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 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 35 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 113 115 147
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.61% 5.33% 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.96% 5.75% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 66 103
10th Percentile £421 £429 £406
25th Percentile £478 £513 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year - +5.50% -6.76%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £675
90th Percentile £781 £763 £713
London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 £84.75
% change year-on-year -28.57% -25.66% +9.35%

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 1,895 2,000 2,435
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.72% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,308 1,262 1,752
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +2.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 20 25
10th Percentile £19.24 £17.69 £17.77
25th Percentile £25.47 £24.55 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £41.75 £36.31 £38.00
90th Percentile £45.56 £112.00 £65.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.03% +7.69% -4.41%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -2 106 £575 - 114
West End of London +9 4 £575 +6.19% 2
City of Westminster +3 1 - - 3
Southwark +1 1 - -
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 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 24 (21.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 22 (19.47%) Oracle
3 17 (15.04%) Azure
4 16 (14.16%) Microsoft
4 16 (14.16%) Migration
5 15 (13.27%) SAP
6 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (12.39%) Security Cleared
7 13 (11.50%) ERP
7 13 (11.50%) SQL
8 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
9 11 (9.73%) Agile
9 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
9 11 (9.73%) Power Platform
9 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (8.85%) Analytics
10 10 (8.85%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (8.85%) PowerShell
11 9 (7.96%) AWS
11 9 (7.96%) Business Continuity
11 9 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (7.96%) Power BI
11 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
11 9 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (7.08%) Python
12 8 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
12 8 (7.08%) Windows
13 7 (6.19%) CI/CD
13 7 (6.19%) Data Modelling
13 7 (6.19%) DevOps

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 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.54%) 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 7 (6.19%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (6.19%) Oracle Financials
1 7 (6.19%) Oracle Payables
1 7 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.42%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle General Ledger
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%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.77%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.88%) Endur
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.88%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.88%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.04%) Azure
2 11 (9.73%) Power Platform
3 9 (7.96%) AWS
4 7 (6.19%) GCP
4 7 (6.19%) Power Automate
5 6 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.31%) PowerApps
6 5 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.42%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.65%) OCI
7 3 (2.65%) SaaS
8 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.77%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.77%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.42%) Firewall
2 2 (1.77%) BGP
2 2 (1.77%) DHCP
2 2 (1.77%) DNS
2 2 (1.77%) HTTP
2 2 (1.77%) MPLS
3 1 (0.88%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.88%) 4G
3 1 (0.88%) DKIM
3 1 (0.88%) Internet
3 1 (0.88%) Intranet
3 1 (0.88%) IPsec
3 1 (0.88%) Network Security
3 1 (0.88%) OSPF
3 1 (0.88%) PSTN
3 1 (0.88%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.88%) VLAN
3 1 (0.88%) VPN
3 1 (0.88%) WAN
3 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.96%) 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%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.88%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 36 (31.86%) Finance
2 26 (23.01%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.96%) Banking
4 9 (7.96%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Law
7 2 (1.77%) Advertising
7 2 (1.77%) Back Office
7 2 (1.77%) Billing
7 2 (1.77%) Legal
7 2 (1.77%) Publishing
8 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.88%) French Language
8 1 (0.88%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.88%) International Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.54%) WSE
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%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.88%) RESTful
4 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.88%) SPFx
4 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) CMDB
4 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.88%) Life Science
4 1 (0.88%) NHS
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 8 (7.08%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 16 (14.16%) Migration
3 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (11.50%) ERP
5 11 (9.73%) Agile
5 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
5 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (8.85%) Analytics
7 9 (7.96%) Business Continuity
7 9 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (7.08%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (6.19%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.19%) Data Modelling
9 7 (6.19%) DevOps
9 7 (6.19%) Incident Response
9 7 (6.19%) Roadmaps
9 7 (6.19%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (5.31%) ITIL
10 6 (5.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) SQL
2 10 (8.85%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.08%) Python
4 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.54%) Go
6 3 (2.65%) Java
6 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.88%) Bash
7 1 (0.88%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.88%) C#
7 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.88%) Korn
7 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.88%) ProC
7 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) Degree
4 3 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.77%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) GIAC
5 2 (1.77%) ISACA
5 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.88%) CCNA
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CISSP
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) 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%) Data Quality
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 6 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.42%) vRealize
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%) CASB
5 1 (0.88%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (19.47%) 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%) Remedy
8 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.88%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.88%) Charles River
9 1 (0.88%) Cisco
9 1 (0.88%) Dell
9 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.88%) IFS
9 1 (0.88%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.88%) Planview
9 1 (0.88%) Screaming Frog