 1 (0.87%) Billing
9 1 (0.87%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.91%) Middleware
2 14 (12.17%) .NET
2 14 (12.17%) HTML
2 14 (12.17%) Node.js
3 10 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (8.70%) SOAP
4 8 (6.96%) XML
5 7 (6.09%) SAP Basis
5 7 (6.09%) SAP Fiori
5 7 (6.09%) Web Services
6 6 (5.22%) SAP Business Workflow
7 4 (3.48%) REST
8 1 (0.87%) EDI
8 1 (0.87%) IDoc
8 1 (0.87%) JSON
8 1 (0.87%) JWT
8 1 (0.87%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.87%) RESTCONF
8 1 (0.87%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.09%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.48%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.74%) Replication
3 2 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (1.74%) Social Media
4 1 (0.87%) Clustering
4 1 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.87%) FMCG
4 1 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.87%) IVR
4 1 (0.87%) Life Science
4 1 (0.87%) LIMS
4 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.87%) Mashup
4 1 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.70%) Windows
2 5 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.48%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.74%) Linux
4 2 (1.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.87%) ITSM
2 21 (18.26%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (16.52%) Migration
3 19 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 16 (13.91%) DevOps
5 15 (13.04%) Knowledge Transfer
6 14 (12.17%) CI/CD
6 14 (12.17%) Validation
6 14 (12.17%) Workflow
6 14 (12.17%) Workshop Facilitation
7 13 (11.30%) Analytics
7 13 (11.30%) Service Design
7 13 (11.30%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (9.57%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.83%) System Testing
11 8 (6.96%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
12 7 (6.09%) Invoice Processing
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.04%) Java
2 14 (12.17%) C
2 14 (12.17%) C++
2 14 (12.17%) PHP
3 9 (7.83%) ABAP
3 9 (7.83%) SQL
4 7 (6.09%) Python
5 6 (5.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.74%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.35%) Degree
4 4 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.74%) ACCA
6 2 (1.74%) CIMA
6 2 (1.74%) CISM
6 2 (1.74%) CISSP
6 2 (1.74%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.74%) OSCP
7 1 (0.87%) CCIE
7 1 (0.87%) CCNP
7 1 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.87%) SANS
7 1 (0.87%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.43%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) GDPR
2 4 (3.48%) NIST
3 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.74%) COBIT
4 2 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.87%) GRC
5 1 (0.87%) GxP
5 1 (0.87%) HL7
5 1 (0.87%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.96%) Terraform
2 6 (5.22%) Grafana
2 6 (5.22%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.74%) Ansible
4 1 (0.87%) Istio
Vendors
1 29 (25.22%) SAP
2 22 (19.13%) ServiceNow
3 21 (18.26%) Dynatrace
4 19 (16.52%) Microsoft
5 12 (10.43%) Oracle
6 8 (6.96%) OpenText
7 7 (6.09%) IFS
8 5 (4.35%) IBM
9 4 (3.48%) Remedy
10 2 (1.74%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.87%) Ariba
11 1 (0.87%) Clearswift
11 1 (0.87%) Facebook
11 1 (0.87%) Instagram
11 1 (0.87%) Salesforce