Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Management Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.37% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £375 - £450
25th Percentile £413 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £562 - £638
90th Percentile £614 - £690
England median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,706 1,747 1,923
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 92.88% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 1,105 1,320
10th Percentile £250 £213 £220
25th Percentile £388 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £706 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.43% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 60 67
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.20
25th Percentile £15.67 £14.18 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.39% -2.22% +25.79%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.26 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £48.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Management Consultant job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Management Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Management Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Management Consultant in the West Midlands

Management Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Management Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Management Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Management Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Shropshire - 4 - -
Birmingham - 2 £504 - 1
Coventry - 1 £475 -
Management Consultant
England

Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 West Midlands region featuring Management Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) AIX
1 4 (57.14%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (57.14%) CyberArk
1 4 (57.14%) Key Management
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (57.14%) RBAC
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Solaris
1 4 (57.14%) SSH
1 4 (57.14%) Strategic Planning
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Bash
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Kerberos
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 3 (42.86%) OAuth
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (42.86%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) SAML
2 3 (42.86%) SOC 2
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making

Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SSH
2 3 (42.86%) Kerberos
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
2 3 (42.86%) OAuth
2 3 (42.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) AIX
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Solaris
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Key Management
1 4 (57.14%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (57.14%) RBAC
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Reference Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
1 3 (42.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (57.14%) CyberArk
2 1 (14.29%) IBM