Consultant Contract Job Trends in Luton

Consultant
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Consultant daily rate in Luton is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 16 11 29
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 11.85% 12.64% 15.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.90% 15.28% 16.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 27
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +33.33% -16.00%
75th Percentile £588 - £538
90th Percentile £600 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £563 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -19.64% +33.33% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate - £55.00 -

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 124 72 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 82.76% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 36 123
10th Percentile £313 £121 £403
25th Percentile £406 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £580 £691 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 4
10th Percentile £58.88 £20.26 £29.75
25th Percentile £77.63 £45.38 £44.38
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.65 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.76% +1.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £90.38 £65.80 £58.88
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.00 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% -1.48%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Luton

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Luton

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Luton over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Luton

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Luton

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 Luton region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) Migration
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
1 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (18.75%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
3 3 (18.75%) Remedy
3 3 (18.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (18.75%) Service Design
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
3 3 (18.75%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
4 2 (12.50%) .NET
4 2 (12.50%) ACCA
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Azure

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 2 (12.50%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (18.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) SAP CO
3 2 (12.50%) SAP FI
3 2 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (6.25%) SAP MDG
4 1 (6.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Snowflake
4 1 (6.25%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
1 1 (6.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
1 2 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) EDI
2 1 (6.25%) IDoc
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (6.25%) IVR
2 1 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) LIMS
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Migration
1 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Service Design
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (12.50%) Supply Chain Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C
1 2 (12.50%) C++
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ACCA
1 2 (12.50%) CIMA
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (6.25%) GxP
1 1 (6.25%) HL7
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (18.75%) Remedy
4 2 (12.50%) Dynatrace
5 1 (6.25%) Facebook
5 1 (6.25%) Instagram
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle