Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Consultant daily rate in Leeds is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 46 26
Rank change year-on-year +18 -20 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 53 16 49
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 7.20% 2.86% 5.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.51% 3.05% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 22
10th Percentile £403 - £403
25th Percentile £438 £500 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £597
90th Percentile £735 £745 £770
West Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -2.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 706 525 833
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 93.92% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 326 559
10th Percentile £300 £288 £299
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £567 £600
90th Percentile £647 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 3
10th Percentile - £16.15 £13.91
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.18 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +16.78% -31.05%
75th Percentile £25.75 £38.75 £41.98
90th Percentile £28.75 £80.10 £53.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +3.39% +12.47% -4.44%

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 10 January 2026.

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 10 January 2026, 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 16 (30.19%) Oracle
2 13 (24.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (16.98%) Migration
4 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
4 9 (16.98%) Scenario Testing
5 8 (15.09%) Data Migration
5 8 (15.09%) OCI
5 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (15.09%) Workday
6 7 (13.21%) CyberArk
6 7 (13.21%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (11.32%) Analytics
7 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (11.32%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (11.32%) SAP
7 6 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
8 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (9.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (9.43%) REST
8 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (9.43%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (9.43%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (7.55%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (5.66%) Decision-Making
10 3 (5.66%) Degree

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 (1.89%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.89%) InVision
2 1 (1.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (3.77%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.89%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.89%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.89%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (1.89%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) OCI
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
3 1 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.89%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.89%) GCP
3 1 (1.89%) PaaS
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (3.77%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.77%) SAP HANA
General
1 12 (22.64%) Public Sector
2 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Retail
5 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (9.43%) REST
3 2 (3.77%) Web Services
4 1 (1.89%) .NET
4 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) SCORM
2 3 (5.66%) Learning Management System
2 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (16.98%) Migration
2 9 (16.98%) Scenario Testing
3 8 (15.09%) Data Migration
3 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (11.32%) Analytics
4 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
5 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (9.43%) System Integration Testing
5 5 (9.43%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.66%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.66%) Risk Management
7 3 (5.66%) SAP Implementation
7 3 (5.66%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.89%) GRC
3 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (30.19%) Oracle
2 8 (15.09%) Workday
3 7 (13.21%) CyberArk
4 6 (11.32%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe
5 1 (1.89%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.89%) Databricks
5 1 (1.89%) Google
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.89%) Progress
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow