Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +4
Contract Consultant jobs 118 102 107
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.77% 5.92% 5.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.16% 6.30% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 68 59
10th Percentile £410 £413 £406
25th Percentile £456 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -2.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £692 £673
90th Percentile £765 £802 £743
Central London median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £42.50 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £38.75 £47.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.43% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the City of London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the City of London matching a recognised job title 1,917 1,619 1,943
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 93.74% 93.91% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,129 1,190
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £780
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 15
10th Percentile - £16.96 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.18 £25.06
Median hourly rate £21.75 £27.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% -52.17% +51.32%
75th Percentile £36.81 £41.75 £112.00
90th Percentile £62.55 £64.11 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £26.57 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.91% -24.09% -5.41%

Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Consultant job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Consultant job vacancy trend in the City of London

Consultant Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the City of London

Consultant Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for Consultant jobs in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the City of London

Consultant Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the City of London

Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Consultant contract job ads cited 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 Consultant job ads across the City of London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft27.1%32
1Stakeholder Management27.1%32
3Migration22.9%27
4Oracle17.8%21
5Security Cleared14.4%17
6Oracle Fusion13.6%16
7Power Platform12.7%15
7Problem-Solving12.7%15
7SQL12.7%15
7Workshop Facilitation12.7%15
11Analytics11.0%13
11Azure11.0%13
11Business Intelligence11.0%13
11Data Migration11.0%13
11SC Cleared11.0%13
11Stakeholder Engagement11.0%13
11User Acceptance Testing11.0%13
18Dynamics 3659.3%11
18Power BI9.3%11
20Data Modelling8.5%10
20Data Quality8.5%10
20Requirements Gathering8.5%10
20SAP8.5%10
24Decision-Making7.6%9
24DevOps7.6%9
24Oracle EBS7.6%9
24Roadmaps7.6%9
24Translating Business Requirements7.6%9
24Validation7.6%9
30Azure DevOps5.9%7

Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.