Technical Consultant Contracts in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 174 175
Rank change year-on-year +51 +1 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 3 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.12% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile £465 £521 £541
25th Percentile £488 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -6.78%
75th Percentile £663 £616 £588
90th Percentile £715 £629 £613
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -6.78%

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 2,100 3,471 3,999
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.25% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,491 2,364 3,014
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £560
% change year-on-year -5.98% +4.46% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 52
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +110.01%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £44.10 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in the City of London

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft