Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Lead Consultant
South East > Surrey

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in Surrey is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.17% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £530
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +40.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 535 299 548
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 97.71% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 217 394
10th Percentile £204 £198 £206
25th Percentile £405 £280 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £588
90th Percentile £656 £608 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 23 48
10th Percentile £33.00 £13.88 £15.96
25th Percentile £55.00 £24.33 £18.35
Median hourly rate £66.00 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.70% -37.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £71.90
90th Percentile £74.01 £68.63 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.46 £27.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +94.31% -52.92% +14.70%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in Surrey

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in Surrey

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
Staines - 1 £650 -
Lead Consultant
South East

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, 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 Surrey region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workday
1 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (100.00%) Workday HCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (100.00%) Workday