Data Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Data Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Data Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 127 151
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 5 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.31% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.34% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £534 - £544
25th Percentile £538 £425 £592
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £656
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -8.57% +17.92%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £691
90th Percentile £660 £713 £696
England median daily rate £588 £537 £525
% change year-on-year +9.31% +2.37% -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 2,158 2,652 3,025
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 92.15% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,386 1,791 2,139
10th Percentile £209 £230 £234
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £548 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 193 102
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.90 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.54
Median hourly rate £23.41 £19.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.21% -9.52% +9.80%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £33.81
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.45 £40.33 £44.00
% change year-on-year -31.93% -8.35% +76.00%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Consultant in the Midlands

Data Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Data Consultant 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 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in the Midlands

Data Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Consultant 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 19 July 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
East Midlands - 3 £550 - 2
West Midlands +2 2 £638 +4.08% 3
Data Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Data 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 Data Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Key Management
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) B2C
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing

Data 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) B2C
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Key Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle