Consultant Contracts in Manchester

Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £625, 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 48 34 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 +23 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 31 65 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.35% 4.28% 3.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.58% 4.46% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 52 49
10th Percentile £435 £413 £413
25th Percentile £488 £480 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £673 £588 £586
90th Percentile £700 £720 £651
North West median daily rate £543 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -1.36% +6.18% -5.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Salford - 2 £450 -
Consultant
North West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

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 Manchester region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (32.26%) SAP
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Service Design
4 4 (12.90%) People Management
4 4 (12.90%) DevOps
4 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
4 4 (12.90%) ITIL
4 4 (12.90%) SAP APO
4 4 (12.90%) Finance
5 3 (9.68%) Project Management
5 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.68%) Agile
5 3 (9.68%) Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Unit Testing
5 3 (9.68%) System Testing
5 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
5 3 (9.68%) SAP EWM
5 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
5 3 (9.68%) Analytics
5 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
6 2 (6.45%) Azure
6 2 (6.45%) Network Architecture
6 2 (6.45%) Splunk
6 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.45%) OSCP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) SAP APO
1 4 (12.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.68%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP PM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP SCM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) Tableau
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Banking
3 3 (9.68%) Retail
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Law
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
1 2 (6.45%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (3.23%) EntireX
2 1 (3.23%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (6.45%) Low-Code
1 2 (6.45%) Private Cloud
1 2 (6.45%) Replication
2 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.90%) DevOps
2 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
2 4 (12.90%) ITIL
2 4 (12.90%) People Management
2 4 (12.90%) Service Design
3 3 (9.68%) Agile
3 3 (9.68%) Analytics
3 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
3 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
3 3 (9.68%) Project Management
3 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (9.68%) System Testing
3 3 (9.68%) Unit Testing
4 2 (6.45%) Data Migration
4 2 (6.45%) Network Architecture
4 2 (6.45%) OWASP
4 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (6.45%) CCSP
1 2 (6.45%) CEH
1 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (6.45%) CISM
1 2 (6.45%) CISSP
1 2 (6.45%) OSCP
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) COBIT
1 2 (6.45%) NIST
1 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) Fujitsu
3 2 (6.45%) IBM
3 2 (6.45%) Splunk
4 1 (3.23%) BMC
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) Software AG
4 1 (3.23%) webMethods