Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Lead Consultant
England > East of England

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in the East of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 79 105
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.26% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.31% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £581 - £650
90th Percentile £593 - £680
England median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -7.69%

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 1,384 963 1,546
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.64% 89.50% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 437 854
10th Percentile £193 £224 £200
25th Percentile £335 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £575
90th Percentile £681 £690 £700
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 145 322
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.24 £13.55
25th Percentile £16.04 £21.46 £15.58
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +26.42% +94.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in the East of England

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Consultant in the East of England

Lead 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 Lead Consultant within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Bedfordshire -6 2 £475 -32.14% 3
Hertfordshire - 2 £588 -
Lead Consultant
England

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (50.00%) Semantic Layer
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
1 2 (50.00%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP