Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Management Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 120 138
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.29% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.31% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £426 £561 £735
25th Percentile £438 £614 £788
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £731 £950
Median % change year-on-year -36.07% -23.03% +111.11%
75th Percentile £488 £788 £1,188
90th Percentile £495 - £1,285
Central London median daily rate £500 £731 £950
% change year-on-year -31.62% -23.03% +111.11%

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 1,701 1,915 2,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 92.92% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,176 1,730
10th Percentile £326 £354 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +134.69% -30.00%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £55.25 £132.40 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -24.29% +40.08% -23.12%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Management Consultant job vacancy trend in the City of London

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Management Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Management 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 Management Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
2 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Management 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) International Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CRISC
1 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
1 1 (33.33%) SANS
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable