Consultant Contracts in Croydon

Consultant
South London > Croydon

The median Consultant daily rate in Croydon is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 33 32
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Croydon 3.66% 0.81% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 0.82% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile £513 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £588 - £669
90th Percentile £618 - £673
South London median daily rate £525 £550 £594
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.37% +7.95%
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 78 122 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 98.39% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 84 110
10th Percentile £265 £378 £450
25th Percentile £463 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £630 £676
South London median daily rate £489 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
South London median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £36.94
% change year-on-year +17.47% -36.38% -15.31%

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
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 June 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 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 1 (33.33%) SANS
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) PKI
3 1 (33.33%) QA

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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) VMware