Lead Consultant Contracts in England

Lead Consultant
UK > England

The median Lead Consultant daily rate in England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 537 665
Rank change year-on-year +42 +128 -100
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 36 103 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 69 53
10th Percentile £474 £500 £421
25th Percentile £511 £575 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +22.73%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £813
90th Percentile £725 £800 £913
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £653
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.32% +18.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Consultant in England

Lead Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
London +51 16 £550 -11.29% 9
South East +28 5 £650 +9.24% 3
South West +10 4 £700 -9.68% 9
East of England +5 4 £600 -22.58%
North of England +28 2 £500 +3.90%
West Midlands +15 2 £494 -28.18% 1
Yorkshire +13 2 £500 -
Midlands +12 2 £494 -28.18% 2
Lead Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (30.56%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) SAP
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (19.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (19.44%) ERP
4 6 (16.67%) Migration
4 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 6 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 4 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
5 4 (11.11%) Inventory Management
5 4 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (11.11%) IFS
5 4 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (11.11%) System Testing
5 4 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (8.33%) Workflow
6 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.33%) SIEM
6 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.33%) Network Security
6 3 (8.33%) Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) AWS
6 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
6 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.78%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (19.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.56%) SAP EWM
2 2 (5.56%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.78%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.78%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.78%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.78%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.78%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.78%) SAP MDG-S
3 1 (2.78%) SAP MDM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (5.56%) OCI
3 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) WAN
2 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (30.56%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Marketing
3 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.78%) SAP ALE
1 1 (2.78%) SAP Basis
1 1 (2.78%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (2.78%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.78%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.78%) Life Science
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) ERP
2 6 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 6 (16.67%) Migration
2 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 4 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
3 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 4 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (11.11%) System Testing
3 4 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (8.33%) SIEM
4 3 (8.33%) Workflow
5 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.56%) Data Governance
5 2 (5.56%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (5.56%) Project Planning
5 2 (5.56%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) ABAP
1 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) ISACA
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) COBIT
1 2 (5.56%) GDPR
1 2 (5.56%) NIST
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) SAP
2 4 (11.11%) IFS
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.56%) HP
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle
3 2 (5.56%) Splunk
4 1 (2.78%) Aruba
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) F5
4 1 (2.78%) MobileIron
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.78%) Tanium
4 1 (2.78%) Virgin Media