Project Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Projects Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £569, 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 106 - 165
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% - 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £538 - £162
25th Percentile £548 - £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 - £195
75th Percentile £586 - £224
90th Percentile £594 - £225
England median daily rate £583 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -4.90% +11.36% +10.00%

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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in the Midlands

Project Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Consultant in the Midlands

Project Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Consultant in the Midlands

Project 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 Project Consultant within the Midlands 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
East Midlands - 1 £600 -
West Midlands - 1 £538 - 1
Project Consultant
England

Project Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project 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 Project Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Local Government
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Financial Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) MRICS
1 3 (60.00%) Due Diligence
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery

Project 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) IaaS
1 1 (20.00%) PaaS
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Local Government
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Case
1 3 (60.00%) Due Diligence
1 3 (60.00%) Financial Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory