Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Consultant
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Consultant daily rate in Leicester is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 8.86% 4.71% 2.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.94% 4.88% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £458 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £750 £650
% change year-on-year -66.67% +15.38% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 64 82 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.01% 96.47% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 56 79
10th Percentile £123 £253 £293
25th Percentile £126 £309 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £479 £506 £594
90th Percentile £525 £606 £671
Leicestershire median daily rate £360 £422 £425
% change year-on-year -14.59% -0.82% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.58
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate - - £15.77
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.95%
75th Percentile - - £22.41
90th Percentile - - £44.38
Leicestershire median hourly rate £20.75 £24.00 £19.69
% change year-on-year -13.54% +21.89% +9.39%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Leicester

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leicester

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Leicester over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Leicester

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leicester

Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Leicester region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) SAP CO
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) SAP FI
2 3 (42.86%) System Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (42.86%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP CO
1 3 (42.86%) SAP FI
1 3 (42.86%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (42.86%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft