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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 154 90 156
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.41% 5.24% 7.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.81% 5.59% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 59 110
10th Percentile £400 £470 £430
25th Percentile £425 £521 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £583
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +11.59% +5.91%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £781
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £38.75 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -

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 2,263 1,611 2,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 93.88% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,021 1,425
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -0.89% -6.67%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 15
10th Percentile £17.53 £19.80 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +37.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.16 £63.75 £34.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £93.25 £46.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £28.79 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.33% +6.61% -22.86%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 - 1 £650 -
Consultant
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 35 (22.73%) Migration
2 29 (18.83%) Oracle
3 26 (16.88%) Microsoft
4 23 (14.94%) Security Cleared
5 22 (14.29%) Azure
6 20 (12.99%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (9.09%) SAP
7 14 (9.09%) SC Cleared
8 13 (8.44%) Analytics
8 13 (8.44%) Data Migration
8 13 (8.44%) Decision-Making
8 13 (8.44%) ERP
8 13 (8.44%) SQL
8 13 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (7.79%) AI
9 12 (7.79%) Validation
10 11 (7.14%) Power Automate
10 11 (7.14%) SharePoint
11 10 (6.49%) Oracle EBS
11 10 (6.49%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (5.19%) AWS
12 8 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (5.19%) Business Continuity
12 8 (5.19%) Databricks
12 8 (5.19%) DevOps
12 8 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (5.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (4.55%) Actionable Insight
13 7 (4.55%) Citrix

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 11 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (3.90%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (3.90%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (3.25%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (3.25%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (2.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (2.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (2.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (1.30%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.65%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.65%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.65%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.65%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.65%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.29%) Azure
2 11 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 8 (5.19%) AWS
3 8 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.60%) OCI
7 3 (1.95%) GCP
8 2 (1.30%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.30%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.30%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.30%) GitHub
8 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.30%) SaaS
8 2 (1.30%) ShareGate
8 2 (1.30%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.30%) MPLS
1 2 (1.30%) VSAN
2 1 (0.65%) Firewall
2 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.65%) VPN
2 1 (0.65%) WAN
2 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.60%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.65%) Looker
4 1 (0.65%) Metadata
4 1 (0.65%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Git
1 1 (0.65%) GitLab
1 1 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 43 (27.92%) Finance
2 18 (11.69%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.60%) Law
5 4 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.95%) General Ledger
6 3 (1.95%) Legal
7 2 (1.30%) Banking
7 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Automotive
8 1 (0.65%) Billing
8 1 (0.65%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (0.65%) Front Office
8 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.65%) Marketing
8 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Retail
8 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.30%) EDI
2 2 (1.30%) Flash
2 2 (1.30%) IDoc
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.30%) YAML
3 1 (0.65%) BAPI
3 1 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) Middleware
3 1 (0.65%) Murex MxML
3 1 (0.65%) OAuth
3 1 (0.65%) REST
3 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.65%) SAML
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.65%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.65%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.30%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.30%) Market Risk
3 2 (1.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.30%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.65%) CMDB
4 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.65%) Derivative
4 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.65%) Equities
4 1 (0.65%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.65%) IoT
4 1 (0.65%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.65%) PMI
4 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.95%) Solaris
2 2 (1.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.65%) Windows
3 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.65%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.73%) Migration
2 13 (8.44%) Analytics
2 13 (8.44%) Data Migration
2 13 (8.44%) Decision-Making
2 13 (8.44%) ERP
2 13 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (7.79%) AI
3 12 (7.79%) Validation
4 10 (6.49%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (5.19%) Business Continuity
5 8 (5.19%) DevOps
5 8 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (5.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (4.55%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (4.55%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (3.90%) Data Engineering
7 6 (3.90%) Risk Management
8 5 (3.25%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (3.25%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.44%) SQL
2 7 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.55%) Python
3 4 (2.60%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.65%) ABAP
6 1 (0.65%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.65%) JCL
6 1 (0.65%) Korn
6 1 (0.65%) REXX
Qualifications
1 23 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.25%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.95%) Degree
5 2 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CISM
6 1 (0.65%) CISSP
6 1 (0.65%) CRISC
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.60%) NCSC
3 3 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.95%) NIST
4 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.30%) QA
5 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.65%) GAAP
5 1 (0.65%) GRC
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS
5 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.65%) MiFID
5 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.65%) SLA
5 1 (0.65%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.65%) IAG
2 1 (0.65%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 5 (3.25%) SCCM
2 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.95%) Terraform
2 3 (1.95%) vRealize
3 2 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.65%) Ansible
4 1 (0.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (18.83%) Oracle
2 26 (16.88%) Microsoft
3 14 (9.09%) SAP
4 8 (5.19%) Databricks
5 7 (4.55%) Citrix
5 7 (4.55%) VMware
6 5 (3.25%) Pure Storage
6 5 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.60%) Broadcom
7 4 (2.60%) Google
8 3 (1.95%) Murex
8 3 (1.95%) Okta
9 2 (1.30%) Xero
10 1 (0.65%) Amplitude
10 1 (0.65%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.65%) Concur
10 1 (0.65%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.65%) Workday