Consultant Contracts in the City of London

Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £583 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 65 91
Rank change year-on-year +39 +26 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 156 117 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 7.21% 3.34% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.61% 3.52% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 82 86
10th Percentile £430 £421 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £545 £556
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -2.02% +1.14%
75th Percentile £675 £758 £663
90th Percentile £775 £800 £738
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +4.55% -2.27% +2.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,051 3,328 3,994
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 94.98% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 2,253 3,009
10th Percentile £350 £361 £363
25th Percentile £438 £475 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £685
90th Percentile £788 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £560
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 55
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £19.14
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £28.44 £58.75 £50.88
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.41 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.56% -2.78% +102.96%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the City of London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the City of London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the City of London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the City of London

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 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 City of London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 61 (39.10%) Finance
2 47 (30.13%) Social Skills
3 35 (22.44%) Microsoft
4 34 (21.79%) SAP
5 30 (19.23%) Azure
6 23 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (13.46%) Degree
8 18 (11.54%) Test Scripting
9 17 (10.90%) SQL
9 17 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (9.62%) Public Sector
12 14 (8.97%) Power Platform
12 14 (8.97%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (8.97%) Information Security
12 14 (8.97%) Banking
13 13 (8.33%) Agile
13 13 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (7.69%) Risk Management
14 12 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
14 12 (7.69%) Power BI
14 12 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
15 11 (7.05%) NIST
15 11 (7.05%) DevOps
15 11 (7.05%) Use Case
15 11 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 11 (7.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (6.41%) Migration
16 10 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (6.41%) Retail

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (6.41%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (5.13%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.92%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (1.92%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.92%) SAP HR
4 3 (1.92%) SAP MRS
4 3 (1.92%) SAP PS
5 2 (1.28%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.28%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.28%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.28%) Unica
6 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.64%) SAP CCM
6 1 (0.64%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.64%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (19.23%) Azure
2 14 (8.97%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 10 (6.41%) AWS
4 9 (5.77%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.13%) GCP
5 8 (5.13%) PowerApps
6 6 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.21%) WhatsApp
8 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.56%) OCI
9 1 (0.64%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.64%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.64%) GitHub
9 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.85%) WAN
2 5 (3.21%) Firewall
3 4 (2.56%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.28%) DHCP
4 2 (1.28%) DNS
4 2 (1.28%) LAN
4 2 (1.28%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.28%) Wireless
4 2 (1.28%) WLAN
5 1 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.64%) SMS
5 1 (0.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.69%) Power BI
2 8 (5.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.28%) Big Data
3 2 (1.28%) PostHog
3 2 (1.28%) Sybase ASE
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.64%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.64%) PowerCenter
4 1 (0.64%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Git
2 2 (1.28%) Appium
2 2 (1.28%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.28%) eggPlant
2 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.28%) JUnit
2 2 (1.28%) Postman
2 2 (1.28%) REST Assured
2 2 (1.28%) Selenium
2 2 (1.28%) SoapUI
2 2 (1.28%) SOAtest
2 2 (1.28%) TestNG
2 2 (1.28%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.64%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.64%) JIRA
3 1 (0.64%) RStudio
3 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (39.10%) Finance
2 47 (30.13%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.97%) Banking
6 10 (6.41%) Retail
7 9 (5.77%) General Ledger
8 6 (3.85%) Marketing
9 5 (3.21%) Legal
10 4 (2.56%) Law
11 3 (1.92%) Automotive
11 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.28%) Back Office
12 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.64%) French Language
13 1 (0.64%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.92%) EDI
2 3 (1.92%) HTML
2 3 (1.92%) Web Services
3 2 (1.28%) .NET
3 2 (1.28%) CSS
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.28%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.28%) XML
4 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.64%) Kafka
4 1 (0.64%) LDAP
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.64%) OpenID
4 1 (0.64%) SAML
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.77%) Data Structures
2 6 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.21%) PKI
4 3 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (1.92%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.28%) CMDB
5 2 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.64%) Blog
6 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.64%) IoT
6 1 (0.64%) iPad
6 1 (0.64%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.64%) Life Science
6 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.64%) SCORM
6 1 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (11.54%) Test Scripting
2 17 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (8.97%) Information Security
5 13 (8.33%) Agile
5 13 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 12 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 12 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (7.05%) DevOps
7 11 (7.05%) Use Case
8 10 (6.41%) Accounts Receivable
8 10 (6.41%) Migration
8 10 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (5.77%) Accounts Payable
9 9 (5.77%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (5.77%) Requirements Workshops
10 8 (5.13%) Cloud Security
10 8 (5.13%) Customer Service
10 8 (5.13%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.90%) SQL
2 6 (3.85%) Java
3 5 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.56%) ABAP
5 3 (1.92%) Python
6 2 (1.28%) C#
6 2 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.64%) C++
7 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.64%) R
7 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (13.46%) Degree
2 10 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.56%) CISM
4 4 (2.56%) CISSP
4 4 (2.56%) CRISC
5 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.64%) CISA
6 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.64%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (7.05%) NIST
1 11 (7.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.49%) SLA
3 3 (1.92%) ISO 31000
3 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (1.92%) NIST 800
3 3 (1.92%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.28%) GAAP
4 2 (1.28%) GRC
4 2 (1.28%) PMO
4 2 (1.28%) QA
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) ISAE 3402
5 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Docker
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.64%) Control-M
3 1 (0.64%) Grafana
3 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.64%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.64%) vRealize
3 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 35 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 34 (21.79%) SAP
3 9 (5.77%) Oracle
4 7 (4.49%) Google
5 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.92%) Adobe
6 3 (1.92%) Apple
6 3 (1.92%) NEC
7 2 (1.28%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.28%) McAfee
7 2 (1.28%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.28%) Sybase
7 2 (1.28%) VMware
7 2 (1.28%) Workday
8 1 (0.64%) AlgoSec
8 1 (0.64%) Ariba
8 1 (0.64%) HP
8 1 (0.64%) Meraki
8 1 (0.64%) Murex
8 1 (0.64%) Salesforce