Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South East

Lead Consultant
England > South East

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 171 191
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 4 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.19% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £746 -
25th Percentile £463 £778 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £802 £650
Median % change year-on-year -40.77% +23.38% +44.44%
75th Percentile £488 £810 -
90th Percentile - £820 -
England median daily rate £625 £638 £588
% change year-on-year -1.96% +8.51% -6.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,190 3,986 5,260
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.25% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,064 2,375 3,541
10th Percentile £204 £245 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £508
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -0.49% +1.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 240 252
10th Percentile £13.06 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.82 £27.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £59.25 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.49% +13.93% +100.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £75.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £71.38 £78.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +74.26%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Lead Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire - 3 - -
Berkshire +9 1 £475 -40.77% 3
Thames Valley +5 1 £475 -40.77% 3
Lead Consultant
England

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, 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 South East region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) SAP IBP
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) BAPI
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG
3 1 (25.00%) IDoc

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (75.00%) SAP IBP
3 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) BAPI
1 1 (25.00%) IDoc
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP