Consultant Contracts in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant daily rate in England 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 27 46 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,257 2,219 2,809
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 6.07% 4.71% 3.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.54% 4.99% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 1,316 1,747
10th Percentile £400 £425 £410
25th Percentile £463 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 52 16
10th Percentile £26.88 £22.60 £35.00
25th Percentile £50.73 £55.71 £59.75
Median hourly rate £60.80 £64.84 £70.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.23% -7.70% +22.17%
75th Percentile £61.60 £80.44 £82.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £93.75 £86.25
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +29.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,518 44,474 67,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,601 31,623 48,168
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,625 1,324 1,768
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.38 £12.74
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the England 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
London +21 1,104 £550 -4.35% 708
South East +9 339 £590 +2.61% 189
North of England +16 264 £525 -2.78% 269
Midlands +13 198 £550 - 143
North West +19 168 £550 +1.85% 175
West Midlands +19 138 £550 +0.92% 99
South West +18 130 £545 +6.34% 185
East of England +28 90 £525 -4.55% 74
Yorkshire +16 89 £481 -16.30% 72
East Midlands +19 51 £550 -4.35% 44
North East +7 7 £590 +18.00% 22
South Coast - 1 - -
Consultant
UK

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

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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 588 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 577 (25.56%) SAP
3 472 (20.91%) Finance
4 385 (17.06%) Security Cleared
5 322 (14.27%) Microsoft
6 274 (12.14%) SC Cleared
7 259 (11.48%) Azure
8 252 (11.17%) Migration
9 239 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
10 217 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 217 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
11 215 (9.53%) Oracle
12 213 (9.44%) SAP S/4HANA
13 177 (7.84%) Public Sector
14 165 (7.31%) Agile
15 158 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
16 145 (6.42%) Degree
17 135 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
18 129 (5.72%) DevOps
19 126 (5.58%) SQL
20 123 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
21 119 (5.27%) Project Management
22 116 (5.14%) DV Cleared
22 116 (5.14%) Power Platform
23 111 (4.92%) Data Migration
24 108 (4.79%) AWS
25 102 (4.52%) ERP
26 98 (4.34%) Analytics
26 98 (4.34%) Requirements Gathering
27 94 (4.16%) Roadmaps

