Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Consultant daily rate in Leeds is £559, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 42 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -20 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 37 23 57
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 5.09% 3.47% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.31% 3.70% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 22
10th Percentile £400 £500 £401
25th Percentile £403 £509 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £611 £641 £644
90th Percentile £721 £725 £770
West Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 697 621 910
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.87% 93.67% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 378 612
10th Percentile £313 £296 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £517
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.12% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £613
90th Percentile £650 £652 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 7
10th Percentile £16.62 £17.08 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.18 £19.50 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +13.47% -0.88%
75th Percentile £26.50 £41.50 £22.86
90th Percentile £27.85 £54.75 £39.05
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £20.71
% change year-on-year +4.00% +20.74% -2.56%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Leeds

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leeds

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Leeds

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 26 November 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 Leeds region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.92%) CyberArk
4 6 (16.22%) Oracle
5 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (13.51%) Data Modelling
5 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
6 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (10.81%) SAP
7 3 (8.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (8.11%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.11%) SAP Implementation
7 3 (8.11%) Scenario Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Software Testing
8 2 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (5.41%) Agile
8 2 (5.41%) Azure
8 2 (5.41%) C#
8 2 (5.41%) CRM
8 2 (5.41%) CSS
8 2 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (5.41%) Data Migration
8 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.41%) DevOps

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.70%) InVision
2 1 (2.70%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.70%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) OCI
2 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) PaaS
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (5.41%) Power BI
2 2 (5.41%) SAP BW
2 2 (5.41%) SAP HANA
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) CSS
1 2 (5.41%) HTML
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (5.41%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
1 1 (2.70%) IoT
1 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.70%) NHS
1 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.70%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Data Modelling
1 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.11%) Analytics
3 3 (8.11%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
3 3 (8.11%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (8.11%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (8.11%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (5.41%) Agile
4 2 (5.41%) CRM
4 2 (5.41%) Data Migration
4 2 (5.41%) DevOps
4 2 (5.41%) Migration
4 2 (5.41%) Test Strategy
4 2 (5.41%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (5.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) C#
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) CyberArk
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe
4 1 (2.70%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) IBM
4 1 (2.70%) Progress
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow