Technical Consultant
UK
The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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 24 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 436 | 536 | 566 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | +30 | -109 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant | 133 | 159 | 270 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.31% | 0.28% | 0.31% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.34% | 0.30% | 0.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 86 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £434 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £510 | £494 | £491 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £663 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £805 | £697 | £699 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £595 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +13.33% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.80 | - | £59.40 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £54.00 | £63.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.00 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.67% | -9.09% | +7.32% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £66.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76.80 | £69.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +2.67% | - | - |
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 | 39,539 | 53,460 | 83,539 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.80% | 94.63% | 95.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,741 | 37,320 | 58,759 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +11.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,737 | 1,489 | 2,014 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +87.50% | +6.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.99 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant.
Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.
Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant.
Technical Consultant
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 |
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| England | +107 | 111 | £550 | - | 148 |
| Work from Home | +83 | 61 | £550 | - | 88 |
| London | +92 | 55 | £600 | +14.29% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +55 | 51 | £525 | -11.76% | 115 |
| South East | +24 | 19 | £455 | -18.20% | 33 |
| East of England | +15 | 9 | £600 | +9.09% | 11 |
| Midlands | +23 | 7 | £513 | -25.45% | 20 |
| South West | +17 | 7 | £520 | -11.86% | 21 |
| North of England | +34 | 6 | £550 | +10.00% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 6 | £513 | -25.45% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 5 | £550 | +8.64% | 8 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £525 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +29 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| North West | +28 | 1 | £525 | +5.00% | 13 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 May 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 featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.
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Technical 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:
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