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 17 (0.75%) NetWeaver
3 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.53%) CMS
4 12 (0.53%) Confluence
5 5 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.18%) IIS
6 4 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.13%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.13%) IBM Domino
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.089%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.089%) Appian
8 2 (0.089%) Camunda
8 2 (0.089%) GroupWise
8 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.089%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.089%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.089%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.089%) Revit
6 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.044%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.044%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 213 (9.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 52 (2.30%) SAP EWM
3 38 (1.68%) SAP SD
4 36 (1.60%) NetSuite
4 36 (1.60%) SAP FI
5 34 (1.51%) SAP QM
6 33 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
7 32 (1.42%) Dynamics AX
8 29 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
9 26 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
10 24 (1.06%) SAP CO
11 23 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
12 20 (0.89%) Workday HCM
13 19 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 18 (0.80%) SAP MDG
15 17 (0.75%) Maximo
15 17 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
16 16 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
16 16 (0.71%) SAP IBP
16 16 (0.71%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 259 (11.48%) Azure
2 135 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
3 116 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 108 (4.79%) AWS
5 66 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (2.61%) GCP
7 59 (2.61%) SuccessFactors
8 55 (2.44%) OCI
9 52 (2.30%) Power Automate
10 50 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.86%) PowerApps
12 30 (1.33%) SaaS
13 22 (0.97%) WhatsApp
14 21 (0.93%) IaaS
15 14 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (0.40%) PaaS
17 9 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.95%) Firewall
2 37 (1.64%) Network Security
3 29 (1.28%) WAN
4 20 (0.89%) VPN
5 19 (0.84%) DNS
6 18 (0.80%) Ethernet
7 16 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
7 16 (0.71%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.58%) 4G
8 13 (0.58%) 5G
9 12 (0.53%) LAN
10 11 (0.49%) Wireless
11 10 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (0.40%) 3G
12 9 (0.40%) SSH
12 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
13 8 (0.35%) DHCP
14 7 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.31%) WLAN
15 5 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.08%) Power BI
2 58 (2.57%) SAP HANA
3 44 (1.95%) Data Lake
4 41 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.20%) SAP BW
6 21 (0.93%) Big Data
7 20 (0.89%) Oracle Database
8 19 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (0.71%) Adabas
10 15 (0.66%) Metadata
10 15 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.58%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (0.40%) MySQL
14 8 (0.35%) Tableau
15 7 (0.31%) EDRMS
15 7 (0.31%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.22%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 35 (1.55%) JIRA
2 21 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
3 17 (0.75%) Git
4 11 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.31%) Selenium
7 6 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.22%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Appium
9 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.18%) eggPlant
9 4 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.18%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.18%) SOAtest
9 4 (0.18%) TestNG
9 4 (0.18%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.13%) GitLab
10 3 (0.13%) JMeter
10 3 (0.13%) LoadRunner
General
1 588 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 472 (20.91%) Finance
3 217 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 89 (3.94%) Banking
6 76 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
7 75 (3.32%) Manufacturing
7 75 (3.32%) Retail
8 59 (2.61%) Marketing
9 46 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 38 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 34 (1.51%) General Ledger
12 30 (1.33%) Law
13 29 (1.28%) Electronics
13 29 (1.28%) Legal
14 26 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.06%) Local Government
16 22 (0.97%) Billing
17 19 (0.84%) Automotive
17 19 (0.84%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 47 (2.08%) SAP Basis
3 46 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
4 42 (1.86%) Web Services
5 30 (1.33%) SailPoint
6 22 (0.97%) HTML
7 21 (0.93%) XML
8 19 (0.84%) OpenID
9 18 (0.80%) LDAP
10 17 (0.75%) EDI
11 14 (0.62%) CSS
11 14 (0.62%) JSON
11 14 (0.62%) SAML
12 13 (0.58%) Middleware
12 13 (0.58%) REST
13 12 (0.53%) SOAP
14 10 (0.44%) .NET
15 9 (0.40%) OAuth
15 9 (0.40%) RESTful
15 9 (0.40%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 38 (1.68%) Management Information System
2 37 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 36 (1.60%) Onboarding
4 34 (1.51%) Data Centre
5 28 (1.24%) Security Posture
6 25 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 23 (1.02%) Public Cloud
8 21 (0.93%) Robotics
9 20 (0.89%) CMDB
9 20 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 20 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (0.84%) Mainframe
11 18 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
11 18 (0.80%) Replication
11 18 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.71%) Product Ownership
14 15 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (3.23%) Windows
2 54 (2.39%) Linux
3 35 (1.55%) Unix
4 17 (0.75%) zOS
5 11 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.27%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.13%) VMS
9 2 (0.089%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.089%) NetWare
10 1 (0.044%) Android
10 1 (0.044%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.044%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (11.17%) Migration
2 239 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
3 217 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 165 (7.31%) Agile
5 158 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
6 129 (5.72%) DevOps
7 123 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
8 119 (5.27%) Project Management
9 111 (4.92%) Data Migration
10 102 (4.52%) ERP
11 98 (4.34%) Analytics
11 98 (4.34%) Requirements Gathering
12 94 (4.16%) Roadmaps
13 77 (3.41%) Change Management
13 77 (3.41%) Risk Management
14 75 (3.32%) Information Security
14 75 (3.32%) Workshop Facilitation
15 74 (3.28%) User Acceptance Testing
16 71 (3.15%) Identity Access Management
17 68 (3.01%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 126 (5.58%) SQL
2 67 (2.97%) ABAP
3 65 (2.88%) Python
4 50 (2.22%) PowerShell
5 49 (2.17%) Java
6 37 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 19 (0.84%) C#
8 16 (0.71%) Natural
9 15 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 12 (0.53%) Bash
11 9 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.31%) Perl
14 6 (0.27%) C++
14 6 (0.27%) Groovy
14 6 (0.27%) R
15 5 (0.22%) C
16 4 (0.18%) AWK
16 4 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 385 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 274 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 145 (6.42%) Degree
4 116 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 32 (1.42%) CISSP
6 30 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.02%) CISM
9 21 (0.93%) SAP Certification
10 18 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.44%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.44%) CCNP
13 10 (0.44%) CRISC
14 7 (0.31%) ACCA
14 7 (0.31%) CCNA
14 7 (0.31%) CISA
14 7 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.01%) NIST
2 48 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.42%) GDPR
5 28 (1.24%) QA
6 21 (0.93%) GRC
6 21 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 18 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (0.71%) SLA
9 14 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (0.49%) COBIT
10 11 (0.49%) PMO
10 11 (0.49%) RMADS
11 9 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.35%) NCSC
13 7 (0.31%) IFRS
14 6 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.22%) ISO 31000
16 4 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 63 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (0.84%) VMware NSX
3 16 (0.71%) Docker
4 9 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.27%) vSphere
6 5 (0.22%) XenApp
6 5 (0.22%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.18%) KVM
8 2 (0.089%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.089%) Firmware
8 2 (0.089%) GPFS
8 2 (0.089%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 2 (0.089%) Microcode
8 2 (0.089%) QEMU
8 2 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.089%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (1.11%) Terraform
2 23 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.71%) Ansible
4 15 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.31%) SCCM
7 7 (0.31%) VxRail
8 6 (0.27%) Grafana
8 6 (0.27%) vRealize
9 5 (0.22%) EnCase
9 5 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.18%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.13%) Avamar
11 3 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (0.13%) Nessus
11 3 (0.13%) Puppet
11 3 (0.13%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.089%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 577 (25.56%) SAP
2 322 (14.27%) Microsoft
3 215 (9.53%) Oracle
4 64 (2.84%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.22%) VMware
6 33 (1.46%) Workday
7 32 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.15%) Cisco
9 24 (1.06%) Adobe
10 23 (1.02%) Ariba
11 22 (0.97%) CyberArk
12 21 (0.93%) Google
13 17 (0.75%) Informatica
14 16 (0.71%) IBM
14 16 (0.71%) Software AG
15 14 (0.62%) EMC
16 13 (0.58%) Dell
16 13 (0.58%) Palantir
16 13 (0.58%) Sage
16 13 (0.58%) Splunk