Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in Preston

Management Consultant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Management Consultant daily rate in Preston is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £585 £575 -
% change year-on-year +1.74% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 120 72 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 92.31% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 46 28
10th Percentile £375 £300 £200
25th Percentile £519 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -19.57% +33.54%
75th Percentile £712 £621 £646
90th Percentile £950 £671 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +26.32% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 5
10th Percentile £26.26 - £24.31
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.88 £25.30
Median hourly rate £69.00 £41.06 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.05% +46.64% -34.88%
75th Percentile £71.50 £70.16 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.66 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £40.59 £40.33
% change year-on-year +12.23% +0.66% -12.11%

Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, Management 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 Preston region featuring Management Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Management Consultant jobs