Project Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Projects Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 444 518
Rank change year-on-year +61 +74 -83
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 8 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.054% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.058% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 7
10th Percentile £349 £194 £360
25th Percentile £459 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £590 £375
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +57.33% -20.21%
75th Percentile £619 £698 £406
90th Percentile £670 £750 £470
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £520
% change year-on-year +2.73% +5.77% +10.64%

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in the UK excluding London

Project Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK excluding London

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Consultant in the UK excluding London

Project Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK excluding London

Project 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 Project Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +18 3 £600 -16.08%
South West - 3 £525 -
Scotland - 1 £225 -
East of England - 1 - -
Project Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Project 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 Project Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (37.50%) Budgeting
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) SAP PS
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (12.50%) PhD
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) PMP
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Biotechnology
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (12.50%) PMO
5 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) Thought Leadership

Project 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP PS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Budgeting
2 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (25.00%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Biotechnology
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) PhD
4 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP