IT Consultant Contracts in the City of London

IT Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median IT Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £407, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 124 160
Rank change year-on-year +4 +36 +23
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 2 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% 0.046% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.048% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 14
10th Percentile £271 - £422
25th Percentile £319 £510 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -21.79% +0.97% +47.14%
75th Percentile £500 £530 £530
90th Percentile £553 - £535
Central London median daily rate £407 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -21.79% +0.97% +47.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the City of London

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Consultant in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in the City of London

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in the City of London

IT Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Consultant in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Consultant in the City of London

IT 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 IT Consultant within the City of London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
London Bridge - 1 £238 -
IT Consultant
Central London

IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, IT 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 City of London region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

IT Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft