Consultant Contracts in South Yorkshire

Consultant
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Consultant daily rate in South Yorkshire is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 29 45
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 27 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 2.69% 5.90% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 6.47% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 5
10th Percentile £451 £399 £530
25th Percentile £472 £405 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £463 £650
Median % change year-on-year +12.16% -28.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £567 £532 £1,038
90th Percentile £598 £543 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +10.53% -11.63% +2.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 338 417 486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 91.05% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 261 346
10th Percentile £185 £233 £268
25th Percentile £375 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £558 £576 £659
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.05% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.63 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.31 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £23.75 £33.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in South Yorkshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in South Yorkshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in South Yorkshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in South Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in South Yorkshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Sheffield -5 10 £519 +16.90% 11
Consultant
Yorkshire

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) DHCP
2 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Infoblox
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (20.00%) Release Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Ansible
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Control-M
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Robotics
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (10.00%) Software AG

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 3 (30.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
3 1 (10.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) EntireX
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (20.00%) Network Design
2 2 (20.00%) Release Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
1 2 (20.00%) Control-M
2 1 (10.00%) CA Endevor
2 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (10.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) IBM
1 2 (20.00%) Infoblox
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) BMC
2 1 (10.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Software AG
2 1 (10.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) webMethods