Applications Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West

Application Consultant
England > North West

The median Application Consultant daily rate in the North West is £393, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.10% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £537 £568 £475
% change year-on-year -5.37% +19.47% -20.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,590 1,992 2,255
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 91.29% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,014 1,318 1,197
10th Percentile £300 £261 £266
25th Percentile £408 £368 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £685 £656
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 163 162
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.00 £15.49
25th Percentile £25.50 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £49.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.86% -28.16% +14.60%
75th Percentile £73.25 £47.12 £55.25
90th Percentile £83.75 £69.71 £74.37
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.40%

Applications Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Applications Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Applications Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Manchester - 4 £393 - 2
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Applications 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 West region featuring Applications Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (75.00%) E-business
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (75.00%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Billing
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (75.00%) E-business
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft