Senior Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Management Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Management Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Management Consultant 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £523 £550 -
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,241 13,749 16,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 90.38% 92.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,273 8,447 10,310
10th Percentile £305 £215 £219
25th Percentile £410 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £685
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,008 1,207 1,754
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.36 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.47 £16.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +0.58%

Senior Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Management Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Management Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Management Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Management Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Management Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Management Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Midlands - 2 £425 -
North West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £425 -
North of England - 1 - -
Senior Management Consultant
UK

Senior Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 August 2026, Senior Management 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Management Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Batch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) EAM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Production Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) SAP QM

Senior Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) SAP QM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) EAM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Licensing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow