Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Consultant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Consultant daily rate in Leicestershire 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 12 14 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 7.69% 6.03% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.43% 6.60% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £380 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £550 £575 £622
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.56% +13.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 106 106 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.54% 91.38% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 74 121
10th Percentile £126 £185 £130
25th Percentile £132 £291 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £422 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.59% -0.82% +2.10%
75th Percentile £470 £500 £550
90th Percentile £525 £614 £650
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £478
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.76% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £19.03 - £12.81
25th Percentile £19.81 £23.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.75 £24.00 £19.69
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +21.89% +9.39%
75th Percentile £22.38 £24.50 £22.06
90th Percentile £24.85 - £36.13
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £20.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +2.86% +3.98% +13.90%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Leicester +5 7 £250 - 15
Consultant
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Inventory Management
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (30.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (30.00%) System Integration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (30.00%) SAP FI
3 3 (30.00%) SAP CO
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (30.00%) SAP CO
1 3 (30.00%) SAP FI
1 3 (30.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (30.00%) System Integration Testing
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft