Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 27 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,225 1,687 2,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.14% 6.73% 5.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.71% 7.06% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 969 1,335
10th Percentile £400 £423 £400
25th Percentile £463 £476 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £719 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 51 32
10th Percentile £42.50 £21.00 £35.50
25th Percentile £59.48 £54.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £66.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.95 £76.13 £73.06
90th Percentile £70.63 £87.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £65.75
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.38% +17.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,071 23,886 42,024
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.33% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,442 16,861 30,355
10th Percentile £325 £361 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 544 603
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.66 £13.38
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.81 £57.44
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.18 £68.16
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Consultant hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 300 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 289 (23.59%) Finance
3 288 (23.51%) SAP
4 174 (14.20%) Microsoft
5 154 (12.57%) Migration
6 153 (12.49%) Security Cleared
7 146 (11.92%) Azure
8 130 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
9 128 (10.45%) Agile
10 122 (9.96%) Oracle
11 120 (9.80%) SC Cleared
12 118 (9.63%) SAP S/4HANA
13 111 (9.06%) Dynamics 365
14 106 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
15 99 (8.08%) DevOps
16 96 (7.84%) SQL
17 95 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
18 92 (7.51%) Data Migration
18 92 (7.51%) Public Sector
19 82 (6.69%) Degree
20 76 (6.20%) Power Platform
21 73 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
21 73 (5.96%) Requirements Gathering
22 68 (5.55%) Retail
23 62 (5.06%) ERP
24 60 (4.90%) Power BI
25 56 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
26 55 (4.49%) ServiceNow
27 54 (4.41%) Project Management
27 54 (4.41%) CRM

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 24 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.90%) NetWeaver
3 10 (0.82%) CMS
4 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Appian
7 2 (0.16%) Camunda
7 2 (0.16%) Captiva
7 2 (0.16%) Confluence
7 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.16%) SAS
7 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.082%) Strapi
Applications
1 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.16%) Revit
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 118 (9.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (2.45%) SAP FI
3 30 (2.45%) SAP SD
4 28 (2.29%) Dynamics AX
5 20 (1.63%) SAP EWM
6 18 (1.47%) SAP CO
6 18 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 17 (1.39%) Workday HCM
8 16 (1.31%) NetSuite
8 16 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (1.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 15 (1.22%) SAP MDG
10 13 (1.06%) Oracle EBS R12
10 13 (1.06%) SAP IBP
11 10 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
11 10 (0.82%) SAP PP
11 10 (0.82%) SAP QM
12 9 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.73%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 146 (11.92%) Azure
2 111 (9.06%) Dynamics 365
3 76 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 51 (4.16%) AWS
5 48 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (3.51%) Power Automate
7 41 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (2.61%) PowerApps
9 29 (2.37%) OCI
9 29 (2.37%) SuccessFactors
10 22 (1.80%) GCP
11 21 (1.71%) SaaS
12 17 (1.39%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.22%) IaaS
14 10 (0.82%) WhatsApp
15 9 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.65%) Amazon S3
17 7 (0.57%) Oracle Service Cloud
18 6 (0.49%) Amazon ECS
18 6 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.63%) Firewall
2 8 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 8 (0.65%) VPN
3 7 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (0.57%) LAN
3 7 (0.57%) WAN
3 7 (0.57%) Wireless
4 6 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.49%) SSH
5 5 (0.41%) 3G
5 5 (0.41%) 4G
5 5 (0.41%) 5G
5 5 (0.41%) Network Security
5 5 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.33%) HTTP
6 4 (0.33%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.90%) Power BI
2 31 (2.53%) Data Lake
3 23 (1.88%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.55%) SAP HANA
5 16 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 12 (0.98%) SAP BW
8 10 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.57%) Big Data
10 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.41%) MySQL
12 5 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (0.41%) Power Query
12 5 (0.41%) Siebel EIM
13 4 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.33%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 21 (1.71%) JIRA
2 9 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (0.57%) Git
4 5 (0.41%) Selenium
4 5 (0.41%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.33%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.33%) Maven
5 4 (0.33%) Postman
5 4 (0.33%) Protractor
6 3 (0.24%) Appium
6 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.24%) eggPlant
6 3 (0.24%) JUnit
6 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.24%) SOAtest
6 3 (0.24%) TestNG
6 3 (0.24%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.16%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.16%) JMeter
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 300 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 289 (23.59%) Finance
3 106 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.55%) Retail
6 50 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 41 (3.35%) Marketing
8 37 (3.02%) Banking
9 27 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.12%) Billing
11 25 (2.04%) General Ledger
12 24 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.14%) German Language
15 13 (1.06%) Law
16 12 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.82%) Police
19 9 (0.73%) French Language
19 9 (0.73%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.20%) Web Services
2 20 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.63%) SAP Fiori
3 19 (1.55%) SailPoint
4 17 (1.39%) EDI
5 14 (1.14%) SAP Basis
6 13 (1.06%) HTML
6 13 (1.06%) XML
7 11 (0.90%) CSS
7 11 (0.90%) LDAP
8 10 (0.82%) REST
9 9 (0.73%) SAP TM
10 8 (0.65%) .NET
10 8 (0.65%) RESTful
11 7 (0.57%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (0.49%) Node.js
12 6 (0.49%) OpenID
12 6 (0.49%) SAML
12 6 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.04%) Data Structures
1 25 (2.04%) Onboarding
2 19 (1.55%) Data Centre
2 19 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 14 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (0.98%) Mainframe
6 11 (0.90%) CMDB
7 10 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (0.82%) Product Ownership
7 10 (0.82%) Replication
8 9 (0.73%) Public Cloud
8 9 (0.73%) Virtual Team
9 8 (0.65%) EMV
9 8 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.65%) NHS
10 6 (0.49%) IVR
10 6 (0.49%) Tandem
11 5 (0.41%) IoT
11 5 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.10%) Linux
2 37 (3.02%) Windows
3 20 (1.63%) Unix
4 9 (0.73%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) OpenVMS
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.082%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (12.57%) Migration
2 130 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (10.45%) Agile
4 99 (8.08%) DevOps
5 95 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (7.51%) Data Migration
7 73 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
7 73 (5.96%) Requirements Gathering
8 62 (5.06%) ERP
9 56 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
10 54 (4.41%) CRM
10 54 (4.41%) Project Management
11 52 (4.24%) Roadmaps
12 50 (4.08%) User Acceptance Testing
13 44 (3.59%) Analytics
14 43 (3.51%) Information Security
15 42 (3.43%) Change Management
16 41 (3.35%) Logistics
16 41 (3.35%) Use Case
17 39 (3.18%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 96 (7.84%) SQL
2 34 (2.78%) Python
3 30 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 29 (2.37%) ABAP
5 26 (2.12%) Java
6 19 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.57%) Bash
7 7 (0.57%) C#
7 7 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.49%) C
8 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.41%) C++
9 5 (0.41%) Perl
10 3 (0.24%) Ada
10 3 (0.24%) R
11 2 (0.16%) AWK
11 2 (0.16%) COBOL
11 2 (0.16%) DCL
12 1 (0.082%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (12.49%) Security Cleared
2 120 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 82 (6.69%) Degree
4 28 (2.29%) CISSP
5 24 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.31%) CISM
9 12 (0.98%) CCIE
9 12 (0.98%) SAP Certification
10 10 (0.82%) CCNP
11 9 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.57%) CRISC
13 6 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.24%) CISA
14 3 (0.24%) PhD
14 3 (0.24%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.53%) QA
2 25 (2.04%) NIST
3 24 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.63%) GDPR
5 18 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.22%) GRC
6 15 (1.22%) PMO
7 11 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.90%) SLA
8 8 (0.65%) NCSC
8 8 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.49%) COBIT
10 5 (0.41%) IFRS
11 4 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.24%) DO-178B
12 3 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.24%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 3 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 44 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.47%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.90%) Docker
5 8 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.57%) vSphere
7 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.24%) XenApp
8 3 (0.24%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.082%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (1.47%) Terraform
2 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.98%) Ansible
3 12 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.57%) SCCM
5 6 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.33%) Grafana
6 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.33%) VxRail
7 3 (0.24%) PingFederate
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.082%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.082%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.082%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.082%) Graylog
9 1 (0.082%) Nagios
9 1 (0.082%) QRadar
9 1 (0.082%) SCOM
9 1 (0.082%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 288 (23.51%) SAP
2 174 (14.20%) Microsoft
3 122 (9.96%) Oracle
4 55 (4.49%) ServiceNow
5 43 (3.51%) VMware
6 34 (2.78%) Workday
7 22 (1.80%) Cisco
8 19 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.39%) Ariba
9 17 (1.39%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.22%) Adobe
11 12 (0.98%) Sage
12 11 (0.90%) OpenText
13 9 (0.73%) Dell
13 9 (0.73%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.65%) Genesys
14 8 (0.65%) IBM
14 8 (0.65%) Informatica
14 8 (0.65%) SimCorp
14 8 (0.65%) Splunk