Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant daily rate in England is £555, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
15 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,023 1,816 2,187
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.51% 6.25% 5.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.13% 6.72% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,082 1,299
10th Percentile £403 £413 £407
25th Percentile £475 £488 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £649 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 32
10th Percentile £40.48 £55.00 £50.22
25th Percentile £55.94 £59.08 £59.69
Median hourly rate £77.50 £69.38 £64.15
Median % change year-on-year +11.71% +8.15% -11.52%
75th Percentile £81.25 £78.68 £81.56
90th Percentile £84.58 £87.50 £90.23
UK median hourly rate £74.75 £69.38 £67.75
% change year-on-year +7.75% +2.40% -4.91%

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 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
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 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

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 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 15 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 15 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 -1 923 £575 +4.55% 540
North of England +2 297 £598 +5.37% 568
South East -2 290 £550 -4.35% 794
North West +5 198 £623 +13.18% 295
Midlands -24 154 £575 +9.00% 446
West Midlands -14 124 £550 +5.26% 228
South West +5 114 £581 +5.68% 354
East of England +5 110 £550 +4.76% 333
Yorkshire -4 90 £538 -10.42% 238
East Midlands -29 29 £578 +1.18% 190
North East -11 9 £575 -4.17% 35
South Coast - 2 £525 -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 538 (26.59%) Security Cleared
2 524 (25.90%) SAP
3 438 (21.65%) SC Cleared
4 266 (13.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 257 (12.70%) Migration
6 252 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 245 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 234 (11.57%) Oracle
10 222 (10.97%) Microsoft
11 188 (9.29%) Azure
12 177 (8.75%) Agile
13 161 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
14 139 (6.87%) Roadmaps
15 133 (6.57%) SQL
16 132 (6.52%) ERP
17 123 (6.08%) User Acceptance Testing
18 120 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
19 119 (5.88%) Analytics
20 109 (5.39%) Data Migration
21 107 (5.29%) Knowledge Transfer
22 105 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
23 102 (5.04%) Risk Management
24 100 (4.94%) Python
25 98 (4.84%) Validation
26 97 (4.79%) AWS
26 97 (4.79%) DevOps
27 94 (4.65%) Requirements Gathering
28 91 (4.50%) Power Platform
29 89 (4.40%) 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 54 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.29%) Confluence
4 18 (0.89%) WebSphere
5 15 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.30%) Apache
6 6 (0.30%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) CMS
7 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.15%) MTS
9 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.049%) SAS
11 1 (0.049%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.049%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.44%) 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 (0.099%) 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
1 266 (13.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (3.56%) Oracle EBS
3 55 (2.72%) Oracle Payables
4 44 (2.17%) Oracle General Ledger
4 44 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 42 (2.08%) Oracle Cash Management
6 41 (2.03%) Oracle EBS R12
7 39 (1.93%) SAP FI
7 39 (1.93%) SAP HCM
8 37 (1.83%) SAP EWM
8 37 (1.83%) SAP MM
9 32 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
10 31 (1.53%) Oracle Assets
11 30 (1.48%) SAP Payroll
12 29 (1.43%) SAP WM
13 28 (1.38%) SAP CO
14 26 (1.29%) SAP FI/CO
15 24 (1.19%) SAP HR
16 23 (1.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
16 23 (1.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 188 (9.29%) Azure
2 97 (4.79%) AWS
3 91 (4.50%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
5 71 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (3.26%) OCI
7 62 (3.06%) GCP
8 53 (2.62%) SaaS
9 44 (2.17%) Entra ID
10 38 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
11 35 (1.73%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.04%) GitHub
14 21 (1.04%) OneDrive
15 17 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
17 14 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.32%) Firewall
2 19 (0.94%) Network Security
3 18 (0.89%) DNS
4 17 (0.84%) VPN
5 10 (0.49%) DHCP
5 10 (0.49%) Kerberos
5 10 (0.49%) SSH
5 10 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.49%) WAN
6 9 (0.44%) HTTP
7 8 (0.40%) BGP
7 8 (0.40%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.40%) SSL
8 7 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
8 7 (0.35%) OSPF
8 7 (0.35%) VSAN
9 6 (0.30%) Internet
9 6 (0.30%) MPLS
10 5 (0.25%) DMZ
10 5 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.26%) Power BI
2 35 (1.73%) SAP HANA
3 33 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
5 20 (0.99%) Metadata
6 17 (0.84%) SAP BW
7 16 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.64%) DB2
8 13 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.44%) Tableau
11 8 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.35%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.30%) SAP Data Services
14 5 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
15 4 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 51 (2.52%) JIRA
2 23 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 18 (0.89%) Git
3 18 (0.89%) GitLab
4 10 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.40%) Hudson
6 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.20%) LSMW
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.20%) Postman
7 3 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.15%) Snyk
8 2 (0.099%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.099%) JUnit
8 2 (0.099%) Mockito
8 2 (0.099%) Selenium
8 2 (0.099%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.099%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.099%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.049%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 575 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 488 (24.12%) Finance
3 194 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 175 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
5 117 (5.78%) Manufacturing
6 67 (3.31%) Banking
7 63 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 55 (2.72%) Marketing
9 53 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (2.27%) Legal
11 40 (1.98%) Billing
12 39 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 36 (1.78%) General Ledger
14 30 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 28 (1.38%) Retail
16 24 (1.19%) Electronics
16 24 (1.19%) Law
17 20 (0.99%) Financial Institution
18 19 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 15 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (3.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 53 (2.62%) SAP Fiori
3 45 (2.22%) REST
4 41 (2.03%) Node.js
5 39 (1.93%) Web Services
6 35 (1.73%) SOAP
7 31 (1.53%) HTML
8 30 (1.48%) XML
9 27 (1.33%) Middleware
10 23 (1.14%) LDAP
11 22 (1.09%) .NET
12 18 (0.89%) BAPI
13 17 (0.84%) GraphQL
14 16 (0.79%) SAP Basis
15 15 (0.74%) JSON
16 14 (0.69%) CSS
16 14 (0.69%) EDI
17 13 (0.64%) OAuth
17 13 (0.64%) SAP TM
18 12 (0.59%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.36%) Onboarding
2 48 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 32 (1.58%) Security Posture
5 31 (1.53%) Cloud Native
6 25 (1.24%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (1.14%) Replication
8 20 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 18 (0.89%) Operational Technology
10 17 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 17 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (0.64%) IoT
13 12 (0.59%) AI Agents
13 12 (0.59%) SCADA
14 11 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.49%) CMDB
15 10 (0.49%) FMCG
15 10 (0.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (3.06%) Windows
2 37 (1.83%) Linux
3 16 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.49%) Unix
5 8 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.35%) AIX
6 7 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.35%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) VMS
7 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.099%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.099%) CentOS
8 2 (0.099%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.049%) tvOS
9 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (12.70%) Migration
2 252 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 245 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
4 240 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 177 (8.75%) Agile
6 161 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
7 139 (6.87%) Roadmaps
8 132 (6.52%) ERP
9 123 (6.08%) User Acceptance Testing
10 120 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
11 119 (5.88%) Analytics
12 109 (5.39%) Data Migration
13 107 (5.29%) Knowledge Transfer
14 105 (5.19%) Business Intelligence
15 102 (5.04%) Risk Management
16 98 (4.84%) Validation
17 97 (4.79%) DevOps
18 94 (4.65%) Requirements Gathering
19 89 (4.40%) AI
20 85 (4.20%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 133 (6.57%) SQL
2 100 (4.94%) Python
3 69 (3.41%) PowerShell
4 58 (2.87%) ABAP
5 54 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.42%) Java
7 24 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 19 (0.94%) C++
10 16 (0.79%) Bash
10 16 (0.79%) Groovy
11 15 (0.74%) C
12 14 (0.69%) PHP
13 9 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.30%) C#
15 5 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.25%) Bicep
15 5 (0.25%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.20%) Go
16 4 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 538 (26.59%) Security Cleared
2 438 (21.65%) SC Cleared
3 87 (4.30%) Degree
4 78 (3.86%) DV Cleared
5 65 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 64 (3.16%) CISSP
7 46 (2.27%) CISM
8 25 (1.24%) SAP Certification
9 20 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.74%) ACCA
11 15 (0.74%) CIMA
12 13 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
12 13 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.64%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.54%) CISA
15 10 (0.49%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 9 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (3.26%) NIST
3 58 (2.87%) GDPR
4 44 (2.17%) QA
5 33 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 33 (1.63%) GRC
6 18 (0.89%) NCSC
7 15 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.64%) RMADS
8 13 (0.64%) SLA
9 12 (0.59%) COBIT
10 11 (0.54%) PERC
10 11 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.49%) PMO
12 8 (0.40%) IFRS
12 8 (0.40%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 66 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.53%) Docker
4 19 (0.94%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.59%) vSphere
6 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.20%) UAG
7 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.099%) Firmware
8 2 (0.099%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.099%) NDS
8 2 (0.099%) NetIQ eDirectory
8 2 (0.099%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.049%) Ceph
9 1 (0.049%) IAG
9 1 (0.049%) KVM
9 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.049%) QEMU
9 1 (0.049%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 46 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.03%) Terraform
3 23 (1.14%) Ansible
4 19 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (0.74%) vRealize
6 12 (0.59%) Grafana
7 10 (0.49%) PingFederate
8 9 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.44%) SCCM
9 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.25%) CASB
11 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.15%) Istio
11 3 (0.15%) QRadar
11 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 2 (0.099%) Nessus
12 2 (0.099%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.099%) Packer
12 2 (0.099%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 524 (25.90%) SAP
2 234 (11.57%) Oracle
3 222 (10.97%) Microsoft
4 69 (3.41%) VMware
5 65 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 48 (2.37%) Cisco
6 48 (2.37%) Workday
7 42 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 37 (1.83%) CyberArk
9 34 (1.68%) Aruba
10 29 (1.43%) Dynatrace
11 26 (1.29%) Google
12 24 (1.19%) Adobe
12 24 (1.19%) IBM
13 21 (1.04%) Ariba
14 17 (0.84%) OpenText
15 14 (0.69%) Remedy
16 13 (0.64%) EMC
17 11 (0.54%) IFS
17 11 (0.54%) Splunk
2,847 Consultant jobs in England