Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 30 50 76
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,108 947 981
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.25% 4.17% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.68% 4.43% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 736 602 658
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -0.68% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £721 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 40 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £21.00 £23.98
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £56.89 £65.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% -0.76% +6.45%
75th Percentile £61.60 £86.56 £82.50
90th Percentile - £95.25 £84.50
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +29.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,497 21,400 29,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.21% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,649 14,865 20,542
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £575
90th Percentile £684 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,477 1,094 1,390
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £46.42
90th Percentile £74.15 £75.50 £61.71
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK excluding London 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
South East +9 339 £590 +2.61% 182
North of England +16 264 £525 -2.78% 264
Midlands +13 198 £550 - 140
North West +19 168 £550 +1.85% 171
West Midlands +19 138 £550 +0.92% 97
South West +18 130 £545 +6.34% 172
East of England +28 90 £525 -4.55% 70
Yorkshire +16 89 £481 -16.30% 72
Scotland +53 75 £525 +10.53% 64
East Midlands +19 51 £550 -4.35% 43
Wales +28 21 £538 +7.50% 20
Northern Ireland +6 8 £488 - 13
North East +7 7 £590 +18.00% 21
South Coast - 1 - -
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 311 (28.07%) SAP
2 267 (24.10%) Security Cleared
3 250 (22.56%) Social Skills
4 183 (16.52%) SC Cleared
5 161 (14.53%) Finance
6 136 (12.27%) Microsoft
7 125 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 114 (10.29%) SAP S/4HANA
10 102 (9.21%) Oracle
11 96 (8.66%) Migration
12 92 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
13 88 (7.94%) Azure
14 87 (7.85%) DV Cleared
15 84 (7.58%) Public Sector
16 82 (7.40%) Agile
17 80 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (5.87%) Roadmaps
19 58 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
20 57 (5.14%) Power Platform
21 48 (4.33%) ERP
21 48 (4.33%) Business Intelligence
21 48 (4.33%) DevOps
22 47 (4.24%) Data Migration
23 43 (3.88%) User Acceptance Testing
23 43 (3.88%) Change Management
23 43 (3.88%) Analytics
24 41 (3.70%) SQL
25 39 (3.52%) Project Management
25 39 (3.52%) Degree

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.99%) NetWeaver
3 6 (0.54%) CMS
3 6 (0.54%) Confluence
3 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Alfresco
6 2 (0.18%) Appian
6 2 (0.18%) Camunda
6 2 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.090%) SAS
7 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 114 (10.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (2.89%) SAP EWM
3 28 (2.53%) SAP QM
4 27 (2.44%) NetSuite
5 23 (2.08%) SAP FI
6 18 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 18 (1.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 16 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (1.35%) SAP CO
8 15 (1.35%) SAP SD
9 14 (1.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 14 (1.26%) SAP FI/CO
10 12 (1.08%) SAP PP
11 11 (0.99%) SAP IBP
12 8 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
13 7 (0.63%) Maximo
13 7 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.63%) SAP ERP
13 7 (0.63%) SAP MM
14 5 (0.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 88 (7.94%) Azure
2 58 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
3 57 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 37 (3.34%) SuccessFactors
5 34 (3.07%) AWS
6 28 (2.53%) OCI
7 25 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (1.81%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.62%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.17%) SaaS
12 12 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.08%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.81%) Oracle Service Cloud
14 7 (0.63%) GCP
14 7 (0.63%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.45%) IaaS
16 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
16 4 (0.36%) PaaS
17 3 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.35%) Network Security
2 20 (1.81%) Firewall
3 16 (1.44%) Ethernet
4 15 (1.35%) Radio Access Network
5 13 (1.17%) VPN
6 12 (1.08%) 4G
6 12 (1.08%) 5G
7 10 (0.90%) DNS
7 10 (0.90%) WAN
8 9 (0.81%) 3G
9 8 (0.72%) LAN
10 7 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.36%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.36%) VSAN
12 4 (0.36%) Wireless
13 3 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.27%) IPsec
13 3 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.34%) Power BI
2 25 (2.26%) SAP HANA
3 20 (1.81%) Adabas
3 20 (1.81%) Oracle Database
3 20 (1.81%) SAP BW
4 12 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (0.72%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.45%) Big Data
6 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.45%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects XI
8 2 (0.18%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.18%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.18%) MySQL
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 22 (1.99%) JIRA
2 18 (1.62%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.27%) Git
4 3 (0.27%) JMeter
4 3 (0.27%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.18%) Maven
5 2 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.090%) CA Gen
6 1 (0.090%) Hudson
6 1 (0.090%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.090%) NWDI
6 1 (0.090%) NWDS
6 1 (0.090%) RStudio
General
1 250 (22.56%) Social Skills
2 161 (14.53%) Finance
3 92 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 32 (2.89%) Manufacturing
6 27 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (2.35%) Telecoms
8 24 (2.17%) Marketing
9 20 (1.81%) Electronics
9 20 (1.81%) Retail
10 19 (1.71%) Banking
11 18 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 16 (1.44%) Local Government
13 15 (1.35%) Law
14 13 (1.17%) Billing
15 12 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Legal
17 9 (0.81%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.98%) SAP Basis
2 29 (2.62%) SAP Fiori
3 17 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (1.53%) Web Services
4 11 (0.99%) HTML
5 8 (0.72%) CSS
5 8 (0.72%) REST
6 7 (0.63%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.54%) LDAP
7 6 (0.54%) Middleware
7 6 (0.54%) SOAP
7 6 (0.54%) XML
8 5 (0.45%) IDoc
8 5 (0.45%) JSON
8 5 (0.45%) Visualforce
9 4 (0.36%) .NET
9 4 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.36%) OAuth
9 4 (0.36%) OpenID
9 4 (0.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (2.08%) Operational Technology
2 21 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (1.71%) Robotics
4 18 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 17 (1.53%) Mainframe
6 16 (1.44%) Analogue Electronics
6 16 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
7 13 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.17%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 12 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 11 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (0.90%) Replication
11 9 (0.81%) Life Science
11 9 (0.81%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.16%) Windows
2 33 (2.98%) Linux
3 22 (1.99%) zOS
4 17 (1.53%) Unix
5 7 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.090%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.090%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (8.66%) Migration
4 82 (7.40%) Agile
5 80 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (5.87%) Roadmaps
7 48 (4.33%) Business Intelligence
7 48 (4.33%) DevOps
7 48 (4.33%) ERP
8 47 (4.24%) Data Migration
9 43 (3.88%) Analytics
9 43 (3.88%) Change Management
9 43 (3.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 39 (3.52%) Project Management
11 38 (3.43%) Risk Management
12 37 (3.34%) Information Security
12 37 (3.34%) ITIL
12 37 (3.34%) Requirements Gathering
12 37 (3.34%) Workshop Facilitation
13 35 (3.16%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 41 (3.70%) SQL
2 25 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 20 (1.81%) ABAP
3 20 (1.81%) Natural
4 15 (1.35%) Python
5 12 (1.08%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.81%) Java
7 8 (0.72%) Bash
8 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.36%) C#
10 2 (0.18%) Ada
10 2 (0.18%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.18%) C
10 2 (0.18%) Groovy
10 2 (0.18%) JCL
10 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.18%) PHP
11 1 (0.090%) R
11 1 (0.090%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 267 (24.10%) Security Cleared
2 183 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 87 (7.85%) DV Cleared
4 39 (3.52%) Degree
5 15 (1.35%) CISSP
5 15 (1.35%) SAP Certification
6 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.72%) CISM
9 7 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.36%) CCNP
12 4 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (0.36%) CIPD
12 4 (0.36%) ISACA
12 4 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.27%) CCNA
13 3 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.25%) NIST
2 24 (2.17%) GDPR
2 24 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (0.99%) PCI DSS
3 11 (0.99%) RMADS
4 10 (0.90%) COBIT
4 10 (0.90%) PMO
5 9 (0.81%) GRC
6 7 (0.63%) IFRS
7 6 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.36%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.36%) QA
8 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.27%) SLA
10 2 (0.18%) COSO
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.090%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 28 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.26%) VMware NSX
3 8 (0.72%) vSphere
4 6 (0.54%) Docker
4 6 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.18%) GPFS
6 2 (0.18%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 2 (0.18%) KVM
6 2 (0.18%) Microcode
6 2 (0.18%) QEMU
6 2 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) XenApp
6 2 (0.18%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.090%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.81%) Ansible
1 9 (0.81%) VxRail
2 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.63%) Terraform
3 5 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.45%) vRealize
4 4 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.36%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.18%) CEMLI
6 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 1 (0.090%) Grafana
7 1 (0.090%) Graylog
7 1 (0.090%) Nagios
7 1 (0.090%) Nessus
7 1 (0.090%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.090%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.090%) SCCM
Vendors
1 311 (28.07%) SAP
2 136 (12.27%) Microsoft
3 102 (9.21%) Oracle
4 36 (3.25%) VMware
5 31 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.81%) Software AG
7 19 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.35%) Cisco
9 14 (1.26%) Ariba
10 10 (0.90%) Dell
11 9 (0.81%) ArcSight
11 9 (0.81%) EMC
11 9 (0.81%) Informatica
12 8 (0.72%) CA
12 8 (0.72%) Splunk
13 7 (0.63%) Concur
13 7 (0.63%) OpenText
14 6 (0.54%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.54%) Google
14 6 (0.54%) IFS