Data Consultant Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Data Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 121 128
Rank change year-on-year -32 +7 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 7 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.043% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.046% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £500 - £500
25th Percentile £538 - £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +15.38%
75th Percentile £638 - £538
90th Percentile £660 - -
England median daily rate £506 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.95% +4.76% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,781 2,170 2,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.93% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,762 1,370 1,699
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £361 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £676
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 87 109
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.95 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.97 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +19.10% +13.51%
75th Percentile £27.41 £32.01 £33.25
90th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Consultant job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in the Midlands

Data Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

Data 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 Data Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
West Midlands -31 6 £613 +22.50% 10
East Midlands - 1 £575 - 6
Data Consultant
England

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Data 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 Midlands region featuring Data Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Security
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) Autodesk
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) CASB
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
3 1 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Data Development
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse

Data Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (14.29%) Navisworks
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) General Ledger
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Security
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
3 1 (14.29%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 19650
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Autodesk
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sage
2 1 (14.29%) Talend
2 1 (14.29%) Xero