Consultant Contracts in the Midlands

Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 30 54
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 182 177 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.52% 5.45% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.08% 5.76% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 115 117
10th Percentile £450 £368 £445
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £725 £694 £780
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - £48.50 -
25th Percentile £12.13 £60.50 -
Median hourly rate £12.25 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.44% - -
75th Percentile £12.38 £97.50 -
90th Percentile - £98.50 -
England median hourly rate £61.60 £64.84 £70.50
% change year-on-year -4.99% -8.03% +22.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,572 3,071 4,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.52% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,168 3,508
10th Percentile £213 £228 £212
25th Percentile £336 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +1.60% +15.43%
75th Percentile £587 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 155
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +15.31% +18.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.63
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +19 126 £550 +4.76% 113
East Midlands +15 49 £550 -4.35% 43
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 47 (25.82%) SAP
2 41 (22.53%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.48%) Finance
4 27 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (12.64%) Security Cleared
7 22 (12.09%) SC Cleared
7 22 (12.09%) SAP S/4HANA
8 21 (11.54%) Microsoft
9 18 (9.89%) Migration
10 16 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (7.69%) Oracle
12 13 (7.14%) Azure
12 13 (7.14%) NetSuite
12 13 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 12 (6.59%) Agile
13 12 (6.59%) Law
13 12 (6.59%) Change Management
14 11 (6.04%) ERP
14 11 (6.04%) Power Platform
14 11 (6.04%) Workshop Facilitation
15 10 (5.49%) Roadmaps
15 10 (5.49%) SAP BW
16 9 (4.95%) Marketing
16 9 (4.95%) Power BI
17 8 (4.40%) Analytics
17 8 (4.40%) Record to Report
17 8 (4.40%) Digital Strategy
17 8 (4.40%) Active Directory

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 2 (1.10%) CMS
1 2 (1.10%) IIS
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (12.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (7.14%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.20%) SAP CO
3 4 (2.20%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.20%) SAP FI
3 4 (2.20%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (2.20%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.65%) Exstream
4 3 (1.65%) SAP BPC
4 3 (1.65%) SAP GRC
4 3 (1.65%) SAP HCM
4 3 (1.65%) SAP MII
4 3 (1.65%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.65%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.10%) Odoo
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.10%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.14%) Azure
1 13 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (6.04%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.75%) OCI
3 5 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (2.20%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.65%) AWS
5 3 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.65%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.10%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.10%) Serverless
6 2 (1.10%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.55%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Firewall
1 2 (1.10%) Kerberos
1 2 (1.10%) NetScaler
1 2 (1.10%) VPN
2 1 (0.55%) LAN
2 1 (0.55%) Network Security
2 1 (0.55%) SAN
2 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.95%) Power BI
3 2 (1.10%) EDRMS
3 2 (1.10%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.55%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.55%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (2.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) CA Gen
General
1 41 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.48%) Finance
3 16 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.59%) Law
5 9 (4.95%) Marketing
6 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.20%) Legal
7 4 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.65%) Automotive
9 2 (1.10%) Billing
9 2 (1.10%) Local Government
9 2 (1.10%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) German Language
10 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.30%) LDAP
1 6 (3.30%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.75%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.75%) Web Services
3 4 (2.20%) OAuth
3 4 (2.20%) OpenID
3 4 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.20%) SAML
4 3 (1.65%) IDoc
4 3 (1.65%) REST
4 3 (1.65%) SAP ALE
4 3 (1.65%) SOAP
4 3 (1.65%) Web Dynpro
4 3 (1.65%) XML
5 2 (1.10%) HTML
5 2 (1.10%) JSON
6 1 (0.55%) CSS
6 1 (0.55%) Node.js
6 1 (0.55%) RESTful
6 1 (0.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 7 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (3.85%) Replication
2 3 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (1.65%) Mainframe
2 3 (1.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.10%) PKI
3 2 (1.10%) Social Media
4 1 (0.55%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (0.55%) IoT
4 1 (0.55%) NHS
4 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.85%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (9.89%) Migration
4 12 (6.59%) Agile
4 12 (6.59%) Change Management
4 12 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (6.04%) ERP
5 11 (6.04%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (5.49%) Roadmaps
7 8 (4.40%) Analytics
7 8 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (4.40%) Data Modelling
7 8 (4.40%) Digital Strategy
7 8 (4.40%) Record to Report
8 7 (3.85%) Data Governance
8 7 (3.85%) SAP Security
8 7 (3.85%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (3.85%) Use Case
8 7 (3.85%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (3.30%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.85%) ABAP
2 6 (3.30%) Python
3 5 (2.75%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.75%) SQL
4 3 (1.65%) Bash
4 3 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.55%) C#
5 1 (0.55%) SOQL
5 1 (0.55%) X++
Qualifications
1 23 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 22 (12.09%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.20%) Degree
3 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.20%) SAP Certification
4 2 (1.10%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.10%) OSCP
5 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.10%) GDPR
2 2 (1.10%) GRC
2 2 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.10%) XenApp
2 2 (1.10%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.10%) CEMLI
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.55%) Proxmox
3 1 (0.55%) SCCM
3 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (25.82%) SAP
2 21 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.69%) Oracle
4 6 (3.30%) Informatica
5 5 (2.75%) CA
6 3 (1.65%) Anaplan
6 3 (1.65%) Citrix
6 3 (1.65%) Google
6 3 (1.65%) iManage
6 3 (1.65%) Okta
6 3 (1.65%) OpenText
6 3 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.10%) Concur
7 2 (1.10%) Databricks
7 2 (1.10%) Facebook
7 2 (1.10%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.10%) Instagram
7 2 (1.10%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.10%) VMware