Consultant Contracts in Manchester

Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Consultant daily rate in Manchester is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 49 73
Rank change year-on-year +11 +24 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 62 65 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.24% 3.71% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 3.86% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 48 58
10th Percentile £375 £429 £389
25th Percentile £472 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £625
90th Percentile £750 £650 £666
North West median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,391 1,683 2,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 95.95% 97.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 1,259 1,980
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 44 60
10th Percentile £12.12 £14.37 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.36 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £20.35 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% +3.05% +16.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £35.63 £34.06
90th Percentile £73.75 £60.83 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Salford - 3 - - 2
Consultant
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Manchester region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (29.03%) SAP
2 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Migration
3 9 (14.52%) AWS
4 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 8 (12.90%) Azure
4 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 8 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
6 6 (9.68%) SAP EWM
6 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (8.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (8.06%) Data Migration
7 5 (8.06%) System Testing
8 4 (6.45%) ETL
8 4 (6.45%) SQL
8 4 (6.45%) Agile
8 4 (6.45%) Logistics
8 4 (6.45%) Test Automation
8 4 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (6.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (6.45%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (4.84%) DevOps
9 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (4.84%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (4.84%) Smart Manufacturing

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (3.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) SAP EWM
1 6 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.23%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.61%) SAP APO
3 1 (1.61%) SAP GTS
3 1 (1.61%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.61%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.61%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.52%) AWS
2 8 (12.90%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.23%) Amazon EventBridge
4 2 (3.23%) AWS Step Functions
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.61%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) Serverless
5 1 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Network Security
2 1 (1.61%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Adabas
1 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.23%) Power BI
1 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.61%) Metadata
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.61%) PowerPivot
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
General
1 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Finance
3 2 (3.23%) Automotive
3 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.23%) Marketing
4 1 (1.61%) French Language
4 1 (1.61%) Legal
4 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.61%) Publishing
4 1 (1.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.61%) CSS
2 1 (1.61%) HTML
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (8.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.61%) CMDB
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.61%) Life Science
3 1 (1.61%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) zOS
2 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.52%) Migration
2 8 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (8.06%) Data Migration
4 5 (8.06%) System Testing
5 4 (6.45%) Agile
5 4 (6.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (6.45%) ETL
5 4 (6.45%) Logistics
5 4 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (6.45%) Test Automation
5 4 (6.45%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (4.84%) Analytics
6 3 (4.84%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (4.84%) Data Modelling
6 3 (4.84%) DevOps
6 3 (4.84%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (4.84%) Inventory Management
6 3 (4.84%) Operational Stability
6 3 (4.84%) Smart Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.45%) SQL
2 2 (3.23%) Bash
2 2 (3.23%) Natural
2 2 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.61%) PHP
3 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (1.61%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.23%) GRC
2 2 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (29.03%) SAP
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.84%) Siemens
3 3 (4.84%) VMware
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle
4 2 (3.23%) Software AG
5 1 (1.61%) Ariba
5 1 (1.61%) Databricks
5 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) TOWER Software