Consultant Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Consultant daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 21 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.18% 4.44% 4.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 5.00% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £355 £580 £489
25th Percentile £419 £586 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £700 £676 £619
90th Percentile £775 £769 £686
North East median daily rate £545 £600 £463
% change year-on-year -9.17% +29.73% -19.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 212 160 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 88.89% 91.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 82 105
10th Percentile £199 £316 £270
25th Percentile £370 £387 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -14.81% +2.86%
75th Percentile £550 £587 £620
90th Percentile £643 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 4
10th Percentile £13.67 £17.01 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.50 £42.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £60.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.92% +144.90% +84.91%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £39.20 - £33.23
North East median hourly rate £19.06 £46.18 £32.00
% change year-on-year -58.73% +44.31% +88.24%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 4 £538 -8.90% 8
Sunderland +2 1 £550 -8.33% 2
Consultant
North East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) YAML
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce