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 15 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,564 1,683 2,152
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.60% 6.08% 6.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.05% 6.64% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 1,054 1,325
10th Percentile £406 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £485 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 24 27
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.12 £46.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.32 £55.47
Median hourly rate £60.00 £77.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +25.81% -2.22%
75th Percentile £82.50 £81.25 £67.00
90th Percentile £88.75 - £74.92
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £77.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -22.58% +25.81% -5.23%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,382 25,355 30,894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 91.59% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,645 16,377 20,264
10th Percentile £325 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,188 1,341 1,792
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.98% -43.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +2.00%

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 15 August 2026.

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 15 August 2026.

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 15 August 2026. 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 -3 1,195 £550 -4.35% 1,448
South East -1 418 £525 -4.55% 289
North of England -13 299 £550 +0.92% 353
Midlands +5 251 £500 -9.09% 165
South West +11 207 £553 -7.06% 214
North West -14 180 £576 +4.77% 249
West Midlands +15 178 £486 -11.70% 128
Yorkshire -14 98 £531 +5.77% 73
East of England -14 83 £550 - 77
East Midlands -6 64 £525 -4.55% 36
North East -38 20 £750 +39.66% 33
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 2026, 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.

1 536 (20.90%) Security Cleared
2 481 (18.76%) SAP
3 370 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 363 (14.16%) SC Cleared
5 348 (13.57%) Migration
6 341 (13.30%) Microsoft
7 279 (10.88%) Oracle
8 263 (10.26%) Azure
9 251 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 227 (8.85%) SQL
11 215 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
12 213 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
13 190 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
14 188 (7.33%) Validation
15 182 (7.10%) SAP S/4HANA
16 181 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
17 175 (6.83%) ERP
18 167 (6.51%) Roadmaps
19 162 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
20 160 (6.24%) Data Migration
21 155 (6.05%) Agile
21 155 (6.05%) Analytics
22 151 (5.89%) AI
23 140 (5.46%) AWS
24 133 (5.19%) DV Cleared
25 127 (4.95%) Requirements Gathering
26 125 (4.88%) Power Platform
27 119 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
28 116 (4.52%) Change Management
29 115 (4.49%) Dynamics 365

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 75 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 46 (1.79%) Confluence
3 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.35%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.16%) SAS
7 3 (0.12%) Apache
7 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.12%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.12%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
8 2 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.078%) CMS
8 2 (0.078%) IIS
8 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.078%) WordPress
9 1 (0.039%) Appian
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 70 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.078%) Lectora
9 1 (0.039%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 182 (7.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 79 (3.08%) Oracle EBS
3 42 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
4 39 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
5 36 (1.40%) SAP FI
6 35 (1.37%) SAP PSCD
7 33 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
8 31 (1.21%) Oracle Receivables
9 30 (1.17%) NetSuite
9 30 (1.17%) SAP MM
10 27 (1.05%) SAP CO
11 26 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
12 25 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
13 24 (0.94%) SAP SD
14 21 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
14 21 (0.82%) SAP EWM
14 21 (0.82%) SAP Payroll
15 20 (0.78%) SAP QM
15 20 (0.78%) Workday HCM
16 18 (0.70%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 263 (10.26%) Azure
2 140 (5.46%) AWS
3 125 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 115 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
5 93 (3.63%) SuccessFactors
6 78 (3.04%) GCP
7 75 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (2.57%) OCI
9 63 (2.46%) Power Automate
10 46 (1.79%) Entra ID
11 45 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
12 41 (1.60%) SaaS
13 35 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
14 29 (1.13%) PowerApps
15 26 (1.01%) GitHub
16 20 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (0.74%) Copilot Studio
18 13 (0.51%) Serverless
19 12 (0.47%) Azure AI
19 12 (0.47%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.95%) Firewall
2 49 (1.91%) Network Security
3 30 (1.17%) WAN
4 21 (0.82%) SNMP
5 19 (0.74%) BGP
6 18 (0.70%) VPN
7 15 (0.59%) LAN
8 13 (0.51%) VSAN
9 11 (0.43%) DNS
9 11 (0.43%) SAN
10 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.27%) MPLS
12 7 (0.27%) NGFW
12 7 (0.27%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.27%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.23%) 3GPP
13 6 (0.23%) IPsec
13 6 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (2.93%) Power BI
2 46 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 33 (1.29%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.13%) SAP HANA
5 28 (1.09%) Tableau
6 27 (1.05%) SAP BW
7 25 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 23 (0.90%) Metadata
9 19 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (0.70%) Oracle ODI
11 12 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
13 9 (0.35%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.27%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.23%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.23%) Looker
15 6 (0.23%) Power Query
16 5 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
17 4 (0.16%) NoSQL
17 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 85 (3.32%) JIRA
2 18 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (0.62%) Git
4 13 (0.51%) Hudson
4 13 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.27%) GitLab
6 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.20%) PowerBuilder
8 4 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.16%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.12%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.12%) MLflow
9 3 (0.12%) Selenium
9 3 (0.12%) Snyk
9 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.12%) Toad
9 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.078%) MSI
General
1 572 (22.31%) Finance
2 557 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 195 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (6.47%) Public Sector
5 90 (3.51%) Banking
6 78 (3.04%) Manufacturing
7 74 (2.89%) Legal
8 58 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 50 (1.95%) Marketing
10 49 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (1.87%) Billing
11 48 (1.87%) General Ledger
12 44 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 44 (1.72%) Retail
13 41 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 31 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (0.82%) Local Government
17 18 (0.70%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (3.00%) REST
2 76 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 50 (1.95%) XML
4 38 (1.48%) SOAP
5 30 (1.17%) Middleware
6 29 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
7 22 (0.86%) Web Services
8 21 (0.82%) JSON
9 18 (0.70%) HTML
10 16 (0.62%) CSS
11 15 (0.59%) LDAP
12 14 (0.55%) SAP Basis
13 13 (0.51%) OAuth
14 11 (0.43%) SailPoint
14 11 (0.43%) SAP PI
15 10 (0.39%) .NET
15 10 (0.39%) ADO
15 10 (0.39%) IDoc
16 9 (0.35%) NETCONF
16 9 (0.35%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 102 (3.98%) Onboarding
2 47 (1.83%) CMDB
3 37 (1.44%) Security Posture
4 35 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 32 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.21%) Data Centre
6 31 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (1.05%) Operational Technology
8 26 (1.01%) AI Agents
9 23 (0.90%) Data Structures
10 20 (0.78%) Cloud Native
11 19 (0.74%) Replication
12 17 (0.66%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 16 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.62%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.55%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.55%) FMCG
15 12 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.04%) Windows
2 60 (2.34%) Linux
3 21 (0.82%) Solaris
4 19 (0.74%) Unix
5 16 (0.62%) AIX
6 12 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.43%) VMS
8 6 (0.23%) Android
9 5 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.039%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.039%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.039%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 348 (13.57%) Migration
3 251 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 215 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 213 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
6 190 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
7 188 (7.33%) Validation
8 181 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
9 175 (6.83%) ERP
10 167 (6.51%) Roadmaps
11 162 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 160 (6.24%) Data Migration
13 155 (6.05%) Agile
13 155 (6.05%) Analytics
14 151 (5.89%) AI
15 127 (4.95%) Requirements Gathering
16 119 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
17 116 (4.52%) Change Management
18 111 (4.33%) Workflow
19 107 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 227 (8.85%) SQL
2 105 (4.10%) Python
3 49 (1.91%) PowerShell
4 45 (1.76%) PL/SQL
5 40 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 38 (1.48%) T-SQL
7 36 (1.40%) ABAP
8 26 (1.01%) Java
9 14 (0.55%) Bash
10 13 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.51%) Search Processing Language
11 12 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (0.43%) C#
13 8 (0.31%) R
14 6 (0.23%) Korn
14 6 (0.23%) Perl
14 6 (0.23%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.16%) Groovy
16 3 (0.12%) C++
16 3 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 536 (20.90%) Security Cleared
2 363 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 133 (5.19%) DV Cleared
4 75 (2.93%) CISSP
5 68 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 60 (2.34%) Degree
7 59 (2.30%) CISM
8 38 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (0.98%) CCSP
11 19 (0.74%) CIMA
12 18 (0.70%) ACCA
13 15 (0.59%) CRISC
13 15 (0.59%) PMP
14 14 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.51%) CEH
16 11 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 11 (0.43%) OSCP
17 10 (0.39%) Azure Certification
18 9 (0.35%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (3.32%) NIST
2 73 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 62 (2.42%) GRC
5 45 (1.76%) QA
6 35 (1.37%) GDPR
7 26 (1.01%) NCSC
8 25 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 22 (0.86%) PMO
10 20 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 19 (0.74%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.62%) SLA
13 12 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.43%) COBIT
15 8 (0.31%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.27%) GAAP
16 7 (0.27%) GxP
16 7 (0.27%) JSP 440
17 6 (0.23%) RMADS
17 6 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (2.07%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.37%) VMware NSX
3 29 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.86%) vSphere
5 13 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.39%) Docker
7 8 (0.31%) IAG
8 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.078%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.078%) Firmware
11 2 (0.078%) NFS
11 2 (0.078%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.039%) oVirt
12 1 (0.039%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.039%) RHEV
12 1 (0.039%) SRDF
12 1 (0.039%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 45 (1.76%) Terraform
2 39 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 22 (0.86%) Ansible
4 15 (0.59%) vRealize
5 14 (0.55%) SCCM
6 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.51%) Nagios
6 13 (0.51%) ZABBIX
7 12 (0.47%) Netcool
7 12 (0.47%) Tivoli
8 11 (0.43%) OpenView
8 11 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.43%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 11 (0.43%) vCenter Server
9 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.35%) Grafana
11 6 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.23%) VxRail
12 5 (0.20%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.16%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 481 (18.76%) SAP
2 341 (13.30%) Microsoft
3 279 (10.88%) Oracle
4 109 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 63 (2.46%) VMware
6 49 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 49 (1.91%) Workday
7 39 (1.52%) Databricks
8 36 (1.40%) Splunk
9 28 (1.09%) BMC
10 24 (0.94%) Google
11 22 (0.86%) Ariba
11 22 (0.86%) IBM
12 21 (0.82%) Palo Alto
13 20 (0.78%) OpenText
14 18 (0.70%) Adobe
15 16 (0.62%) JD Edwards
16 15 (0.59%) Dell
16 15 (0.59%) Siemens
17 14 (0.55%) Cisco
2,465 Consultant jobs in England