Consultant Contracts in Birmingham

Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Consultant daily rate in Birmingham is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 29 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 47 52 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.33% 5.84% 4.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.76% 6.05% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 33 22
10th Percentile £458 £228 £401
25th Percentile £475 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £539
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -4.87% +13.42%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £636 £634
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 695 860 1,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.52% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 563 902
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £338 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 35 21
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.10 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +4.88% +17.65% +13.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Finance
3 10 (21.28%) NetSuite
4 9 (19.15%) SAP
5 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
6 7 (14.89%) Oracle
6 7 (14.89%) Migration
7 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (12.77%) Digital Strategy
7 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
8 5 (10.64%) Strategic Roadmap
8 5 (10.64%) Power BI
8 5 (10.64%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (10.64%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) ERP
8 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (8.51%) SQL
9 4 (8.51%) Legal
9 4 (8.51%) Azure
9 4 (8.51%) Data Migration
9 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (6.38%) Data Design
10 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (6.38%) Anaplan
10 3 (6.38%) Mentoring

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (21.28%) NetSuite
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (4.26%) SAP HCM
2 2 (4.26%) SAP MDG
2 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.13%) Odoo
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (2.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.13%) SAP MDG-BP
3 1 (2.13%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.13%) iPaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) OCI
3 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) VPN
1 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Power BI
2 3 (6.38%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
General
1 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.40%) Finance
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Law
5 2 (4.26%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Billing
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.26%) HTML
2 2 (4.26%) REST
2 2 (4.26%) SOAP
2 2 (4.26%) XML
3 1 (2.13%) CSS
3 1 (2.13%) IDoc
3 1 (2.13%) JSON
3 1 (2.13%) SAP ALE
3 1 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.13%) Visualforce
3 1 (2.13%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.38%) Replication
2 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.13%) NHS
2 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
2 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (14.89%) Migration
2 7 (14.89%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
3 6 (12.77%) Digital Strategy
3 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (10.64%) Change Management
4 5 (10.64%) ERP
4 5 (10.64%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (10.64%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.51%) Data Migration
6 3 (6.38%) Data Design
6 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (6.38%) User Stories
7 2 (4.26%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (4.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (4.26%) Presales
7 2 (4.26%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) SQL
2 2 (4.26%) ABAP
2 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.13%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.13%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.26%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) CEMLI
2 1 (2.13%) Proxmox
2 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) SAP
2 7 (14.89%) Oracle
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.38%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.13%) Ariba
5 1 (2.13%) Conga
5 1 (2.13%) DocuSign
5 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.13%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.13%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.13%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.13%) VMware
5 1 (2.13%) Workday