Consultant Contract Job Trends in Rochdale

Consultant
Manchester > Rochdale

The median Consultant daily rate in Rochdale is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Rochdale 11.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £549 £629 £550
% change year-on-year -12.72% +14.32% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Rochdale

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Rochdale. 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 Rochdale with a recognized job title 9 1 3
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £270 - -
25th Percentile £347 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £625 - -
Manchester median daily rate £500 £458 £500
% change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £13.38 - -
25th Percentile £13.58 - £14.13
Median hourly rate £24.85 - £15.66
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.00%
75th Percentile £38.00 - £17.20
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £60.00 £22.32 £31.00
% change year-on-year +168.88% -28.02% +61.04%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochdale

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Rochdale

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Rochdale

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Rochdale.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Rochdale

Consultant Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Rochdale region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL