Consultant Contracts in Luton

Consultant
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Consultant daily rate in Luton is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 17 23
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 10.20% 7.89% 3.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 9.23% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 2
10th Percentile - - £449
25th Percentile - £513 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £550 £528
90th Percentile - £562 £541
Bedfordshire median daily rate £700 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% +16.67% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 80 130 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.63% 85.53% 99.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 79 81
10th Percentile - £300 £281
25th Percentile £500 £439 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £575 £600
90th Percentile - £634 £631
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 5
10th Percentile £20.26 - £29.50
25th Percentile £60.38 £15.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.79 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +374.98% -78.95% +36.36%
75th Percentile £85.25 £65.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £31.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year +91.04% -50.12% +15.91%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Luton

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Luton.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Luton

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Luton

Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Luton region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SAP
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (90.00%) Business Transformation
2 9 (90.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (90.00%) Record to Report
2 9 (90.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (80.00%) Life Science
4 5 (50.00%) Analytics
4 5 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (20.00%) Order to Cash
5 2 (20.00%) Ariba
6 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) CCA
6 1 (10.00%) Games
6 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) JIRA
6 1 (10.00%) Biotechnology
6 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Data Management
6 1 (10.00%) Anaplan
6 1 (10.00%) SAP BPC
6 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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 9 (90.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP BPC
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (10.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Business Transformation
1 9 (90.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (90.00%) Record to Report
1 9 (90.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Order to Cash
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Biotechnology
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCA
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Ariba
3 1 (10.00%) Anaplan
3 1 (10.00%) Hyperion