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 £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 34 36
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 124 102 109
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.81% 5.96% 5.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.18% 6.36% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 67 60
10th Percentile £396 £413 £399
25th Percentile £453 £469 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £665
90th Percentile £775 £838 £790
Central London median daily rate £585 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +1.74% - +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 - £41.50

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 2,007 1,605 1,995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 93.86% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,371 1,097 1,234
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £782
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 16
10th Percentile - £16.90 £17.25
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £26.03
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.04 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% -43.68% +26.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.88 £112.00
90th Percentile £61.50 £64.30 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% -5.41%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 32 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 31 (25.00%) Migration
3 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (17.74%) Oracle
5 19 (15.32%) Security Cleared
6 16 (12.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (12.10%) Data Migration
8 14 (11.29%) Azure
8 14 (11.29%) Power Platform
8 14 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.29%) SC Cleared
8 14 (11.29%) SQL
8 14 (11.29%) Workshop Facilitation
9 13 (10.48%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (10.48%) SAP
9 13 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (9.68%) Analytics
11 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
11 11 (8.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (8.06%) DevOps
12 10 (8.06%) Power BI
12 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
12 10 (8.06%) Translating Business Requirements
13 9 (7.26%) Data Modelling
13 9 (7.26%) ERP
14 8 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (6.45%) Oracle EBS
14 8 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
14 8 (6.45%) SharePoint

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 8 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.81%) CMS
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) SAS
2 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (4.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (4.03%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (2.42%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.61%) Oracle SCM
5 2 (1.61%) SAP GRC
5 2 (1.61%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.81%) Maximo
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.29%) Azure
1 14 (11.29%) Power Platform
2 13 (10.48%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.84%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (4.03%) AWS
5 5 (4.03%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.23%) Azure AKS
6 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.42%) SaaS
8 2 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.61%) OCI
8 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Databricks
9 1 (0.81%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.81%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.81%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) BGP
1 1 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (0.81%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) MQTT
1 1 (0.81%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) Power BI
2 3 (2.42%) Metadata
2 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.61%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.61%) Tableau
4 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.81%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.81%) Looker
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.81%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.81%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) Git
3 1 (0.81%) PowerBuilder
General
1 38 (30.65%) Finance
2 24 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.65%) Legal
4 6 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.03%) Law
5 5 (4.03%) Retail
6 4 (3.23%) Banking
6 4 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.23%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.42%) Billing
8 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Advertising
9 1 (0.81%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.81%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.23%) Terraform
2 4 (3.23%) YAML
3 2 (1.61%) .NET
3 2 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.81%) HTML
4 1 (0.81%) Middleware
4 1 (0.81%) Murex MxML
4 1 (0.81%) OAuth
4 1 (0.81%) PySpark
4 1 (0.81%) SAML
4 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.61%) Market Risk
2 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
3 1 (0.81%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.81%) CCTV
3 1 (0.81%) Derivative
3 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.81%) Equities
3 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
3 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.81%) NHS
3 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
3 1 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Unix
2 1 (0.81%) Solaris
2 1 (0.81%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.00%) Migration
2 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (12.10%) Data Migration
4 14 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (11.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 13 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (9.68%) Analytics
7 11 (8.87%) Decision-Making
7 11 (8.87%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (8.06%) DevOps
8 10 (8.06%) Roadmaps
8 10 (8.06%) Translating Business Requirements
9 9 (7.26%) Data Modelling
9 9 (7.26%) ERP
10 8 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (6.45%) Validation
11 7 (5.65%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (5.65%) Impact Assessments
12 6 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.29%) SQL
2 6 (4.84%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.03%) Python
4 4 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.61%) C#
5 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.61%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.61%) Degree
5 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.81%) CCIE
5 1 (0.81%) CCIE Routing and Switching
5 1 (0.81%) CCIE Security
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.81%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.23%) NIST
2 4 (3.23%) QA
3 3 (2.42%) GDPR
3 3 (2.42%) GRC
3 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.42%) NCSC
4 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.61%) PMO
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.81%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.81%) GAAP
5 1 (0.81%) IFRS
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.81%) PERC
5 1 (0.81%) PSD2
5 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.61%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.61%) SCCM
2 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.74%) Oracle
3 13 (10.48%) SAP
4 6 (4.84%) Databricks
5 4 (3.23%) Citrix
5 4 (3.23%) Okta
6 3 (2.42%) eFront
6 3 (2.42%) Murex
6 3 (2.42%) Workday
7 2 (1.61%) Adobe
7 2 (1.61%) Google
7 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.61%) Xero
8 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.81%) Foundry
8 1 (0.81%) OpenText
8 1 (0.81%) Palantir
8 1 (0.81%) Remedy
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud