Consultant Contracts in Lancashire

Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 4 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 +30 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Consultant 23 27 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.68% 13.30% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 14.21% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 3
10th Percentile £475 £561 £460
25th Percentile £525 £570 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -3.85% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £681 £694
90th Percentile £630 £976 £720
North West median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £26.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 184 190 244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.60% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 69 131
10th Percentile £243 £205 £313
25th Percentile £412 £313 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.08% +0.08%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £634
90th Percentile £671 £650 £709
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 59 55
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.58 £20.40
25th Percentile £23.32 £18.00 £25.75
Median hourly rate £41.06 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -12.68% +31.39%
75th Percentile £70.16 £46.18 £48.92
90th Percentile £75.79 £76.75 £69.34
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £30.65
% change year-on-year -26.03% +10.94% +33.25%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston -10 10 £590 -5.90% 2
Chorley - 4 £575 -
Blackburn - 2 £475 -
Consultant
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, 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 Lancashire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) SAP
1 11 (47.83%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
3 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
3 6 (26.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Maximo
6 3 (13.04%) Service Management
6 3 (13.04%) ITSM
6 3 (13.04%) SQL
6 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
7 2 (8.70%) Recruitment Marketing
7 2 (8.70%) Power BI
7 2 (8.70%) Service Design
7 2 (8.70%) Programme Governance
7 2 (8.70%) Azure
7 2 (8.70%) Retail
7 2 (8.70%) CAFM
7 2 (8.70%) QA
7 2 (8.70%) DevOps
7 2 (8.70%) System Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Analytics
7 2 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (8.70%) SQL Server

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (8.70%) Apache
1 2 (8.70%) IIS
1 2 (8.70%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Maximo
2 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (8.70%) DB2
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Marketing
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Retail
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) SOAP
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
1 2 (8.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
2 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.04%) ITSM
3 3 (13.04%) Service Management
4 2 (8.70%) Analytics
4 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.70%) CAFM
4 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Facilities Management
4 2 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) Programme Governance
4 2 (8.70%) Recruitment Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (8.70%) Service Design
4 2 (8.70%) System Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Workflow
5 1 (4.35%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (4.35%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) BMC
4 1 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) Remedy
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow