Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Technical Consultant
London > Central London

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Central London is £471, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 130 153
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 2 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.10% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £445 - £515
25th Percentile £450 £450 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £884
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% -43.44% +47.33%
75th Percentile £505 £550 -
90th Percentile £517 - -
London median daily rate £538 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -13.96% +4.17% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,817 2,175 3,152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.32% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 1,414 2,191
10th Percentile £315 £363 £340
25th Percentile £422 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 12
10th Percentile £18.51 £20.33 £14.42
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% -1.41% -14.46%
75th Percentile £43.75 £42.25 £44.87
90th Percentile £64.11 £119.50 £67.13
London median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.21%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Technical Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in Central London

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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 -1 2 £471 -5.75% 5
Technical Consultant
London

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog