Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Lead Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £581, 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 132 - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.24% - 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £483 - £628
25th Percentile £514 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.41%
75th Percentile £652 - £669
90th Percentile £684 - £673
South East median daily rate £581 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +1.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,258 1,517 2,592
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 92.67% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,483 908 1,535
10th Percentile £280 £250 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +0.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £662
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 47 189
10th Percentile £16.35 £21.58 £15.85
25th Percentile £19.44 £41.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £56.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.92% +28.97% +12.94%
75th Percentile £84.00 £65.17 £62.47
90th Percentile £97.50 £76.18 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -24.41% +8.94% -5.56%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Consultant in the Thames Valley

Lead Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Berkshire - 5 £475 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £688 -
Lead Consultant
South East

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 March 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) BAPI
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) IDoc
3 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Model Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
3 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
3 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
3 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
3 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (16.67%) SAP MDG
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Validation

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) BAPI
1 1 (16.67%) IDoc
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Model Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft