Consultant Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Consultant
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Consultant daily rate in Ipswich is £381, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 5.00% 4.26% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.13% 4.76% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £241 - £372
25th Percentile £292 £513 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £525 £444
Median % change year-on-year -27.38% +18.31% -15.48%
75th Percentile £467 £538 £495
90th Percentile £517 - £521
Suffolk median daily rate £381 £525 £444
% change year-on-year -27.38% +18.31% -29.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 39 42 100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.50% 89.36% 99.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 78
10th Percentile £203 £300 £259
25th Percentile £303 £361 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% -19.15%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £700
90th Percentile £555 £565 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £365 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -2.67% -16.67% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 1
10th Percentile £16.19 - -
25th Percentile £17.22 £14.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.79 £14.60 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% +4.29% -
75th Percentile £18.07 £15.15 £14.50
90th Percentile £18.58 - -
Suffolk median hourly rate £17.79 £47.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year -62.55% +239.29% -31.37%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Ipswich

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Ipswich over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Ipswich

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Ipswich

Consultant Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 20 October 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 Ipswich region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Robot Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow