Senior Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Senior Consultant
England > North of England

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £534, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 161 208
Rank change year-on-year 0 +47 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 14 20 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.40% 0.41% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.44% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 3
10th Percentile £435 £336 £503
25th Percentile £450 £461 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.11% +11.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile - £641 £563
90th Percentile £688 £728 £578
England median daily rate £593 £575 £606
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.15% -3.00%

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 3,233 4,552 5,214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.82% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 2,749 3,647
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £385 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 458 163
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.12 £14.05
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £23.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -11.32% +35.90%
75th Percentile £48.75 £47.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £68.75 £56.40
England median hourly rate £28.68 £39.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% -12.11% +82.89%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in the North of England

Senior Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Consultant in the North of England

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Consultant in the North of England

Senior Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Consultant in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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 +7 9 £620 +1.06% 314
Yorkshire +11 3 £450 +26.76% 198
North East - 2 £534 - 41
Senior Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 4 (28.57%) SAP LE
2 4 (28.57%) Logistics
2 4 (28.57%) Software AG
2 4 (28.57%) EntireX
2 4 (28.57%) webMethods
2 4 (28.57%) SAP
2 4 (28.57%) IBM
2 4 (28.57%) Quality Management
2 4 (28.57%) Use Case
2 4 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (28.57%) Supply Chain Planning
2 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) CISM
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) Life Science
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) Azure

Senior 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) SAP LE
1 4 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (14.29%) IaaS
1 2 (14.29%) PaaS
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Life Science
1 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Inventory Management
1 4 (28.57%) Logistics
1 4 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
1 4 (28.57%) Quality Management
1 4 (28.57%) Supply Chain Planning
1 4 (28.57%) Use Case
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Information Security
3 2 (14.29%) Data Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Information Assurance
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Management
4 1 (7.14%) ISMS
4 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) CISM
3 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) COBIT
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) IBM
1 4 (28.57%) SAP
1 4 (28.57%) Software AG
1 4 (28.57%) webMethods
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft