Senior Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West

Senior Consultant
England > North West

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in the North West is £703, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 105 139
Rank change year-on-year -8 +34 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 20 16 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.90% 0.66% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.71% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 3
10th Percentile £512 £560 £473
25th Percentile £689 £563 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £703 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.08% +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £753 £645 £563
90th Percentile £760 £682 £578
England median daily rate £650 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.75 £74.18 £55.64
% change year-on-year -16.75% +33.33% +58.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 2,027 2,259 2,624
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 93.81% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,339 1,205 1,815
10th Percentile £250 £267 £272
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £595
90th Percentile £681 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 158 178
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.58 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.77
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% +10.17% +37.50%
75th Percentile £47.12 £55.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.10 £73.80 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Consultant in the North West

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Manchester +5 10 £700 +16.67% 25
Cheshire -18 8 £703 - 3
Lancashire -6 1 £750 +30.43% 7
Merseyside - 1 - -
Senior Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (40.00%) Logistics
2 8 (40.00%) SAP
2 8 (40.00%) SAP MM
2 8 (40.00%) Inventory Management
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (20.00%) VoIP
4 4 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) CISSP
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) NIST
6 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (10.00%) Information Security
6 2 (10.00%) Software AG
6 2 (10.00%) EntireX
6 2 (10.00%) webMethods
6 2 (10.00%) IBM
6 2 (10.00%) CISM
6 2 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Information Security Management
6 2 (10.00%) Security Management

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP MM
1 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 8 (40.00%) Logistics
2 4 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (10.00%) Information Security
4 2 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 2 (10.00%) ISMS
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Security Management
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (5.00%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (5.00%) Data Strategy
5 1 (5.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CISSP
3 2 (10.00%) CISM
3 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) COBIT
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) IBM
2 2 (10.00%) Software AG
2 2 (10.00%) webMethods