Project Consultant Contracts

Projects Consultant
UK

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in the UK is £565 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 576 693 829
Rank change year-on-year +117 +136 -152
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 15 25 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.042% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.045% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 23
10th Percentile £429 £364 £363
25th Percentile £463 £472 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +5.77% +10.64%
75th Percentile £638 £721 £569
90th Percentile £655 £750 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £590 £375
% change year-on-year -11.02% +57.33% -20.21%

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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 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
England +98 12 £565 +2.73% 3
UK excluding London +61 8 £525 -11.02%
Work from Home +124 4 £600 +11.63% 1
London +95 3 £625 +13.64% 2
South East +18 3 £600 -16.08%
South West - 3 £525 -
Scotland - 1 £225 -
East of England - 1 - -

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

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 featuring Project Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) SAP
3 4 (26.67%) SAP PS
3 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Logistics
3 4 (26.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (26.67%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 3 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Information Management
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Business Case
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.67%) Budget Management

Project 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) SAP PS
2 1 (6.67%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (26.67%) Logistics
2 4 (26.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (26.67%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Change Control
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (6.67%) Resource Management
5 1 (6.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) ABAP
1 1 (6.67%) C++
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PhD
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Ariba