Lead Consultant
UK
The median Lead Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 545 | 588 | 719 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +131 | -116 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant | 46 | 131 | 135 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.23% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 33 | 79 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £500 | £498 | £431 |
| 25th Percentile | £530 | £573 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £630 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.78% | +5.02% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | £697 | £813 |
| 90th Percentile | £816 | £800 | £925 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £684 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.25% | +43.95% | -13.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Consultant.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Consultant.
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Top 12 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +36 | 37 | £600 | -6.26% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | +45 | 18 | £600 | -12.25% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +95 | 17 | £596 | -0.75% | 18 |
| London | +51 | 17 | £625 | +0.81% | 7 |
| South East | +15 | 5 | £650 | +1.56% | 1 |
| South West | +26 | 4 | £700 | -9.68% | 5 |
| East of England | +11 | 4 | £600 | -22.58% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 2 | £500 | - | |
| North of England | +19 | 2 | £500 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +17 | 2 | £494 | -28.18% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 2 | £494 | -28.18% | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £770 | - |
Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 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 featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.
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Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: