Senior Consultant Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 83 102
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 8 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.71% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £500 - £473
25th Percentile £575 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.23%
75th Percentile £745 - £563
90th Percentile £772 - £578
North West median daily rate £703 £642 £525
% change year-on-year +9.44% +22.26% -8.70%

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 1,038 1,109 1,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.98% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 639 1,089
10th Percentile £300 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £668 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 62
10th Percentile £16.41 £15.92 £14.81
25th Percentile £18.97 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £46.25 £48.47
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £66.13
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -1.33% -14.29% +74.43%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Consultant in Manchester

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) COBIT
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) ISMS
3 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) ISMS
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) COBIT
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality