Lead Consultant Contracts in England

Lead Consultant
UK > England

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in England is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 548 678
Rank change year-on-year +36 +130 -96
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 39 94 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 61 53
10th Percentile £500 £500 £421
25th Percentile £535 £550 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £663
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.43% +20.45%
75th Percentile £700 £694 £775
90th Percentile £725 £800 £855
UK median daily rate £650 £610 £600
% change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,083 45,136 67,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,425 32,131 48,554
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,578 1,311 1,787
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.57
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Lead Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. 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
London +56 16 £650 +8.33% 10
South West +16 8 £700 -9.68% 8
South East +8 5 £650 +10.17%
East of England +6 3 £600 -22.58%
North of England +22 2 £500 +8.11%
Midlands +15 2 £494 -28.18% 1
Yorkshire +13 2 £500 -
West Midlands +10 2 £494 -28.18% 1
Lead Consultant
UK

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, Lead Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (35.90%) SAP
2 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 11 (28.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (23.08%) Finance
4 9 (23.08%) Migration
4 9 (23.08%) Data Migration
5 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) ERP
5 6 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.82%) AWS
7 4 (10.26%) System Testing
7 4 (10.26%) Degree
7 4 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (10.26%) Data Governance
7 4 (10.26%) Supply Chain Management
7 4 (10.26%) Data Management
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (10.26%) ABAP
7 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (10.26%) Requirements Workshops
7 4 (10.26%) Inventory Management
7 4 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (10.26%) Azure
8 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
8 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 11 (28.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.13%) SAP EWM
2 2 (5.13%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (2.56%) SAP MDM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP QM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (12.82%) AWS
3 4 (10.26%) Azure
4 3 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.13%) OCI
5 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) VPN
2 1 (2.56%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Marketing
4 3 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.13%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.13%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.56%) SAP ALE
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.56%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.56%) Life Science
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Data Migration
1 9 (23.08%) Migration
2 6 (15.38%) ERP
2 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
2 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (10.26%) Change Management
3 4 (10.26%) Data Governance
3 4 (10.26%) Data Management
3 4 (10.26%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (10.26%) Inventory Management
3 4 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (10.26%) Requirements Workshops
3 4 (10.26%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (10.26%) System Testing
3 4 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (7.69%) Data Privacy
4 3 (7.69%) Project Management
4 3 (7.69%) SIEM
4 3 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) ABAP
2 3 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) ISACA
4 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) COBIT
1 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.13%) GDPR
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (35.90%) SAP
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) IFS
4 2 (5.13%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (5.13%) HP
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle
4 2 (5.13%) Splunk
5 1 (2.56%) Aruba
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) F5
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) Virgin Media