Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 34 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 113 118 156
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.46% 5.58% 6.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.81% 6.01% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 70 108
10th Percentile £425 £446 £406
25th Percentile £475 £513 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.56%
75th Percentile £657 £625 £675
90th Percentile £800 £743 £752
London median daily rate £575 £568 £550
% change year-on-year +1.32% +3.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £40.20 - -
25th Percentile £41.06 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.63 - -
90th Percentile £52.50 - -
London median hourly rate £45.00 £63.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -25.88% +15.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,945 1,963 2,448
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.77% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,328 1,222 1,755
10th Percentile £350 £359 £332
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £684
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 36
10th Percentile £19.33 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £32.19 £20.99
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%
75th Percentile £41.89 £38.94 £38.50
90th Percentile £49.83 £67.73 £57.63
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.16
% change year-on-year -7.14% +24.31% -15.34%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Central London

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Central London over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
City of London +7 109 £575 - 189
West End of London +7 3 £575 +4.55% 7
Southwark +1 1 - - 3
Consultant
London

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 20 (17.70%) Azure
2 19 (16.81%) Oracle
3 18 (15.93%) Migration
4 16 (14.16%) Microsoft
4 16 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (13.27%) SAP
6 13 (11.50%) SQL
7 12 (10.62%) Analytics
7 12 (10.62%) ERP
7 12 (10.62%) Power Platform
7 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
7 12 (10.62%) Security Cleared
8 11 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
8 11 (9.73%) Power BI
8 11 (9.73%) PowerShell
8 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (8.85%) Agile
9 10 (8.85%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (7.96%) Business Continuity
11 8 (7.08%) AWS
11 8 (7.08%) Data Modelling
11 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (7.08%) Power Automate
11 8 (7.08%) Python
11 8 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (7.08%) SAP S/4HANA
11 8 (7.08%) SharePoint
12 7 (6.19%) AI

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) CMS
4 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (7.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.42%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (2.65%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.65%) SAP FI
4 3 (2.65%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.77%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.77%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.88%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.88%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle ASCP
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.88%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.88%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.70%) Azure
2 12 (10.62%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.08%) AWS
3 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.08%) Power Automate
4 7 (6.19%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.19%) GCP
5 6 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.42%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.54%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.65%) OCI
8 3 (2.65%) SaaS
9 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.77%) GitHub
9 2 (1.77%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) Firewall
2 3 (2.65%) MPLS
3 2 (1.77%) BGP
3 2 (1.77%) DHCP
3 2 (1.77%) DNS
3 2 (1.77%) HTTP
3 2 (1.77%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.88%) 4G
4 1 (0.88%) 5G
4 1 (0.88%) Internet
4 1 (0.88%) IPsec
4 1 (0.88%) Network Security
4 1 (0.88%) OSPF
4 1 (0.88%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.88%) VLAN
4 1 (0.88%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.73%) Power BI
2 3 (2.65%) Tableau
3 2 (1.77%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.77%) Looker
4 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (1.77%) git-flow
3 1 (0.88%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 31 (27.43%) Finance
2 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.08%) Banking
5 6 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.77%) Advertising
8 2 (1.77%) Back Office
8 2 (1.77%) Billing
8 2 (1.77%) Law
8 2 (1.77%) Legal
8 2 (1.77%) Publishing
9 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.88%) French Language
9 1 (0.88%) Front Office
9 1 (0.88%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.54%) WSE
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.65%) REST
4 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.88%) CSS
4 1 (0.88%) HTML
4 1 (0.88%) JSON
4 1 (0.88%) OAuth
4 1 (0.88%) RESTful
4 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.88%) SAML
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.88%) SPFx
4 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.54%) Data Centre
1 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.88%) Life Science
4 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.88%) PACS
4 1 (0.88%) Pricing Data
4 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.88%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.19%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.93%) Migration
2 16 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (10.62%) Analytics
3 12 (10.62%) ERP
4 11 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
4 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (8.85%) Agile
6 9 (7.96%) Business Continuity
7 8 (7.08%) Data Modelling
7 8 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (6.19%) AI
8 7 (6.19%) Incident Response
8 7 (6.19%) Roadmaps
8 7 (6.19%) Workflow
8 7 (6.19%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (5.31%) CI/CD
9 6 (5.31%) Project Management
9 6 (5.31%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) SQL
2 11 (9.73%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.08%) Python
4 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.54%) Go
6 3 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.77%) Java
8 1 (0.88%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.88%) Bash
8 1 (0.88%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.88%) C#
8 1 (0.88%) JCL
8 1 (0.88%) Korn
8 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.88%) ProC
8 1 (0.88%) REXX
8 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
1 12 (10.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.31%) Degree
3 4 (3.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.77%) GIAC
4 2 (1.77%) ISACA
4 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.88%) CCNA
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.88%) CISM
5 1 (0.88%) CISSP
5 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) Data Quality
1 5 (4.42%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.77%) NCSC
4 1 (0.88%) DICOM
4 1 (0.88%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) HL7
4 1 (0.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
4 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) vRealize
2 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.54%) Ansible
3 4 (3.54%) Terraform
4 2 (1.77%) SCCM
4 2 (1.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.88%) CASB
5 1 (0.88%) Packer
Vendors
1 19 (16.81%) Oracle
2 16 (14.16%) Microsoft
3 15 (13.27%) SAP
4 7 (6.19%) VMware
5 6 (5.31%) Google
6 4 (3.54%) Adobe
6 4 (3.54%) Databricks
7 3 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.77%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.88%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.88%) BMC
9 1 (0.88%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.88%) Charles River
9 1 (0.88%) Dell
9 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.88%) IFS
9 1 (0.88%) Okta
9 1 (0.88%) Remedy
9 1 (0.88%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow