Consultant Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 11 27
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 18 15 11
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 8.65% 10.14% 4.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.33% 10.56% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 6
10th Percentile £522 £500 £531
25th Percentile £563 £515 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £710
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -24.23% +64.16%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £767
90th Percentile £654 £623 £783
North West median daily rate £623 £548 £525
% change year-on-year +13.70% +4.29% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 193 142 206
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 95.95% 93.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 65 115
10th Percentile £150 £259 £361
25th Percentile £302 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% -16.67% +15.94%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £712
90th Percentile £664 £614 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 22 54
10th Percentile £38.33 £16.84 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £25.13 £39.82
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +15.33%
75th Percentile £69.25 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £55.43 £60.13
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +60.92%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Lancashire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Chorley - 9 £575 -
Preston -12 2 £520 -3.44% 2
Consultant
North West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 20 December 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 Lancashire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) BMC
4 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.56%) Data Design
4 1 (5.56%) Data Management
4 1 (5.56%) Data Mapping
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (5.56%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (5.56%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.56%) Inventory Management
4 1 (5.56%) ITSM
4 1 (5.56%) Logistics
4 1 (5.56%) Maximo
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.56%) Migration
4 1 (5.56%) MTS
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (5.56%) MTS
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Maximo
2 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
2 1 (5.56%) SAP SD
2 1 (5.56%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.56%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (11.11%) Programme Governance
2 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (5.56%) Agile
3 1 (5.56%) Data Design
3 1 (5.56%) Data Management
3 1 (5.56%) Data Mapping
3 1 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (5.56%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (5.56%) Information Architecture
3 1 (5.56%) Inventory Management
3 1 (5.56%) Logistics
3 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.56%) Service Management
3 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.56%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (5.56%) Unit Testing
3 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) BMC
3 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.56%) Remedy
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow