Business Consultant Contracts in England

Business Consultant
UK > England

The median Business Consultant daily rate in England is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 464 563
Rank change year-on-year +30 +99 +122
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 34 72 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 48 57
10th Percentile £434 £400 £421
25th Percentile £453 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £630
90th Percentile £713 £998 £707
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.94 £55.94
Median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89
75th Percentile - £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,563 34,396 47,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.72% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,024 22,838 33,731
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 2,437 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.66 £76.85
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in England

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in England

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in England

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in England

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +25 15 £550 -8.33% 45
South East +33 8 £513 +22.39% 7
North of England +7 5 £513 +5.13% 11
Yorkshire +9 4 £569 +16.67% 2
North West +8 1 £500 +2.56% 7
Business Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Business 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 England region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 14 (41.18%) Change Management
3 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (26.47%) Project Delivery
6 8 (23.53%) Agile
6 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (20.59%) Project Management
7 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
8 5 (14.71%) SQL
8 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
8 5 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (11.76%) Behavioural Change
9 4 (11.76%) Value Proposition
9 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (11.76%) Waterfall
9 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
9 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
9 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
9 4 (11.76%) SAP
9 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
10 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
10 3 (8.82%) Legal
10 3 (8.82%) Migration
10 3 (8.82%) APMG
10 3 (8.82%) Business Transformation

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Front Office
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Publishing
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Change Management
2 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (26.47%) Project Delivery
4 8 (23.53%) Agile
4 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (20.59%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Behavioural Change
6 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 4 (11.76%) Value Proposition
6 4 (11.76%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (8.82%) Customer Experience
7 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) APMG
2 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) BC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) EMIR
1 2 (5.88%) ISO 22301
1 2 (5.88%) MiFID
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
4 1 (2.94%) Charles River
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) TIBCO