Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 37 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 138 116 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.88% 5.25% 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.52% 5.56% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 74 78
10th Percentile £449 £404 £430
25th Percentile £463 £464 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £636 £638
90th Percentile £728 £694 £775
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.80 £64.84 £70.25
% change year-on-year -6.23% -7.70% +22.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,835 2,087 3,458
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 94.39% 96.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,236 1,422 2,497
10th Percentile £250 £263 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 62 67
10th Percentile £12.16 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.90 £14.63 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.77 £20.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +15.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.13 £28.56 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £57.13 £24.05
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham +13 56 £550 +7.32% 61
Warwickshire +1 31 £600 +6.67% 17
Staffordshire +8 6 £475 -7.32% 6
Worcestershire +5 6 £638 +6.25% 3
Coventry +3 6 £488 -29.09% 5
Shropshire -2 5 £485 -12.61% 2
Herefordshire - 3 £575 -
Solihull - 2 £450 - 2
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 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 West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (26.09%) SAP
2 31 (22.46%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (15.94%) Finance
5 20 (14.49%) Security Cleared
6 18 (13.04%) SC Cleared
7 16 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (10.87%) NetSuite
9 13 (9.42%) Migration
9 13 (9.42%) Microsoft
10 11 (7.97%) Roadmaps
10 11 (7.97%) SAP S/4HANA
10 11 (7.97%) Law
11 10 (7.25%) SAP BW
11 10 (7.25%) ERP
11 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (7.25%) Power Platform
12 9 (6.52%) Power BI
12 9 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
12 9 (6.52%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (6.52%) Change Management
13 8 (5.80%) Agile
13 8 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (5.80%) Oracle
13 8 (5.80%) CA
13 8 (5.80%) Marketing
13 8 (5.80%) Digital Strategy
14 7 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (5.07%) SAP Security
14 7 (5.07%) Azure

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.45%) CMS
2 2 (1.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.72%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (10.87%) NetSuite
2 11 (7.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.90%) SAP CO
3 4 (2.90%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.90%) SAP FI
3 4 (2.90%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.17%) Exstream
4 3 (2.17%) SAP GRC
4 3 (2.17%) SAP HCM
4 3 (2.17%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (1.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (1.45%) SAP BPC
5 2 (1.45%) SAP Business One
5 2 (1.45%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.25%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.07%) Azure
2 7 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
4 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.17%) AWS
6 2 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.45%) OCI
6 2 (1.45%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.45%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.72%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.72%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.72%) SaaS
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) Intranet
2 1 (0.72%) LAN
2 1 (0.72%) VPN
2 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.25%) SAP BW
2 9 (6.52%) Power BI
3 3 (2.17%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.45%) Adabas
4 2 (1.45%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.72%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.72%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) CA Gen
General
1 31 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.94%) Finance
3 11 (7.97%) Law
4 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.80%) Marketing
6 6 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.62%) Legal
8 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.17%) Billing
9 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.45%) Automotive
10 2 (1.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) German Language
11 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.72%) Retail
11 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.90%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.45%) HTML
2 2 (1.45%) LDAP
2 2 (1.45%) REST
2 2 (1.45%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.45%) SOAP
2 2 (1.45%) Web Services
2 2 (1.45%) XML
3 1 (0.72%) BAPI
3 1 (0.72%) CSS
3 1 (0.72%) EDI
3 1 (0.72%) IDoc
3 1 (0.72%) JSON
3 1 (0.72%) Middleware
3 1 (0.72%) RESTful
3 1 (0.72%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.72%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.72%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.62%) Replication
3 3 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.17%) Mainframe
3 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.45%) PKI
4 2 (1.45%) Social Media
5 1 (0.72%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.72%) NHS
5 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.72%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.45%) zOS
3 1 (0.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (9.42%) Migration
4 11 (7.97%) Roadmaps
5 10 (7.25%) ERP
6 9 (6.52%) Change Management
6 9 (6.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (5.80%) Agile
7 8 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (5.80%) Digital Strategy
8 7 (5.07%) SAP Security
9 6 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (3.62%) Analytics
10 5 (3.62%) Cost Reduction
10 5 (3.62%) Data Governance
10 5 (3.62%) Decision-Making
10 5 (3.62%) Presales
10 5 (3.62%) Programme Management
10 5 (3.62%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.35%) SQL
2 4 (2.90%) ABAP
3 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.45%) Natural
3 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.45%) Python
4 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.72%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.17%) Degree
4 2 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.45%) OSCP
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.45%) GDPR
2 2 (1.45%) GRC
2 2 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.45%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (26.09%) SAP
2 13 (9.42%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.80%) CA
3 8 (5.80%) Oracle
4 6 (4.35%) Informatica
5 3 (2.17%) Anaplan
5 3 (2.17%) OpenText
5 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.45%) Ariba
6 2 (1.45%) Concur
6 2 (1.45%) Facebook
6 2 (1.45%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.45%) Instagram
6 2 (1.45%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.45%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.45%) Software AG
7 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Workday