Consultant Contracts in Lancashire

Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £614, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 32 27
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 23 10 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.86% 3.92% 4.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.37% 4.24% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 6
10th Percentile £558 £484 £335
25th Percentile £563 £591 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £675 £433
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +56.07% -13.50%
75th Percentile £633 £705 £534
90th Percentile £641 £714 £713
North West median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 186 236 229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 92.55% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 126 170
10th Percentile £240 £313 £179
25th Percentile £306 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £645 £647
90th Percentile £628 £720 £738
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 24
10th Percentile £16.58 £20.43 £13.63
25th Percentile £17.64 £37.60 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.33 £46.18 £37.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +22.18% +118.74%
75th Percentile £47.39 £50.00 £45.73
90th Percentile £74.37 £59.74 £64.36
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Lancashire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Lancashire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Lancashire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Lancashire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Preston - 16 £593 -
Blackpool +11 1 £830 +54.42%
Consultant
North West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Lancashire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (91.30%) SAP
2 20 (86.96%) SuccessFactors
3 17 (73.91%) Roadmaps
4 16 (69.57%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.70%) Performance Management
6 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Splunk
7 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
7 1 (4.35%) Use Case
7 1 (4.35%) Network Security
7 1 (4.35%) Firewall
7 1 (4.35%) Law
7 1 (4.35%) Web Services
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.35%) Dell
7 1 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (4.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) DevOps
7 1 (4.35%) Boomi

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (86.96%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
General
1 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
1 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Law
2 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Roadmaps
2 16 (69.57%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (8.70%) Performance Management
4 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.35%) DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (4.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (4.35%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Dell
2 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Splunk