Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £538, 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 36 34 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 174 246 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.27% 5.17% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.64% 5.56% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 186 138
10th Percentile £425 £380 £415
25th Percentile £475 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -3.31%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £597
90th Percentile £674 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £54.38 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% -6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,086 4,427 5,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 93.10% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,777 3,913
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £367 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -4.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £580 £595
90th Percentile £645 £672 £679
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 393 160
10th Percentile £12.84 £11.01 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £18.76
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.18 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +27.74% -37.20% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.69 £45.88 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.40 £60.00 £65.78
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the North of England

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 Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West -5 105 £545 -0.91% 259
Yorkshire -20 44 £525 +10.53% 122
North East +15 25 £534 +25.65% 47
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 73 (41.95%) SAP
2 44 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 27 (15.52%) Finance
4 24 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
5 23 (13.22%) Migration
6 22 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.49%) Roadmaps
8 19 (10.92%) Manufacturing
8 19 (10.92%) Microsoft
8 19 (10.92%) Security Cleared
9 17 (9.77%) Data Migration
10 16 (9.20%) SC Cleared
10 16 (9.20%) SuccessFactors
10 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (8.05%) Use Case
11 14 (8.05%) Azure
11 14 (8.05%) Banking
12 13 (7.47%) Quality Management
12 13 (7.47%) SAP Payroll
12 13 (7.47%) SAP HR
12 13 (7.47%) SAP PP
12 13 (7.47%) Oracle
13 11 (6.32%) Management Information System
13 11 (6.32%) Change Management
13 11 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (5.17%) CISM
14 9 (5.17%) Mainframe
14 9 (5.17%) IBM
14 9 (5.17%) Marketing

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 24 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (7.47%) SAP HR
2 13 (7.47%) SAP Payroll
2 13 (7.47%) SAP PP
3 7 (4.02%) SAP SD
4 6 (3.45%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (2.87%) SAP LE
6 4 (2.30%) SAP APO
7 3 (1.72%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 3 (1.72%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (1.72%) SAP CO
7 3 (1.72%) SAP EWM
7 3 (1.72%) SAP FI
7 3 (1.72%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (1.15%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.57%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.57%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.20%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (8.05%) Azure
3 7 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.72%) PaaS
7 3 (1.72%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.15%) AWS
8 2 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.15%) IaaS
8 2 (1.15%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.15%) SaaS
8 2 (1.15%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.57%) Boomi
9 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.57%) GCP
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.45%) DNS
2 4 (2.30%) DHCP
2 4 (2.30%) SSL
3 3 (1.72%) Firewall
3 3 (1.72%) NAS
3 3 (1.72%) SAN
4 2 (1.15%) LAN
4 2 (1.15%) VPN
4 2 (1.15%) WAN
4 2 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.57%) BGP
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.57%) IPsec
5 1 (0.57%) MPLS
5 1 (0.57%) Skype
5 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.57%) VLAN
5 1 (0.57%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Essbase
1 4 (2.30%) Metadata
1 4 (2.30%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.57%) DB2
3 1 (0.57%) GIS
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Git
1 1 (0.57%) GitLab
1 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.52%) Finance
3 19 (10.92%) Manufacturing
4 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.05%) Banking
6 9 (5.17%) Marketing
7 8 (4.60%) French Language
8 7 (4.02%) Retail
9 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.15%) Law
11 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.57%) Legal
12 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.45%) Middleware
2 4 (2.30%) EntireX
2 4 (2.30%) MDX
3 3 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.15%) Kafka
4 2 (1.15%) LDAP
4 2 (1.15%) REST
4 2 (1.15%) SAP Core Interface
5 1 (0.57%) .NET
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.57%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.57%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.57%) Web Services
5 1 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.17%) Mainframe
3 8 (4.60%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.30%) CMDB
5 4 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.30%) Life Science
5 4 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.30%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.72%) Clustering
7 2 (1.15%) FMCG
7 2 (1.15%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.15%) Replication
7 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Windows
2 3 (1.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.57%) Unix
3 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (13.22%) Migration
2 22 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (11.49%) Roadmaps
4 17 (9.77%) Data Migration
5 14 (8.05%) Use Case
6 13 (7.47%) Quality Management
7 11 (6.32%) Change Management
8 9 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (5.17%) Data Protection
8 9 (5.17%) Inventory Management
8 9 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (5.17%) Time Management
9 8 (4.60%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 8 (4.60%) Incident Management
9 8 (4.60%) Logistics
9 8 (4.60%) Project Delivery
9 8 (4.60%) Project Management
9 8 (4.60%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (4.02%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (4.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.30%) Python
3 3 (1.72%) PeopleCode
4 2 (1.15%) SQL
5 1 (0.57%) ABAP
5 1 (0.57%) C#
5 1 (0.57%) COBOL
5 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.57%) VB
5 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.20%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (5.17%) CISM
5 7 (4.02%) CISSP
6 6 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.45%) Degree
7 4 (2.30%) CCSP
7 4 (2.30%) CEH
7 4 (2.30%) OSCP
8 2 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.15%) CRISC
9 1 (0.57%) CIMA
9 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.02%) NIST
2 6 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.87%) QA
4 4 (2.30%) COBIT
5 3 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.15%) GDPR
6 2 (1.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.15%) Ansible
2 2 (1.15%) Control-M
2 2 (1.15%) Grafana
2 2 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.57%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.57%) Nessus
3 1 (0.57%) SCCM
3 1 (0.57%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.57%) vRealize
Vendors
1 73 (41.95%) SAP
2 19 (10.92%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.47%) Oracle
4 9 (5.17%) IBM
4 9 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.30%) BMC
5 4 (2.30%) Software AG
5 4 (2.30%) Splunk
5 4 (2.30%) webMethods
6 3 (1.72%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.15%) Cisco
7 2 (1.15%) Confluent
7 2 (1.15%) Databricks
7 2 (1.15%) Fujitsu
7 2 (1.15%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.15%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.15%) VMware
8 1 (0.57%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.57%) Tenable