Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Technical Consultant
Staffordshire > Stafford

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Stafford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 5.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
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 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 16 17 31
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 89.47% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 21
10th Percentile £264 £344 £375
25th Percentile £376 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -34.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £581 £481 £745
90th Percentile £593 £493 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £319 £400 £488
% change year-on-year -20.31% -17.95% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
10th Percentile £27.50 £16.46 -
25th Percentile £29.00 £16.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.24 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.22% -12.00% -38.05%
75th Percentile £40.25 - £28.75
90th Percentile £41.15 £29.10 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -21.74% -1.41%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in Stafford

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Technical 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 Technical 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

Technical 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