Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 122 126
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 13 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.53% 0.21% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.23% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £443 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -11.50% -43.44%
75th Percentile £538 £444 £550
90th Percentile £605 - -
Central London median daily rate £525 £443 £500
% change year-on-year +18.64% -11.50% -43.44%
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 - -

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 2,285 1,751 2,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.44% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,524 1,123 1,396
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £454 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £791
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £551
% change year-on-year - -0.18% -8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £20.25 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.69% +20.37% -22.86%
75th Percentile £39.81 £62.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £59.72 £86.43 £84.25
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -22.89% +8.00% -20.54%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the City of London

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (30.77%) CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (30.77%) PL/SQL
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) ArcGIS
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) Case Management
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (7.69%) CRISC
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Degree

Technical 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 1 (7.69%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (7.69%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) CRM
1 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 1 (7.69%) Case Management
2 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (7.69%) ERP
2 1 (7.69%) Information Security
2 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (7.69%) SABSA
2 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PL/SQL
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CISM
1 1 (7.69%) CISSP
1 1 (7.69%) CRISC
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) ESRI
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) SAP