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 £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 41 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 109 88 147
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.67% 4.82% 6.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 5.17% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 49 103
10th Percentile £425 £452 £425
25th Percentile £478 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -7.95%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £744 £788 £755
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.49%
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 - -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 - -

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 vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,808 1,701 2,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 93.10% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 1,024 1,623
10th Percentile £350 £354 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £541 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.87% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 21
10th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.64 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +60.42% -26.15%
75th Percentile £51.00 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% +34.62% +1.96%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 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 jobs citing Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 13 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
London Bridge 0 1 - - 1
Consultant
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 City of London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (17.43%) SAP
2 18 (16.51%) Migration
3 15 (13.76%) Azure
3 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
3 15 (13.76%) Oracle
4 13 (11.93%) Analytics
4 13 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (11.93%) ERP
4 13 (11.93%) Security Cleared
4 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
5 12 (11.01%) SQL
6 11 (10.09%) Power Platform
6 11 (10.09%) PowerShell
6 11 (10.09%) Python
6 11 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (9.17%) Decision-Making
7 10 (9.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (9.17%) Power BI
7 10 (9.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (8.26%) Agile
8 9 (8.26%) Business Continuity
9 8 (7.34%) AI
9 8 (7.34%) Data Modelling
9 8 (7.34%) Power Automate
9 8 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (7.34%) VMware
10 7 (6.42%) AWS
10 7 (6.42%) Degree
10 7 (6.42%) GCP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.92%) Apache
3 1 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.92%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.92%) CMS
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (9.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.75%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.75%) SAP EWM
2 3 (2.75%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.83%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.92%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.92%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.92%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) Azure
2 11 (10.09%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.34%) Power Automate
4 7 (6.42%) AWS
4 7 (6.42%) GCP
5 6 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.59%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.59%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.75%) SaaS
9 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.83%) GitHub
9 2 (1.83%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.83%) OCI
9 2 (1.83%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.59%) Firewall
2 3 (2.75%) MPLS
3 2 (1.83%) BGP
3 2 (1.83%) HTTP
3 2 (1.83%) VPN
4 1 (0.92%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.92%) 4G
4 1 (0.92%) 5G
4 1 (0.92%) DHCP
4 1 (0.92%) DNS
4 1 (0.92%) Internet
4 1 (0.92%) IPsec
4 1 (0.92%) Network Security
4 1 (0.92%) OSPF
4 1 (0.92%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.92%) VLAN
4 1 (0.92%) WAN
4 1 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.17%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) Tableau
3 2 (1.83%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.83%) Looker
4 1 (0.92%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
General
1 28 (25.69%) Finance
2 20 (18.35%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.42%) Banking
5 5 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.75%) Law
8 2 (1.83%) Advertising
8 2 (1.83%) Billing
8 2 (1.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.92%) French Language
9 1 (0.92%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.92%) International Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.92%) Retail
9 1 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.75%) REST
2 3 (2.75%) WSE
3 2 (1.83%) EDI
3 2 (1.83%) IDoc
4 1 (0.92%) BAPI
4 1 (0.92%) CSS
4 1 (0.92%) HTML
4 1 (0.92%) JSON
4 1 (0.92%) Middleware
4 1 (0.92%) OAuth
4 1 (0.92%) RESTful
4 1 (0.92%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.92%) SAML
4 1 (0.92%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.92%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.92%) SPFx
4 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.75%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.83%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.92%) Life Science
4 1 (0.92%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.92%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.92%) PACS
4 1 (0.92%) Pricing Data
4 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.92%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.51%) Migration
2 13 (11.93%) Analytics
2 13 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (11.93%) ERP
2 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (9.17%) Decision-Making
5 9 (8.26%) Agile
5 9 (8.26%) Business Continuity
6 8 (7.34%) AI
6 8 (7.34%) Data Modelling
6 8 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.42%) Incident Response
7 7 (6.42%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (6.42%) Workflow
8 6 (5.50%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (5.50%) Project Management
8 6 (5.50%) Scenario Testing
8 6 (5.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (5.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) SQL
2 11 (10.09%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.09%) Python
3 7 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.75%) Go
5 2 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.83%) Java
5 2 (1.83%) Korn
5 2 (1.83%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.92%) ABAP
6 1 (0.92%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.92%) Bash
6 1 (0.92%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.92%) C#
6 1 (0.92%) JCL
6 1 (0.92%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.92%) ProC
6 1 (0.92%) REXX
6 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.42%) Degree
4 5 (4.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (1.83%) GIAC
5 2 (1.83%) ISACA
5 2 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.92%) CCNA
6 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.92%) CISM
6 1 (0.92%) CISSP
6 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.59%) QA
3 3 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.83%) NCSC
5 1 (0.92%) DICOM
5 1 (0.92%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.92%) GDPR
5 1 (0.92%) HL7
5 1 (0.92%) NIST
5 1 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.92%) PMO
5 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
3 1 (0.92%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.92%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) vRealize
2 4 (3.67%) Ansible
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.67%) Terraform
3 2 (1.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.92%) CASB
4 1 (0.92%) Packer
4 1 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (17.43%) SAP
2 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.76%) Oracle
3 8 (7.34%) VMware
4 6 (5.50%) Databricks
4 6 (5.50%) Google
5 2 (1.83%) Adobe
5 2 (1.83%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.92%) BMC
6 1 (0.92%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.92%) Charles River
6 1 (0.92%) Dell
6 1 (0.92%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.92%) ESRI
6 1 (0.92%) IBM
6 1 (0.92%) IFS
6 1 (0.92%) Planview
6 1 (0.92%) Remedy
6 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow