Project Consultant Contracts

Projects Consultant
UK

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 703 806
Rank change year-on-year +134 +103 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 17 19 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.032% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.033% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 23
10th Percentile £457 £288 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% +2.97%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £569
90th Percentile - £735 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +5.00% +33.33% -

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

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 25 April 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 25 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 +116 14 £613 +11.36% 6
UK excluding London +68 8 £525 +5.00% 2
Work from Home +124 6 £625 +19.05% 3
London +103 5 £650 +18.18% 3
South East +11 3 £600 -11.76% 1
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 25 April 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 7 (41.18%) Finance
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (35.29%) Logistics
2 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
3 5 (29.41%) SAP
4 4 (23.53%) SAP PS
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Profit Centre Accounting
5 3 (17.65%) Budgeting
5 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Information Management
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection

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 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP PS
2 1 (5.88%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (35.29%) Logistics
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
4 4 (23.53%) Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (23.53%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (17.65%) Budgeting
5 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.76%) Information Management
6 2 (11.76%) Project Governance
6 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.88%) Change Control
7 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.88%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) ABAP
1 1 (5.88%) C++
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PhD
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) IFS
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Ariba