Consultant Contracts in Macclesfield

Consultant
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The median Consultant daily rate in Macclesfield is £500, 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 11 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 6 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 12.24% 8.91% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 9.28% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile - £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile - £541 £475
90th Percentile £620 £553 -
Cheshire median daily rate £538 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -14.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Macclesfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Macclesfield. 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 Macclesfield with a recognized job title 42 97 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 96.04% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 66 30
10th Percentile £439 £405 £302
25th Percentile £500 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% +15.28% +15.38%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £484
90th Percentile £700 £585 £505
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £16.69 £14.30
25th Percentile - £17.26 £14.38
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year - +16.20% -73.48%
75th Percentile - - £16.38
90th Percentile - £17.74 £16.60
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Macclesfield

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Macclesfield

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Macclesfield

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Macclesfield

Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (33.33%) Order to Cash
3 2 (33.33%) Compliance Management
3 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (33.33%) SAP EHS
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (16.67%) Data Design

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 2 (33.33%) SAP EHS
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Compliance Management
1 2 (33.33%) Order to Cash
2 1 (16.67%) Data Design
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP