Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 25 32
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 205 248 280
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 5.15% 5.99% 5.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.58% 6.49% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 148 176
10th Percentile £411 £425 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £600
90th Percentile £750 £700 £666
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £61.60 £63.84
% change year-on-year +25.81% -3.50% -11.95%

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 3,674 3,824 5,003
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.37% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,369 2,338 3,390
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £639 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 278 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.38 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.84% +15.09% +32.07%
75th Percentile £47.12 £51.90 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.00 £58.73
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -12 126 £550 - 202
Yorkshire -22 64 £494 -10.23% 65
North East +9 15 £537 -8.98% 18
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 69 (33.66%) SAP
2 64 (31.22%) Social Skills
3 40 (19.51%) Finance
4 34 (16.59%) Security Cleared
5 29 (14.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 28 (13.66%) SC Cleared
7 27 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (10.73%) Microsoft
9 21 (10.24%) Change Management
10 20 (9.76%) Migration
11 19 (9.27%) Roadmaps
12 18 (8.78%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
14 15 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (6.83%) Azure
15 14 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
15 14 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (6.83%) Data Migration
16 13 (6.34%) IBM
16 13 (6.34%) Management Information System
17 12 (5.85%) Risk Management
17 12 (5.85%) SuccessFactors
17 12 (5.85%) ServiceNow
17 12 (5.85%) Legacy Systems
18 11 (5.37%) Power Platform
18 11 (5.37%) EMC
19 10 (4.88%) SQL
19 10 (4.88%) Windows

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 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.98%) Apache
2 2 (0.98%) IIS
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.49%) CMS
3 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) InVision
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (14.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.41%) Maximo
2 7 (3.41%) SAP HR
2 7 (3.41%) SAP PP
2 7 (3.41%) SAP SD
3 6 (2.93%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.44%) SAP CO
4 5 (2.44%) SAP EWM
4 5 (2.44%) SAP FI
4 5 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (2.44%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (1.95%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (1.95%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (1.95%) SAP APO
6 3 (1.46%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.46%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.98%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.98%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.83%) Azure
2 12 (5.85%) SuccessFactors
3 11 (5.37%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.93%) AWS
6 4 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.95%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.46%) SaaS
8 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.98%) IaaS
8 2 (0.98%) OCI
8 2 (0.98%) PaaS
8 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.98%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.95%) DMZ
1 4 (1.95%) VoIP
2 3 (1.46%) DNS
2 3 (1.46%) Internet
3 2 (0.98%) Firewall
3 2 (0.98%) Network Security
3 2 (0.98%) VSAN
4 1 (0.49%) DHCP
4 1 (0.49%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) NAS
4 1 (0.49%) SAN
4 1 (0.49%) Skype
4 1 (0.49%) VLAN
4 1 (0.49%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.88%) Power BI
2 5 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.95%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.46%) DB2
4 3 (1.46%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.49%) Lumira
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.49%) Power Query
6 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Git
1 1 (0.49%) GitLab
1 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.49%) JIRA
1 1 (0.49%) LSMW
General
1 64 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.51%) Finance
3 18 (8.78%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (3.90%) French Language
7 8 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.44%) Banking
8 5 (2.44%) Retail
9 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Marketing
10 2 (0.98%) Law
10 2 (0.98%) Legal
10 2 (0.98%) Local Government
10 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.49%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.95%) EntireX
2 3 (1.46%) Middleware
2 3 (1.46%) SAP Core Interface
2 3 (1.46%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.46%) XML
3 2 (0.98%) .NET
3 2 (0.98%) CSS
3 2 (0.98%) HTML
3 2 (0.98%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.98%) SOAP
3 2 (0.98%) Web Services
4 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.49%) BAPI
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.49%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.49%) Swagger
4 1 (0.49%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.85%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.95%) CMDB
5 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.46%) IoT
6 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.98%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.49%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.49%) Life Science
8 1 (0.49%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.88%) Windows
2 4 (1.95%) Linux
3 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Android
5 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
5 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (10.24%) Change Management
4 20 (9.76%) Migration
5 19 (9.27%) Roadmaps
6 15 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (6.83%) Data Migration
8 12 (5.85%) Risk Management
9 10 (4.88%) Analytics
9 10 (4.88%) DevOps
9 10 (4.88%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (4.39%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (4.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 9 (4.39%) GAP Analysis
10 9 (4.39%) System Testing
10 9 (4.39%) Use Case
10 9 (4.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (4.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.88%) SQL
2 6 (2.93%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.95%) Python
4 3 (1.46%) C#
4 3 (1.46%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.49%) ABAP
5 1 (0.49%) COBOL
5 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.49%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.49%) VB
5 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.66%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.39%) CISM
5 8 (3.90%) CISSP
5 8 (3.90%) Degree
6 4 (1.95%) ACCA
6 4 (1.95%) CIMA
7 3 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.98%) CRISC
8 2 (0.98%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.41%) NIST
3 6 (2.93%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.93%) QA
4 4 (1.95%) GRC
5 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.98%) COBIT
6 2 (0.98%) GDPR
6 2 (0.98%) IFRS
7 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.49%) GxP
7 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.95%) UAG
3 3 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.46%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.46%) vSphere
4 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.95%) Ansible
3 3 (1.46%) SCCM
3 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.98%) PowerCLI
4 2 (0.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.49%) Control-M
5 1 (0.49%) Nessus
5 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.49%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (33.66%) SAP
2 22 (10.73%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.34%) IBM
4 12 (5.85%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.37%) EMC
6 9 (4.39%) VMware
7 8 (3.90%) Oracle
8 4 (1.95%) Software AG
8 4 (1.95%) webMethods
9 3 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.98%) Adobe
10 2 (0.98%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.98%) TOWER Software
11 1 (0.49%) Ariba
11 1 (0.49%) BMC
11 1 (0.49%) Concur
11 1 (0.49%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.49%) Databricks
11 1 (0.49%) Progress
11 1 (0.49%) Zscaler