Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Business Consultant
England > North of England

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 163 177
Rank change year-on-year -55 +14 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 6 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.12% 0.090% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.097% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £523 -
25th Percentile - £556 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +38.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £638 £494
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £545 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +11.79% -15.22% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,697 3,077 4,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.32% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,093 1,835 3,033
10th Percentile £213 £231 £263
25th Percentile £370 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £470 £487
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -3.49% -2.60%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £584
90th Percentile £650 £656 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 139 354
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.22 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.28 £17.72 £13.50
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.13 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.62% +29.17% -18.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.70 £69.25 £56.99
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -1.30%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the North of England

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the North of England

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire -50 2 - - 1
North West -27 1 £500 - 11
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Business 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 North of England region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) ERP
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
1 4 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 3 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 3 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) AAT
3 2 (33.33%) ACCA
3 2 (33.33%) CIMA
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Confluence
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) GitHub
4 1 (16.67%) Grafana
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 3 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 3 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AAT
1 2 (33.33%) ACCA
1 2 (33.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP