Consultant Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Consultant
Wales > North Wales

The median Consultant daily rate in North Wales is £345, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 10.20% - 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.36% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £343 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - £550
75th Percentile £396 - -
90th Percentile £427 - -
Wales median daily rate £447 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -8.31% -11.36% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North Wales. 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 North Wales with a recognized job title 44 10 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 6 8
10th Percentile - - £194
25th Percentile £155 - £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £134 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.59% -74.39% +192.48%
75th Percentile £280 £334 £597
90th Percentile £447 £400 £738
Wales median daily rate £422 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -0.71% - -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.02
25th Percentile £20.50 - £19.04
Median hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.79% -20.48%
75th Percentile £30.75 - £19.13
90th Percentile £35.25 - £19.15
Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £23.25 £21.49
% change year-on-year -18.28% +8.22% +30.21%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in North Wales

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in North Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in North Wales

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Wrexham - 1 £340 - 1
Consultant
Wales

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, 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 Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Business Process Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DICOM
2 1 (20.00%) EAM
2 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) HL7
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (20.00%) SAP MM
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (20.00%) NAS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (40.00%) PACS
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Process Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) EAM
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) DICOM
2 1 (20.00%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Veritas
2 1 (20.00%) VMware