Lead Consultant Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Lead Consultant
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in West Yorkshire is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.22% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £691 - -
90th Percentile £711 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £613 £775 -
% change year-on-year -20.97% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 865 664 1,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.32% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 411 704
10th Percentile £290 £263 £281
25th Percentile £400 £373 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £461 £500
% change year-on-year +4.50% -7.75% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 12
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.02 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.50 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £19.85
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +21.80% -7.66%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.17
90th Percentile - £53.50 £29.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +17.82% +9.53% -0.88%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Leeds -12 2 £613 -
Lead Consultant
Yorkshire

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks