Consultant Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Consultant
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Consultant daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £534, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 25 46
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 14 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 6.25% 1.42% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.42% 1.59% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £313 - £435
25th Percentile £338 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £590 £588
Median % change year-on-year -9.49% +0.43% +2.17%
75th Percentile £625 - £650
90th Percentile £788 - £665
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £534 £590 £556
% change year-on-year -9.49% +6.07% -3.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 218 189 323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.32% 89.57% 98.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 93 252
10th Percentile £240 £338 £320
25th Percentile £358 £400 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £573 £590 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £742
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -8.00% -10.71% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £12.66 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.69 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £67.88 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.71% - -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft
4 3 (21.43%) PeopleCode
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (21.43%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (14.29%) CISM
5 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (14.29%) IaaS
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (14.29%) PaaS
5 2 (14.29%) CRISC
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Data Protection

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (14.29%) IaaS
3 2 (14.29%) PaaS
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SAP ALE
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (21.43%) Impact Analysis
1 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (14.29%) Information Security
2 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (7.14%) Benchmarking
3 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.14%) Migration
3 1 (7.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) CISM
1 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (14.29%) CRISC
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Tenable