Senior IT Consultant Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Senior IT Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Senior IT Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 287 182 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.23% 93.81% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 91 70
10th Percentile £330 £153 £205
25th Percentile £463 £408 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £484
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -1.86% -7.81%
75th Percentile £688 £576 £631
90th Percentile £950 £650 £741
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 24 57
10th Percentile £21.14 £16.09 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.90 £25.84 £19.18
Median hourly rate £46.18 £37.29 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +23.84% -7.53% -5.12%
75th Percentile £71.50 £70.16 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.55 £75.79 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £49.75 £27.00 £34.61
% change year-on-year +84.26% -21.98% +16.71%

Senior IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Senior IT Consultant job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Senior IT 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 Senior IT Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Blackpool - 1 £400 -
Senior IT Consultant
North West

Senior IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior IT 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow