Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 33 50
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 167 186 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.09% 5.38% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.62% 5.69% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 120 120
10th Percentile £460 £400 £360
25th Percentile £500 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £548
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.65% +15.26%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £728 £694 £669
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - £48.50 -
25th Percentile £12.13 £60.50 -
Median hourly rate £12.25 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.44% - -
75th Percentile £12.38 £97.50 -
90th Percentile - £98.50 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.38% +22.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,270 4,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.54% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 2,299 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £224 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +3.66% +14.56%
75th Percentile £588 £579 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 130 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £11.98 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.13 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.38 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.80 £60.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +12 109 £550 - 79
East Midlands +29 49 £550 -4.68% 31
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 42 (25.15%) SAP
2 37 (22.16%) Social Skills
3 27 (16.17%) Finance
4 25 (14.97%) Security Cleared
5 23 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (13.17%) SC Cleared
6 22 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (12.57%) SAP S/4HANA
8 17 (10.18%) Migration
9 16 (9.58%) Microsoft
10 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (8.38%) Oracle
11 14 (8.38%) Agile
11 14 (8.38%) Azure
12 12 (7.19%) Law
12 12 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (6.59%) Workshop Facilitation
14 10 (5.99%) Change Management
14 10 (5.99%) Power Platform
15 9 (5.39%) Power BI
15 9 (5.39%) Roadmaps
15 9 (5.39%) Marketing
16 8 (4.79%) Data Governance
16 8 (4.79%) Data Protection
16 8 (4.79%) SAP BW
16 8 (4.79%) Data Modelling
16 8 (4.79%) Digital Strategy
16 8 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (4.79%) Record to Report

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (1.20%) CMS
1 2 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (12.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.40%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.40%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.40%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (2.40%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.80%) SAP HCM
3 3 (1.80%) SAP MII
3 3 (1.80%) SAP MM
3 3 (1.80%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.20%) Odoo
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.20%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.20%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.20%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.38%) Azure
2 12 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (5.99%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.40%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.40%) OCI
5 3 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.80%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.20%) AWS
6 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.20%) GCP
6 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.20%) Serverless
6 2 (1.20%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.99%) Firewall
2 4 (2.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.60%) LAN
3 1 (0.60%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.60%) Network Security
3 1 (0.60%) SAN
3 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.60%) WAN
3 1 (0.60%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.39%) Power BI
2 8 (4.79%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.20%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.60%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.60%) Metadata
4 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) CA Gen
2 1 (0.60%) Fiddler
General
1 37 (22.16%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.17%) Finance
3 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.19%) Law
5 9 (5.39%) Marketing
6 7 (4.19%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.59%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.40%) Police
9 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.80%) Legal
9 3 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Automotive
10 2 (1.20%) Local Government
10 2 (1.20%) Retail
11 1 (0.60%) Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Billing
11 1 (0.60%) German Language
11 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.40%) LDAP
2 4 (2.40%) OAuth
2 4 (2.40%) OpenID
2 4 (2.40%) SailPoint
2 4 (2.40%) SAML
2 4 (2.40%) Web Services
3 3 (1.80%) IDoc
3 3 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.80%) SAP ALE
3 3 (1.80%) Web Dynpro
4 2 (1.20%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.60%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.60%) BAPI
5 1 (0.60%) JSON
5 1 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.60%) Node.js
5 1 (0.60%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) RESTful
5 1 (0.60%) SAP MI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (3.59%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.99%) Replication
4 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.80%) CMDB
5 3 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.20%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.20%) Social Media
7 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.60%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.60%) NHS
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.60%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.99%) Windows
2 4 (2.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (10.18%) Migration
4 14 (8.38%) Agile
5 11 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (6.59%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (5.99%) Change Management
7 9 (5.39%) Roadmaps
8 8 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (4.79%) Data Governance
8 8 (4.79%) Data Modelling
8 8 (4.79%) Data Protection
8 8 (4.79%) Digital Strategy
8 8 (4.79%) Record to Report
9 7 (4.19%) Analytics
9 7 (4.19%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (4.19%) Use Case
10 6 (3.59%) ERP
10 6 (3.59%) Information Security
10 6 (3.59%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.19%) ABAP
2 6 (3.59%) Python
3 5 (2.99%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.40%) SQL
5 3 (1.80%) Bash
6 1 (0.60%) C#
6 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.60%) X++
Qualifications
1 25 (14.97%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.40%) SAP Certification
4 3 (1.80%) Degree
4 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.20%) CISM
5 2 (1.20%) CISSP
5 2 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (0.60%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.59%) GDPR
2 5 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.60%) GRC
4 1 (0.60%) QA
4 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.60%) XenApp
2 1 (0.60%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.20%) CEMLI
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.20%) SCCM
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 42 (25.15%) SAP
2 16 (9.58%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.38%) Oracle
4 6 (3.59%) Informatica
5 5 (2.99%) Google
5 5 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.40%) Ariba
6 4 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.80%) iManage
7 3 (1.80%) Okta
8 2 (1.20%) Anaplan
8 2 (1.20%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.20%) Citrix
8 2 (1.20%) Databricks
8 2 (1.20%) Facebook
8 2 (1.20%) Instagram
8 2 (1.20%) VMware
9 1 (0.60%) CA
9 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.60%) OpenText