Consultant Contracts in Sunderland

Consultant
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The median Consultant daily rate in Sunderland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sunderland 16.67% - 13.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile £525 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £488
75th Percentile £575 - £497
90th Percentile - - £499
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £534 £590 £544
% change year-on-year -9.49% +8.51% -9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sunderland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sunderland. 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 Sunderland with a recognized job title 6 14 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 11
10th Percentile - £185 £185
25th Percentile £188 £188 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £431 £400
Median % change year-on-year -39.68% +7.75% +56.86%
75th Percentile £422 £531 £469
90th Percentile £513 £648 £500
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £461 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -2.89% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.30 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.71% - -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Sunderland

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sunderland

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Sunderland

Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sunderland

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Sunderland region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sunderland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft