Business Consultant Contracts in England

Business Consultant
UK > England

The median Business Consultant daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 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
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 467 535
Rank change year-on-year -5 +68 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 37 52 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 56
10th Percentile £463 £391 £425
25th Percentile £500 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £698 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £42.27 £50.59
25th Percentile - £44.55 £51.49
Median hourly rate - £49.19 £58.44
Median % change year-on-year - -15.83% -
75th Percentile - £53.93 £66.96
90th Percentile - £56.27 £68.78
UK median hourly rate - £49.19 £58.44
% change year-on-year - -15.83% -

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 25,456 30,834 41,808
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 92.89% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,439 20,222 29,490
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,351 1,784 1,310
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.19 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.65
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +8.04% +62.19%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +18 23 £600 +17.07% 31
North of England -16 3 £500 -9.09% 14
South West +20 2 £675 +22.73% 3
South East +16 2 £663 +76.67% 10
East of England +7 2 £475 -13.64% 2
Yorkshire -12 2 £494 - 5
North West -7 1 £500 -9.09% 8
Business Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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 19 (51.35%) Finance
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (32.43%) Change Management
4 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
5 11 (29.73%) Project Management
6 10 (27.03%) Agile
7 9 (24.32%) Business Analysis
7 9 (24.32%) Project Delivery
7 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (21.62%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (18.92%) Scrum
9 7 (18.92%) Validation
9 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
9 7 (18.92%) SQL
9 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (18.92%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (16.22%) End-to-End Testing
10 6 (16.22%) EMIR
10 6 (16.22%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (16.22%) Portfolio Management
10 6 (16.22%) MiFID
10 6 (16.22%) System Testing
10 6 (16.22%) Asset Management
10 6 (16.22%) Front Office
11 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
12 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
12 4 (10.81%) Migration
12 4 (10.81%) SAP
12 4 (10.81%) Dynamics NAV

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 (2.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (8.11%) Aladdin
2 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.70%) Loan IQ
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.70%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.41%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Miro
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 19 (51.35%) Finance
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Front Office
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.70%) Life Science
2 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (32.43%) Change Management
3 11 (29.73%) Project Management
4 10 (27.03%) Agile
5 9 (24.32%) Business Analysis
5 9 (24.32%) Project Delivery
5 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (21.62%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Scrum
7 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (18.92%) Validation
7 7 (18.92%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (16.22%) Asset Management
8 6 (16.22%) End-to-End Testing
8 6 (16.22%) Portfolio Management
8 6 (16.22%) System Testing
9 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
10 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (10.81%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) ACCA
3 1 (2.70%) CIMA
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) EMIR
1 6 (16.22%) MiFID
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) GRC
2 1 (2.70%) GxP
2 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Charles River
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe
4 1 (2.70%) IBM
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.70%) TIBCO