Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Lead Consultant
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in Sheffield is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £431 - -
25th Percentile £442 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
75th Percentile £480 - -
90th Percentile £492 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £460 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 899 290 338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 91.48% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 193 206
10th Percentile £363 £214 £360
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -1.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £556 £553 £588
90th Percentile £675 £641 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £472 £475
% change year-on-year +1.96% -0.63% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% -16.58% +24.15%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £31.17 £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.60
% change year-on-year +40.42% +34.99% -23.28%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Sheffield

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Lead 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Active Listening
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Active Listening
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk