Consultant Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Consultant
Staffordshire > Stafford

The median Consultant daily rate in Stafford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 20.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £550 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% -1.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stafford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stafford. 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 Stafford with a recognized job title 4 11 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 91.67% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £428 £168 £200
25th Percentile £455 £195 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £244 £325
Median % change year-on-year +125.64% -25.00% -35.00%
75th Percentile £588 £295 £406
90th Percentile £595 £324 £585
Staffordshire median daily rate £369 £375 £408
% change year-on-year -1.67% -8.14% +5.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 10
10th Percentile - £16.46 -
25th Percentile - £16.75 £23.00
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year - -25.72% -26.60%
75th Percentile - - £42.50
90th Percentile - £30.45 £51.25
Staffordshire median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £24.48
% change year-on-year +11.11% -26.46% +4.92%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Stafford

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Stafford

Consultant Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford

For the 6 months to 1 March 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 Stafford region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
1 1 (100.00%) IFS
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) XML

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IFS