IT Consultant Contract Job Trends in Luton

IT Consultant
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median IT Consultant daily rate in Luton is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 0.64% 1.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 -
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 141 93 127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 93.00% 97.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 48 81
10th Percentile £159 £137 £363
25th Percentile £425 £484 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £586 £560
90th Percentile £650 £658 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 4
10th Percentile £67.50 £51.41 £29.75
25th Percentile £80.00 £55.16 £44.38
Median hourly rate £88.00 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +15.00% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £58.88
90th Percentile £92.50 £76.40 £61.35
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% +18.18% -1.48%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

IT Consultant job vacancy trend in Luton

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

IT 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow