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 8 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
8 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 28 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,993 1,956 2,191
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.70% 6.28% 5.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.34% 6.75% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,115 1,309
10th Percentile £403 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 33
10th Percentile £34.05 £55.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £49.06 £61.53 £60.00
Median hourly rate £77.50 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.42% +1.54% -10.34%
75th Percentile £81.25 £74.84 £80.00
90th Percentile £86.38 £87.50 £90.20
UK median hourly rate £74.75 £66.00 £67.75
% change year-on-year +13.26% -2.58% -6.55%

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 27,142 28,971 37,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,700 25,988
10th Percentile £281 £300 £299
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,605 1,092 1,424
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +2 906 £575 +4.55% 1,336
North of England -6 294 £575 +1.37% 329
South East +1 271 £540 -1.82% 1,131
North West -2 202 £620 +11.71% 204
Midlands -22 156 £575 +4.55% 147
East of England +22 118 £550 +4.76% 103
South West +4 109 £551 -8.13% 270
West Midlands -27 109 £575 +10.05% 87
Yorkshire -7 87 £475 -20.83% 91
East Midlands -15 46 £600 +4.35% 53
North East -15 5 £550 -8.33% 36
South Coast -1 2 £525 -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 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.

1 547 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 516 (25.89%) SAP
3 454 (22.78%) SC Cleared
4 277 (13.90%) SAP S/4HANA
5 251 (12.59%) Migration
6 245 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (12.09%) Microsoft
8 233 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 220 (11.04%) Oracle
9 220 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 174 (8.73%) Azure
11 171 (8.58%) Agile
12 152 (7.63%) SQL
13 145 (7.28%) Roadmaps
14 139 (6.97%) ERP
15 137 (6.87%) Workshop Facilitation
16 125 (6.27%) Analytics
17 115 (5.77%) Data Migration
18 112 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
19 111 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
20 106 (5.32%) Python
21 104 (5.22%) Requirements Gathering
22 102 (5.12%) Validation
23 101 (5.07%) Knowledge Transfer
23 101 (5.07%) User Acceptance Testing
24 100 (5.02%) DevOps
25 97 (4.87%) Risk Management
26 96 (4.82%) AWS
27 94 (4.72%) Power Platform
28 91 (4.57%) AI

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 48 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.30%) Confluence
4 22 (1.10%) WebSphere
5 16 (0.80%) WebLogic
6 8 (0.40%) Apache
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.25%) CMS
7 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.15%) MTS
8 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.10%) Camunda
10 1 (0.050%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.050%) Traefik
Applications
1 30 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.30%) 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 (0.10%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.050%) InDesign
10 1 (0.050%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.050%) InVision
10 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.050%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.050%) Sketch
10 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 277 (13.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 69 (3.46%) Oracle EBS
3 50 (2.51%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (2.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 39 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
5 39 (1.96%) SAP FI
6 37 (1.86%) SAP EWM
7 36 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
7 36 (1.81%) SAP MM
8 35 (1.76%) Oracle Cash Management
9 33 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
10 32 (1.61%) SAP HCM
11 31 (1.56%) SAP CO
12 30 (1.51%) SAP FI/CO
13 29 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
13 29 (1.46%) SAP Payroll
13 29 (1.46%) SAP WM
14 24 (1.20%) Maximo
14 24 (1.20%) SAP HR
15 23 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 174 (8.73%) Azure
2 96 (4.82%) AWS
3 94 (4.72%) Power Platform
4 82 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
6 70 (3.51%) OCI
7 51 (2.56%) GCP
8 49 (2.46%) SaaS
9 46 (2.31%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
11 31 (1.56%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.10%) OneDrive
13 21 (1.05%) PowerApps
14 20 (1.00%) GitHub
15 17 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (0.60%) PaaS
18 11 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.56%) Firewall
2 25 (1.25%) Network Security
3 21 (1.05%) DNS
4 20 (1.00%) VPN
5 14 (0.70%) DHCP
6 12 (0.60%) WAN
7 11 (0.55%) HTTP
8 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.50%) SSH
8 10 (0.50%) SSL
9 9 (0.45%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.35%) BGP
10 7 (0.35%) SAN
10 7 (0.35%) VSAN
11 6 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (0.30%) Internet
11 6 (0.30%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.30%) LAN
11 6 (0.30%) MPLS
11 6 (0.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.26%) Power BI
2 39 (1.96%) SAP HANA
3 36 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
5 20 (1.00%) Metadata
6 17 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (0.80%) SAP BW
8 15 (0.75%) DB2
9 14 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 12 (0.60%) Tableau
11 11 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
14 6 (0.30%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
14 6 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
15 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 52 (2.61%) JIRA
2 21 (1.05%) GitLab
3 20 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.95%) Git
5 9 (0.45%) LSMW
6 7 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.30%) Hudson
8 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.15%) Postman
9 3 (0.15%) Snyk
10 2 (0.10%) JUnit
10 2 (0.10%) Mockito
10 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 2 (0.10%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.050%) Ant
11 1 (0.050%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (0.050%) PVCS
General
1 580 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 453 (22.73%) Finance
3 200 (10.04%) Public Sector
4 174 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 116 (5.82%) Manufacturing
6 67 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 63 (3.16%) Banking
8 55 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (2.56%) Marketing
10 48 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.06%) Legal
12 36 (1.81%) General Ledger
13 34 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 33 (1.66%) Billing
14 33 (1.66%) Retail
15 23 (1.15%) Law
16 20 (1.00%) Electronics
17 16 (0.80%) Aerospace
17 16 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.80%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.96%) SAP Fiori
2 53 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 44 (2.21%) REST
4 38 (1.91%) Web Services
5 36 (1.81%) HTML
6 34 (1.71%) SOAP
7 31 (1.56%) Node.js
8 25 (1.25%) Middleware
8 25 (1.25%) XML
9 23 (1.15%) .NET
9 23 (1.15%) BAPI
10 21 (1.05%) LDAP
11 19 (0.95%) EDI
12 17 (0.85%) CSS
13 16 (0.80%) SAP Basis
14 15 (0.75%) OAuth
15 14 (0.70%) IDoc
15 14 (0.70%) SAML
16 13 (0.65%) EntireX
16 13 (0.65%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.36%) Onboarding
2 48 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (1.71%) Product Ownership
4 33 (1.66%) Security Posture
5 28 (1.40%) Cloud Native
6 26 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.00%) Operational Technology
9 19 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (0.95%) Replication
10 17 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 16 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (0.65%) IoT
14 12 (0.60%) SCADA
15 11 (0.55%) AI Agents
15 11 (0.55%) Algorithms
16 10 (0.50%) FMCG
16 10 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (3.41%) Windows
2 44 (2.21%) Linux
3 17 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.60%) Unix
5 10 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.35%) AIX
7 7 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.35%) Solaris
8 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.15%) CentOS
8 3 (0.15%) VMS
8 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.10%) Android
9 2 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.050%) tvOS
10 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (12.59%) Migration
2 245 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
3 233 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 220 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 171 (8.58%) Agile
6 145 (7.28%) Roadmaps
7 139 (6.97%) ERP
8 137 (6.87%) Workshop Facilitation
9 125 (6.27%) Analytics
10 115 (5.77%) Data Migration
11 112 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
12 111 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
13 104 (5.22%) Requirements Gathering
14 102 (5.12%) Validation
15 101 (5.07%) Knowledge Transfer
15 101 (5.07%) User Acceptance Testing
16 100 (5.02%) DevOps
17 97 (4.87%) Risk Management
18 91 (4.57%) AI
19 89 (4.47%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 152 (7.63%) SQL
2 106 (5.32%) Python
3 64 (3.21%) PowerShell
4 62 (3.11%) JavaScript
5 56 (2.81%) ABAP
6 53 (2.66%) Java
7 24 (1.20%) PL/SQL
8 19 (0.95%) C++
9 16 (0.80%) Bash
10 15 (0.75%) C
11 14 (0.70%) PHP
12 11 (0.55%) Groovy
12 11 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.50%) C#
14 9 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.30%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.20%) COBOL
16 4 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 547 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 454 (22.78%) SC Cleared
3 85 (4.26%) Degree
4 76 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 65 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (3.26%) CISSP
6 45 (2.26%) CISM
7 25 (1.25%) SAP Certification
8 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (0.90%) ACCA
10 18 (0.90%) CIMA
11 15 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
11 15 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.50%) CCNP
15 9 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (3.36%) NIST
3 49 (2.46%) GDPR
3 49 (2.46%) QA
4 35 (1.76%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.10%) GRC
6 18 (0.90%) SLA
7 15 (0.75%) NCSC
7 15 (0.75%) RMADS
8 14 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
10 11 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.55%) COBIT
11 9 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.40%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.35%) IFRS
13 7 (0.35%) PMO
13 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.66%) Docker
3 30 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.60%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) UAG
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.15%) Firmware
7 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.10%) NDS
8 2 (0.10%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.050%) Ceph
9 1 (0.050%) IAG
9 1 (0.050%) KVM
9 1 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.050%) QEMU
9 1 (0.050%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (2.31%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.26%) Terraform
3 22 (1.10%) Ansible
4 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.65%) vRealize
7 12 (0.60%) Grafana
8 10 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.50%) SCCM
9 8 (0.40%) PingFederate
10 6 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.30%) CASB
11 5 (0.25%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.20%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.20%) PowerCLI
12 4 (0.20%) QRadar
13 3 (0.15%) Istio
13 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 2 (0.10%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 516 (25.89%) SAP
2 241 (12.09%) Microsoft
3 220 (11.04%) Oracle
4 77 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 68 (3.41%) VMware
6 58 (2.91%) Cisco
7 48 (2.41%) Workday
8 41 (2.06%) IBM
9 39 (1.96%) CyberArk
10 35 (1.76%) Salesforce
11 33 (1.66%) Aruba
12 30 (1.51%) Dynatrace
13 23 (1.15%) Google
14 20 (1.00%) Ariba
15 19 (0.95%) Adobe
16 17 (0.85%) OpenText
16 17 (0.85%) Splunk
17 16 (0.80%) IFS
18 15 (0.75%) Palo Alto
19 14 (0.70%) EMC
2,860 Consultant jobs in England