Consultant Contracts in Croydon

Consultant
South London > Croydon

The median Consultant daily rate in Croydon is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 31 35
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 16 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Croydon 17.58% 2.07% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.98% 2.10% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £513 - £633
25th Percentile - - £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £694
90th Percentile - - £698
South London median daily rate £600 - £638
% change year-on-year - - +15.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
South London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 89 143 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.80% 98.62% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 88 123
10th Percentile £380 £360 £430
25th Percentile £463 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £663 £630 £679
South London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
South London median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £22.98
% change year-on-year +17.47% +2.26% -51.55%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Croydon

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Croydon.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Croydon

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Croydon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Croydon

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Croydon.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Croydon

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Croydon region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) NEC
2 9 (56.25%) System Testing
2 9 (56.25%) Data Protection
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 9 (56.25%) NEC Housing
2 9 (56.25%) Decision-Making
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (56.25%) Requirements Workshops
2 9 (56.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (25.00%) Workflow
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 4 (25.00%) ERP
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) OCI
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 9 (56.25%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
1 9 (56.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (56.25%) Data Protection
2 9 (56.25%) Decision-Making
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (56.25%) Requirements Workshops
2 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) System Testing
3 4 (25.00%) ERP
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Workflow
4 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) NEC
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) Splunk
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace