Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 37 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 156 114 160
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.92% 5.51% 6.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.30% 5.93% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 77 112
10th Percentile £386 £432 £438
25th Percentile £425 £513 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £661
90th Percentile £713 £830 £762
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £61.25 £40.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +50.60% -
75th Percentile £38.75 £63.75 £42.25
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £50.75 £42.82 £63.36
% change year-on-year +18.53% -32.42% +15.19%

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 2,476 1,921 2,276
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.89% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,661 1,252 1,567
10th Percentile £350 £339 £350
25th Percentile £453 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.18% -8.17%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 30 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.51 £20.07
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.28
Median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +8.00% -20.54%
75th Percentile £53.50 £51.31 £41.69
90th Percentile £64.00 £67.89 £70.00
London median hourly rate £37.50 £31.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +18.11% +13.39% -25.33%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +16 151 £550 -15.38% 114
City of Westminster -5 2 £513 -10.87% 9
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £525 -
Southwark - 1 £650 - 3
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 36 (23.08%) Migration
2 34 (21.79%) Microsoft
3 25 (16.03%) Azure
3 25 (16.03%) Security Cleared
4 24 (15.38%) Oracle
5 19 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (10.90%) SAP
7 16 (10.26%) Data Migration
7 16 (10.26%) SC Cleared
8 15 (9.62%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (8.97%) AI
10 13 (8.33%) Analytics
10 13 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (8.33%) Power Automate
10 13 (8.33%) SQL
10 13 (8.33%) Validation
11 12 (7.69%) ERP
11 12 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
11 12 (7.69%) SharePoint
12 11 (7.05%) Power Platform
12 11 (7.05%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (5.77%) AWS
13 9 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (5.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 8 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (5.13%) Databricks
14 8 (5.13%) Decision-Making
14 8 (5.13%) DevOps
14 8 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
15 7 (4.49%) Actionable Insight

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 12 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.64%) CMS
2 1 (0.64%) Confluence
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.64%) SAS
2 1 (0.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (4.49%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.85%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (3.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (3.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.56%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (1.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.28%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.28%) SAP GRC
6 2 (1.28%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.64%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.64%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.64%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.03%) Azure
2 13 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 11 (7.05%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.77%) AWS
5 8 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.92%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.92%) SaaS
8 2 (1.28%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.28%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.28%) OCI
8 2 (1.28%) ShareGate
8 2 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.28%) MPLS
1 2 (1.28%) VSAN
2 1 (0.64%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.64%) DKIM
2 1 (0.64%) DMARC
2 1 (0.64%) Firewall
2 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.64%) VPN
2 1 (0.64%) WAN
2 1 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.85%) Power BI
1 6 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.21%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.28%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.64%) Looker
4 1 (0.64%) Metadata
4 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) GitLab
General
1 41 (26.28%) Finance
2 21 (13.46%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.85%) Law
5 5 (3.21%) Legal
6 4 (2.56%) Banking
6 4 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.92%) General Ledger
7 3 (1.92%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Automotive
9 1 (0.64%) Billing
9 1 (0.64%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.64%) Front Office
9 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.64%) Marketing
9 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.28%) EDI
2 2 (1.28%) Flash
2 2 (1.28%) IDoc
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.28%) YAML
3 1 (0.64%) .NET
3 1 (0.64%) BAPI
3 1 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.64%) HTML
3 1 (0.64%) Middleware
3 1 (0.64%) Murex MxML
3 1 (0.64%) OAuth
3 1 (0.64%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.64%) SAML
3 1 (0.64%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.64%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.64%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.28%) CMDB
3 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.28%) Market Risk
3 2 (1.28%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.28%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.64%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.64%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.64%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.64%) IoT
4 1 (0.64%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.64%) PMI
4 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.92%) Solaris
2 2 (1.28%) Unix
2 2 (1.28%) Windows
3 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.64%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.08%) Migration
2 19 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (10.26%) Data Migration
4 14 (8.97%) AI
5 13 (8.33%) Analytics
5 13 (8.33%) Validation
6 12 (7.69%) ERP
7 11 (7.05%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (5.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (5.13%) Decision-Making
9 8 (5.13%) DevOps
9 8 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (4.49%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (4.49%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (4.49%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (3.85%) CRM
11 6 (3.85%) Customer Service
11 6 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.33%) SQL
2 6 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.85%) Python
3 4 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.56%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.64%) ABAP
5 1 (0.64%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.64%) C#
5 1 (0.64%) JCL
5 1 (0.64%) Korn
5 1 (0.64%) REXX
Qualifications
1 25 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.21%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.92%) Degree
5 2 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.64%) CISA
6 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.64%) CISM
6 1 (0.64%) CISSP
6 1 (0.64%) CRISC
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.49%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.21%) NIST
3 4 (2.56%) QA
4 3 (1.92%) NCSC
5 2 (1.28%) GDPR
5 2 (1.28%) GRC
5 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.64%) GAAP
6 1 (0.64%) IFRS
6 1 (0.64%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.64%) MiFID
6 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.64%) PERC
6 1 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.64%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.28%) IAG
3 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.64%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.64%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 6 (3.85%) SCCM
2 3 (1.92%) Terraform
3 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.28%) vRealize
4 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.38%) Oracle
3 17 (10.90%) SAP
4 8 (5.13%) Databricks
5 7 (4.49%) Citrix
6 6 (3.85%) VMware
7 5 (3.21%) Pure Storage
7 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.56%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.56%) Okta
9 3 (1.92%) Google
9 3 (1.92%) Murex
9 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.28%) Adobe
10 2 (1.28%) Xero
11 1 (0.64%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.64%) BMC
11 1 (0.64%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.64%) IBM
11 1 (0.64%) JD Edwards