Consultant Contracts in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 69 82
Rank change year-on-year +45 +13 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 178 124 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.36% 3.24% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 3.40% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 89 102
10th Percentile £430 £416 £463
25th Percentile £463 £475 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.12% +1.14%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £663
90th Percentile £775 £800 £738
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.50% +4.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,304 3,649 4,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.20% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,643 2,501 3,269
10th Percentile £350 £325 £360
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.36% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 52
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.43
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
City of London +42 160 £583 +7.87% 66
West End of London +10 7 £538 -32.75% 2
Camden - 7 £538 - 1
City of Westminster - 3 £450 -
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Central London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 67 (37.64%) Finance
2 59 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 39 (21.91%) SAP
4 36 (20.22%) Microsoft
5 31 (17.42%) Azure
6 26 (14.61%) Degree
7 25 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (11.24%) Public Sector
9 18 (10.11%) Agile
10 17 (9.55%) Test Scripting
10 17 (9.55%) Information Security
10 17 (9.55%) SQL
11 15 (8.43%) Security Cleared
11 15 (8.43%) Banking
12 14 (7.87%) Power Platform
12 14 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (7.30%) SC Cleared
13 13 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (7.30%) SLA
13 13 (7.30%) Project Management
14 12 (6.74%) Oracle
14 12 (6.74%) Risk Management
14 12 (6.74%) Use Case
14 12 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 12 (6.74%) NIST
14 12 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (6.74%) SuccessFactors

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (5.62%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (4.49%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (1.69%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.69%) SAP HR
4 3 (1.69%) SAP MRS
4 3 (1.69%) SAP PS
5 2 (1.12%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.12%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.12%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.12%) Teamcenter
5 2 (1.12%) Unica
6 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.56%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.56%) SAP CCM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.56%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.42%) Azure
2 14 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (7.87%) Power Platform
3 12 (6.74%) SuccessFactors
4 9 (5.06%) AWS
4 9 (5.06%) Power Automate
5 8 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.49%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.49%) GCP
5 8 (4.49%) PowerApps
6 6 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.25%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.69%) OCI
10 2 (1.12%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.56%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.56%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.56%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.56%) GitHub
11 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) WAN
2 4 (2.25%) Firewall
2 4 (2.25%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.25%) Wireless
3 3 (1.69%) DHCP
3 3 (1.69%) DNS
4 2 (1.12%) LAN
4 2 (1.12%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.12%) WLAN
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.56%) SMS
5 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.74%) Power BI
2 8 (4.49%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.12%) Big Data
3 2 (1.12%) PostHog
3 2 (1.12%) Sybase ASE
4 1 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.56%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.56%) PowerCenter
4 1 (0.56%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Git
2 2 (1.12%) Appium
2 2 (1.12%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.12%) eggPlant
2 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.12%) JUnit
2 2 (1.12%) Postman
2 2 (1.12%) REST Assured
2 2 (1.12%) Selenium
2 2 (1.12%) SoapUI
2 2 (1.12%) SOAtest
2 2 (1.12%) TestNG
2 2 (1.12%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.56%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.56%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) RStudio
3 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (37.64%) Finance
2 59 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.24%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.43%) Banking
6 10 (5.62%) Retail
7 9 (5.06%) General Ledger
7 9 (5.06%) Law
8 7 (3.93%) Marketing
9 6 (3.37%) Legal
10 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.69%) Automotive
12 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.12%) Back Office
13 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.56%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.25%) HTML
1 4 (2.25%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.69%) CSS
2 3 (1.69%) EDI
2 3 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.69%) Web Services
3 2 (1.12%) .NET
3 2 (1.12%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.12%) XML
4 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.56%) LDAP
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.56%) OpenID
4 1 (0.56%) SAML
4 1 (0.56%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.62%) Data Structures
2 8 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.81%) PKI
4 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (1.69%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.12%) CMDB
5 2 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.56%) Blog
6 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.56%) Life Science
6 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.56%) SCORM
6 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.69%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (10.11%) Agile
3 17 (9.55%) Information Security
3 17 (9.55%) Test Scripting
4 13 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (7.30%) Project Management
4 13 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (6.74%) DevOps
5 12 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (6.74%) Risk Management
5 12 (6.74%) Use Case
6 11 (6.18%) Migration
6 11 (6.18%) Workflow
7 10 (5.62%) Requirements Workshops
7 10 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (5.06%) Accounts Payable
8 9 (5.06%) Accounts Receivable
8 9 (5.06%) Data Modelling
8 9 (5.06%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.55%) SQL
2 6 (3.37%) Java
2 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.25%) ABAP
3 4 (2.25%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.69%) Python
5 2 (1.12%) C#
5 2 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.56%) C++
6 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.56%) R
6 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (14.61%) Degree
2 15 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.30%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.25%) ACCA
4 4 (2.25%) CISM
4 4 (2.25%) CISSP
4 4 (2.25%) CRISC
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.12%) CCIE
6 2 (1.12%) CCNP
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.56%) CCNA
7 1 (0.56%) CISA
7 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.30%) SLA
2 12 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.74%) NIST
3 11 (6.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.25%) GRC
5 3 (1.69%) ISO 31000
5 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.69%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.12%) GAAP
6 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) QA
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.56%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (0.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
3 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.56%) Control-M
3 1 (0.56%) Grafana
3 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.56%) vRealize
3 1 (0.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (21.91%) SAP
2 36 (20.22%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.74%) Oracle
4 8 (4.49%) Google
5 7 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.25%) Adobe
7 3 (1.69%) Cisco
7 3 (1.69%) NEC
8 2 (1.12%) Apple
8 2 (1.12%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.12%) IBM
8 2 (1.12%) McAfee
8 2 (1.12%) Ping Identity
8 2 (1.12%) Sybase
8 2 (1.12%) VMware
8 2 (1.12%) Workday
9 1 (0.56%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.56%) ForeScout
9 1 (0.56%) Meraki
9 1 (0.56%) Spotify