Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
4 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 28 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,029 1,925 2,155
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.51% 6.30% 5.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 6.77% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,213 1,117 1,273
10th Percentile £403 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 30
10th Percentile £41.06 £55.00 £49.25
25th Percentile £58.81 £59.08 £60.88
Median hourly rate £77.50 £69.38 £65.06
Median % change year-on-year +11.71% +6.63% -10.26%
75th Percentile £81.25 £78.68 £84.69
90th Percentile £86.63 £87.50 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £69.38 £67.75
% change year-on-year +11.71% +2.40% -3.21%

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 28,419 28,414 35,414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.93% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,221 17,533 24,351
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 993 1,381
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.36 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £74.69 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +44.15%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in England

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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 4 December 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 0 932 £575 +4.55% 429
North of England -5 292 £581 +2.47% 165
South East -1 282 £540 -6.09% 327
North West +4 203 £620 +12.73% 97
Midlands -18 158 £575 +4.55% 74
West Midlands -15 122 £575 +9.52% 47
East of England +10 117 £550 +10.00% 36
South West +1 108 £553 -1.78% 160
Yorkshire -8 82 £489 -18.58% 60
East Midlands -24 35 £590 +2.61% 26
North East -11 7 £550 -8.33% 8
South Coast - 2 £525 -
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, 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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 533 (26.27%) SAP
2 525 (25.87%) Security Cleared
3 429 (21.14%) SC Cleared
4 279 (13.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 259 (12.76%) Migration
6 252 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
7 247 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 237 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 231 (11.38%) Microsoft
10 227 (11.19%) Oracle
11 186 (9.17%) Azure
12 178 (8.77%) Agile
13 157 (7.74%) Workshop Facilitation
14 145 (7.15%) Roadmaps
15 137 (6.75%) ERP
16 134 (6.60%) SQL
17 124 (6.11%) User Acceptance Testing
18 121 (5.96%) Analytics
19 120 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
20 116 (5.72%) Data Migration
21 111 (5.47%) Knowledge Transfer
22 106 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
23 103 (5.08%) Python
24 102 (5.03%) AWS
25 101 (4.98%) Risk Management
25 101 (4.98%) Validation
26 97 (4.78%) DevOps
27 96 (4.73%) Requirements Gathering
28 92 (4.53%) Data Modelling
29 91 (4.48%) Degree

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 56 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.28%) Confluence
4 19 (0.94%) WebSphere
5 15 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.30%) Apache
7 5 (0.25%) CMS
7 5 (0.25%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.15%) MTS
9 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.099%) Camunda
11 1 (0.049%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.049%) Traefik
Applications
1 26 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.20%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.20%) Revit
8 3 (0.15%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.099%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.049%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.049%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.049%) InVision
10 1 (0.049%) Sketch
10 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 279 (13.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 73 (3.60%) Oracle EBS
3 54 (2.66%) Oracle Payables
4 44 (2.17%) Oracle General Ledger
5 43 (2.12%) Oracle EBS R12
6 39 (1.92%) Oracle Cash Management
6 39 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
6 39 (1.92%) SAP FI
7 38 (1.87%) SAP HCM
8 37 (1.82%) SAP EWM
8 37 (1.82%) SAP MM
9 36 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
10 33 (1.63%) Oracle Assets
11 30 (1.48%) SAP Payroll
12 29 (1.43%) SAP CO
12 29 (1.43%) SAP WM
13 27 (1.33%) SAP FI/CO
14 24 (1.18%) SAP HR
15 23 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
16 22 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 186 (9.17%) Azure
2 102 (5.03%) AWS
3 91 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
5 76 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (3.15%) OCI
7 61 (3.01%) GCP
8 54 (2.66%) SaaS
9 45 (2.22%) Entra ID
10 44 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
11 34 (1.68%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.13%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.08%) OneDrive
14 21 (1.03%) GitHub
15 16 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
17 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.41%) Firewall
2 22 (1.08%) Network Security
3 20 (0.99%) DNS
3 20 (0.99%) VPN
4 12 (0.59%) DHCP
5 11 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.49%) HTTP
6 10 (0.49%) SSH
6 10 (0.49%) WAN
7 9 (0.44%) SSL
8 8 (0.39%) BGP
8 8 (0.39%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.34%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.34%) OSPF
9 7 (0.34%) SAN
10 6 (0.30%) Internet
10 6 (0.30%) LAN
10 6 (0.30%) MPLS
10 6 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.15%) Power BI
2 38 (1.87%) SAP HANA
3 32 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 27 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
5 21 (1.03%) Metadata
6 18 (0.89%) SAP BW
7 16 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.64%) DB2
9 12 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 10 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.49%) Tableau
11 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.34%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
14 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
16 4 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 51 (2.51%) JIRA
2 24 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.03%) Git
3 21 (1.03%) GitLab
4 9 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.39%) Hudson
6 6 (0.30%) LSMW
7 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.15%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.15%) Postman
8 3 (0.15%) Snyk
9 2 (0.099%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.099%) JUnit
9 2 (0.099%) Mockito
9 2 (0.099%) Selenium
9 2 (0.099%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.099%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.049%) MSI
10 1 (0.049%) PVCS
General
1 582 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 490 (24.15%) Finance
3 199 (9.81%) Public Sector
4 178 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (6.01%) Manufacturing
6 66 (3.25%) Banking
7 63 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (2.66%) Marketing
8 54 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
9 48 (2.37%) Legal
9 48 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 40 (1.97%) Billing
10 40 (1.97%) General Ledger
11 33 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 29 (1.43%) Retail
13 25 (1.23%) Law
14 24 (1.18%) Electronics
15 19 (0.94%) Financial Institution
16 18 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 58 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
3 48 (2.37%) REST
4 38 (1.87%) Node.js
4 38 (1.87%) Web Services
5 36 (1.77%) SOAP
6 31 (1.53%) HTML
7 29 (1.43%) XML
8 26 (1.28%) Middleware
9 22 (1.08%) .NET
9 22 (1.08%) LDAP
10 21 (1.03%) BAPI
11 17 (0.84%) SAP Basis
12 16 (0.79%) EDI
13 14 (0.69%) CSS
13 14 (0.69%) GraphQL
13 14 (0.69%) JSON
13 14 (0.69%) OAuth
14 13 (0.64%) SAP TM
15 12 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (3.55%) Onboarding
2 50 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (1.82%) Product Ownership
4 32 (1.58%) Cloud Native
4 32 (1.58%) Security Posture
5 27 (1.33%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (1.13%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.08%) Replication
8 19 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (0.94%) Operational Technology
9 18 (0.89%) Data Structures
10 17 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (0.69%) IoT
12 12 (0.59%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.59%) SCADA
13 11 (0.54%) AI Agents
13 11 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.54%) NHS
14 10 (0.49%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.30%) Windows
2 43 (2.12%) Linux
3 16 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.49%) Unix
5 9 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.34%) AIX
7 7 (0.34%) Solaris
8 4 (0.20%) VMS
9 3 (0.15%) CentOS
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.099%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.099%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.049%) tvOS
11 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (12.76%) Migration
2 252 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
3 247 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 237 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 178 (8.77%) Agile
6 157 (7.74%) Workshop Facilitation
7 145 (7.15%) Roadmaps
8 137 (6.75%) ERP
9 124 (6.11%) User Acceptance Testing
10 121 (5.96%) Analytics
11 120 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
12 116 (5.72%) Data Migration
13 111 (5.47%) Knowledge Transfer
14 106 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
15 101 (4.98%) Risk Management
15 101 (4.98%) Validation
16 97 (4.78%) DevOps
17 96 (4.73%) Requirements Gathering
18 92 (4.53%) Data Modelling
19 89 (4.39%) AI
Programming Languages
1 134 (6.60%) SQL
2 103 (5.08%) Python
3 69 (3.40%) PowerShell
4 56 (2.76%) ABAP
5 54 (2.66%) JavaScript
6 53 (2.61%) Java
7 22 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 21 (1.03%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.94%) C++
10 17 (0.84%) Bash
11 16 (0.79%) Groovy
12 15 (0.74%) C
13 14 (0.69%) PHP
14 9 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.25%) Bicep
15 5 (0.25%) C#
15 5 (0.25%) Go
16 4 (0.20%) COBOL
16 4 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 525 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 429 (21.14%) SC Cleared
3 91 (4.48%) Degree
4 76 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 65 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 64 (3.15%) CISSP
7 45 (2.22%) CISM
8 26 (1.28%) SAP Certification
9 19 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (0.84%) ACCA
11 17 (0.84%) CIMA
12 14 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
12 14 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (0.49%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.44%) CISA
15 9 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (3.15%) NIST
3 57 (2.81%) GDPR
4 42 (2.07%) QA
5 33 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 28 (1.38%) GRC
7 16 (0.79%) NCSC
7 16 (0.79%) SLA
8 15 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 14 (0.69%) RMADS
10 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.59%) COBIT
12 11 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.49%) PERC
14 9 (0.44%) PMO
15 8 (0.39%) IFRS
15 8 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.34%) Accessibility
16 7 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
16 7 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 36 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (1.68%) Docker
4 18 (0.89%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.54%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) UAG
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.099%) Firmware
7 2 (0.099%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.099%) NDS
7 2 (0.099%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 1 (0.049%) Ceph
8 1 (0.049%) IAG
8 1 (0.049%) KVM
8 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.049%) QEMU
8 1 (0.049%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.22%) Terraform
3 24 (1.18%) Ansible
4 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.74%) vRealize
7 12 (0.59%) Grafana
8 10 (0.49%) PingFederate
8 10 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.49%) SCCM
9 7 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.30%) CASB
11 4 (0.20%) QRadar
12 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.15%) Istio
12 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 2 (0.099%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.099%) Nessus
13 2 (0.099%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.099%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 533 (26.27%) SAP
2 231 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 227 (11.19%) Oracle
4 74 (3.65%) VMware
5 68 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.46%) Cisco
7 46 (2.27%) Workday
8 41 (2.02%) Salesforce
9 37 (1.82%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.63%) Aruba
11 30 (1.48%) Dynatrace
12 26 (1.28%) Google
13 25 (1.23%) IBM
14 23 (1.13%) Adobe
15 22 (1.08%) Ariba
16 17 (0.84%) OpenText
17 16 (0.79%) IFS
18 14 (0.69%) EMC
18 14 (0.69%) Splunk
19 13 (0.64%) Remedy
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