Management Consultant Contracts

Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 636 766
Rank change year-on-year +159 +130 -194
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 102 64 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 30 47
10th Percentile £296 £308 £402
25th Percentile £467 £444 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £619
90th Percentile £750 £725 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +9.77% -2.27% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Consultant over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +147 80 £550 -8.33% 29
London +128 51 £538 -10.42% 16
Work from Home +127 45 £595 +8.14% 9
UK excluding London +92 32 £590 +9.77% 12
Scotland +39 7 £280 -44.00%
South East +31 7 £638 +21.43% 4
West Midlands +36 6 £650 -7.14%
Midlands +33 6 £650 -7.14% 1
North of England +31 6 £488 -22.00% 3
East of England - 4 £375 - 1
South West +21 2 £600 +274.69% 1
North West +20 2 £488 -22.00% 2
North East - 2 £590 -
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 1

Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Management 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 featuring Management Consultant in the job title.

1 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.53%) Service Management
3 22 (21.57%) SC Cleared
3 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
4 21 (20.59%) Finance
4 21 (20.59%) SAP
5 20 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (18.63%) Microsoft
6 19 (18.63%) SAP S/4HANA
7 18 (17.65%) ServiceNow
7 18 (17.65%) ITIL
8 16 (15.69%) ITSM
8 16 (15.69%) Agile
9 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (13.73%) Public Sector
11 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (10.78%) Project Management
12 9 (8.82%) Service Delivery
12 9 (8.82%) SLA
12 9 (8.82%) Information Security
12 9 (8.82%) CMDB
12 9 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (8.82%) Privileged Access Management
13 8 (7.84%) Coaching
13 8 (7.84%) Asset Management
13 8 (7.84%) Data Management
13 8 (7.84%) Process Management
13 8 (7.84%) Management Information System
14 7 (6.86%) Risk Management

Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (18.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.88%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.98%) Primavera
3 1 (0.98%) SAP CCM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.98%) SAP PSCD
3 1 (0.98%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.90%) Azure
2 3 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
2 3 (2.94%) IaaS
2 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.96%) AWS
3 2 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) Network Security
2 2 (1.96%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.86%) SAP HANA
2 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.94%) Power BI
4 2 (1.96%) MySQL
4 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
General
1 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.59%) Finance
3 14 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.88%) Billing
5 6 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.94%) German Language
6 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.96%) Agriculture
7 2 (1.96%) Automotive
7 2 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.96%) Front Office
7 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.96%) Legal
7 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.96%) Retail
7 2 (1.96%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.98%) Banking
8 1 (0.98%) Local Government
8 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) SAP TM
2 4 (3.92%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.96%) OpenID
3 2 (1.96%) SAML
4 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) CMDB
2 8 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.88%) Replication
4 5 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.94%) Solar Panel
6 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.96%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.98%) FMCG
7 1 (0.98%) Life Science
7 1 (0.98%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.53%) Service Management
2 20 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (17.65%) ITIL
4 16 (15.69%) Agile
4 16 (15.69%) ITSM
5 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (10.78%) Project Management
7 9 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
7 9 (8.82%) Information Security
7 9 (8.82%) Privileged Access Management
7 9 (8.82%) Service Delivery
8 8 (7.84%) Asset Management
8 8 (7.84%) Coaching
8 8 (7.84%) Data Management
8 8 (7.84%) Process Management
9 7 (6.86%) Risk Management
9 7 (6.86%) Roadmaps
10 6 (5.88%) Gantt Chart
10 6 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.92%) SQL
2 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (0.98%) ABAP
3 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) SC Cleared
1 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.92%) Degree
2 4 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.98%) ACCA
5 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.98%) CIMA
5 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.82%) SLA
2 7 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.86%) QA
3 3 (2.94%) PMO
4 2 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (4.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) SAP
2 19 (18.63%) Microsoft
3 18 (17.65%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.90%) Oracle
5 3 (2.94%) Ariba
5 3 (2.94%) Okta
6 2 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.96%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.96%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.98%) Adobe
7 1 (0.98%) BMC
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce