Consultant Contract Job Trends in Telford

Consultant
Shropshire > Telford

The median Consultant daily rate in Telford is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -36 -1 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 13 14 2
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 3.98% 15.22% 4.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.41% 16.87% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 2
10th Percentile £470 £434 -
25th Percentile £499 £454 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.00% -3.19%
75th Percentile £546 £530 -
90th Percentile £602 £540 -
Shropshire median daily rate £515 £515 £500
% change year-on-year - +3.00% -3.19%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 295 83 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 90.22% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 62 31
10th Percentile £400 £308 £313
25th Percentile £438 £434 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -3.20% -5.66%
75th Percentile £537 £527 £536
90th Percentile £552 £565 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £492 £477 £450
% change year-on-year +3.14% +6.00% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £14.87
% change year-on-year +106.49% -18.09% -10.86%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Telford

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Telford

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Telford over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Telford

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Telford

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 3 January 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 Telford region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Privileged Access Management
1 7 (53.85%) RBAC
2 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) LDAP
3 4 (30.77%) AIX
3 4 (30.77%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (30.77%) CyberArk
3 4 (30.77%) Key Management
3 4 (30.77%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) SAP
3 4 (30.77%) Solaris
3 4 (30.77%) SSH
3 4 (30.77%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) Kerberos
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (15.38%) ABAP
5 2 (15.38%) Accounts Payable
5 2 (15.38%) Accounts Receivable
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Bash
5 2 (15.38%) CCA
5 2 (15.38%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (15.38%) NIST

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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 2 (15.38%) SAP ERP
1 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
1 2 (15.38%) SAP FI-CA
1 2 (15.38%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) SSH
2 3 (23.08%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SAP BW
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Billing
2 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) General Ledger
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) LDAP
2 2 (15.38%) OAuth
2 2 (15.38%) SAML
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) AIX
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Solaris
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Privileged Access Management
1 7 (53.85%) RBAC
2 4 (30.77%) Key Management
2 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (15.38%) Accounts Receivable
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 2 (15.38%) CRM
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Revenue Management
4 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) ABAP
1 2 (15.38%) Bash
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) CCA
3 1 (7.69%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
1 2 (15.38%) SOC 2
2 1 (7.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (30.77%) CyberArk
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Talend