Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Consultant daily rate in Leeds is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 40 25
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 59 16 39
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 7.02% 3.70% 4.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.38% 3.82% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 29
10th Percentile £427 £325 £325
25th Percentile £463 £475 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +18.06% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £550
90th Percentile £691 £687 £578
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -12.20%

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 799 419 751
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 96.99% 91.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 282 469
10th Percentile £313 £263 £281
25th Percentile £419 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £642 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 14
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.30
25th Percentile £14.25 £31.47 £11.88
Median hourly rate £15.25 £41.00 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -62.80% +227.21% -76.80%
75th Percentile £40.06 £98.56 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £18.27
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £24.82 £15.20
% change year-on-year -23.45% +63.29% -53.23%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 20 (33.90%) Oracle
2 11 (18.64%) Migration
2 11 (18.64%) Translating Business Requirements
3 10 (16.95%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (16.95%) Risk Management
3 10 (16.95%) Workday
4 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (15.25%) Data Migration
4 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
5 8 (13.56%) GRC
5 8 (13.56%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
5 8 (13.56%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (11.86%) OCI
6 7 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (11.86%) REST
6 7 (11.86%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (10.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (10.17%) PL/SQL
7 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.17%) SQL
7 6 (10.17%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (8.47%) Data Protection
8 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (8.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (8.47%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (8.47%) SAP
8 5 (8.47%) Workflow

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 3 (5.08%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.39%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.69%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.69%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (3.39%) SAP FI
3 2 (3.39%) SAP MRS
3 2 (3.39%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.69%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (1.69%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (1.69%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.69%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) OCI
2 3 (5.08%) Azure
2 3 (5.08%) SaaS
3 2 (3.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.69%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (8.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
2 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) REST
2 6 (10.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.69%) J2EE
3 1 (1.69%) JSP
3 1 (1.69%) LDAP
3 1 (1.69%) RESTful
3 1 (1.69%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.69%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) SCORM
2 3 (5.08%) Learning Management System
2 3 (5.08%) NHS
2 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.69%) IoT
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.69%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.64%) Migration
1 11 (18.64%) Translating Business Requirements
2 10 (16.95%) Risk Management
3 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (15.25%) Data Migration
4 8 (13.56%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (11.86%) Scenario Testing
5 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.17%) System Integration Testing
7 5 (8.47%) Data Protection
7 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (8.47%) Workflow
8 4 (6.78%) Analytics
8 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.08%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (5.08%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) PL/SQL
1 6 (10.17%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) Java
3 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) Degree
4 1 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.69%) CCSP
4 1 (1.69%) CEH
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.69%) CISM
4 1 (1.69%) CISSP
4 1 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) GRC
2 3 (5.08%) GDPR
2 3 (5.08%) NIST
3 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.39%) NCSC
4 1 (1.69%) COBIT
4 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.69%) QA
4 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (33.90%) Oracle
2 10 (16.95%) Workday
3 5 (8.47%) SAP
4 2 (3.39%) Ariba
5 1 (1.69%) Databricks
5 1 (1.69%) IBM
5 1 (1.69%) Okta
5 1 (1.69%) OpenText
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
33 Consultant jobs in Leeds