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 22 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
22 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 28 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,008 1,975 2,231
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.57% 6.32% 5.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.20% 6.80% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,215 1,131 1,326
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 £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £735 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 33
10th Percentile £39.44 £55.00 £50.44
25th Percentile £58.81 £60.29 £60.82
Median hourly rate £77.50 £68.69 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.83% +5.67% -10.34%
75th Percentile £81.25 £76.78 £80.00
90th Percentile £86.63 £87.50 £90.20
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £68.69 £67.75
% change year-on-year +12.83% +1.38% -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 27,895 29,050 36,997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,870 17,756 25,553
10th Percentile £283 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -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 1,704 1,106 1,431
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.12 £19.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 0 908 £575 +4.55% 809
North of England -6 295 £581 +2.88% 209
South East 0 277 £525 -8.70% 340
North West 0 203 £620 +12.73% 127
Midlands -22 160 £575 +4.55% 96
East of England +17 122 £550 +7.32% 58
West Midlands -20 118 £550 +5.77% 67
South West +3 110 £550 -8.14% 170
Yorkshire -15 86 £475 -20.83% 62
East Midlands -18 41 £580 +0.87% 27
North East -8 6 £550 -8.33% 20
South Coast - 2 £525 -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 533 (26.54%) Security Cleared
2 520 (25.90%) SAP
3 439 (21.86%) SC Cleared
4 272 (13.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 253 (12.60%) Migration
6 248 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 238 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 224 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 219 (10.91%) Oracle
11 180 (8.96%) Agile
12 179 (8.91%) Azure
13 150 (7.47%) SQL
14 147 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
15 137 (6.82%) Roadmaps
16 135 (6.72%) ERP
17 121 (6.03%) Analytics
18 117 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
19 113 (5.63%) Data Migration
20 111 (5.53%) User Acceptance Testing
21 109 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
22 105 (5.23%) Knowledge Transfer
23 104 (5.18%) Python
23 104 (5.18%) Requirements Gathering
24 103 (5.13%) AWS
25 102 (5.08%) DevOps
26 101 (5.03%) Validation
27 98 (4.88%) Risk Management
28 93 (4.63%) Power Platform
29 92 (4.58%) Data Modelling

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 53 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.25%) Confluence
4 22 (1.10%) WebSphere
5 15 (0.75%) WebLogic
6 9 (0.45%) Apache
7 8 (0.40%) IIS
8 6 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.25%) CMS
9 5 (0.25%) NetWeaver
10 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.15%) MTS
11 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.100%) Camunda
13 1 (0.050%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.050%) nginx
13 1 (0.050%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.35%) 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 (0.100%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.050%) InDesign
10 1 (0.050%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.050%) InVision
10 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.050%) Sketch
10 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 272 (13.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 68 (3.39%) Oracle EBS
3 46 (2.29%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
5 40 (1.99%) Oracle EBS R12
6 39 (1.94%) SAP FI
7 38 (1.89%) Oracle General Ledger
8 37 (1.84%) SAP EWM
9 36 (1.79%) SAP HCM
10 35 (1.74%) SAP MM
11 34 (1.69%) Oracle Cash Management
12 31 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
12 31 (1.54%) SAP Payroll
13 29 (1.44%) SAP CO
13 29 (1.44%) SAP WM
14 28 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
15 26 (1.29%) Oracle Assets
16 24 (1.20%) Maximo
16 24 (1.20%) SAP HR
17 22 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 179 (8.91%) Azure
2 103 (5.13%) AWS
3 93 (4.63%) Power Platform
4 84 (4.18%) Dynamics 365
5 78 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (3.29%) OCI
7 56 (2.79%) GCP
8 53 (2.64%) SaaS
9 44 (2.19%) SuccessFactors
10 42 (2.09%) Entra ID
11 35 (1.74%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.20%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.10%) OneDrive
14 20 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.00%) GitHub
15 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (0.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
18 11 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.49%) Firewall
2 26 (1.29%) Network Security
3 21 (1.05%) DNS
4 20 (1.00%) VPN
5 14 (0.70%) DHCP
6 12 (0.60%) WAN
7 10 (0.50%) HTTP
7 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.50%) SSH
7 10 (0.50%) SSL
8 9 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.35%) BGP
9 7 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.35%) SAN
9 7 (0.35%) VSAN
10 6 (0.30%) Internet
10 6 (0.30%) Kerberos
10 6 (0.30%) LAN
10 6 (0.30%) MPLS
10 6 (0.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.19%) Power BI
2 36 (1.79%) SAP HANA
2 36 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (1.00%) Metadata
5 16 (0.80%) DB2
5 16 (0.80%) SAP BW
6 15 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.50%) Tableau
9 9 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.35%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
12 5 (0.25%) Data Mart
12 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 48 (2.39%) JIRA
2 23 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.05%) GitLab
4 19 (0.95%) Git
5 9 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.40%) Hudson
7 6 (0.30%) LSMW
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 (0.100%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.100%) JUnit
10 2 (0.100%) Mockito
10 2 (0.100%) Selenium
10 2 (0.100%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.050%) Maven
11 1 (0.050%) PVCS
General
1 577 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 471 (23.46%) Finance
3 202 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 178 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (5.98%) Manufacturing
6 66 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 64 (3.19%) Banking
8 55 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 53 (2.64%) Marketing
10 51 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 45 (2.24%) Legal
12 39 (1.94%) Billing
13 33 (1.64%) General Ledger
13 33 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 31 (1.54%) Retail
15 23 (1.15%) Electronics
15 23 (1.15%) Law
16 19 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (0.85%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.79%) Oracle Fusion
1 56 (2.79%) SAP Fiori
2 44 (2.19%) REST
3 41 (2.04%) Web Services
4 37 (1.84%) HTML
5 36 (1.79%) SOAP
6 34 (1.69%) Node.js
7 29 (1.44%) XML
8 26 (1.29%) Middleware
9 23 (1.15%) .NET
10 20 (1.00%) BAPI
10 20 (1.00%) LDAP
11 18 (0.90%) CSS
12 16 (0.80%) EDI
12 16 (0.80%) SAP Basis
13 15 (0.75%) OAuth
14 14 (0.70%) SAML
15 13 (0.65%) SAP TM
16 12 (0.60%) JSON
17 11 (0.55%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.49%) Onboarding
2 50 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
3 36 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 31 (1.54%) Security Posture
5 30 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 27 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 26 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.10%) Replication
9 20 (1.00%) Operational Technology
10 19 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 19 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (0.85%) Data Structures
12 15 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.65%) IoT
14 12 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (0.60%) SCADA
15 11 (0.55%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.50%) Algorithms
16 10 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (3.39%) Windows
2 45 (2.24%) 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 4 (0.20%) VMS
9 3 (0.15%) CentOS
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.100%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.100%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.100%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.100%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.050%) tvOS
11 1 (0.050%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (12.60%) Migration
2 248 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
3 238 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 224 (11.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 180 (8.96%) Agile
6 147 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
7 137 (6.82%) Roadmaps
8 135 (6.72%) ERP
9 121 (6.03%) Analytics
10 117 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
11 113 (5.63%) Data Migration
12 111 (5.53%) User Acceptance Testing
13 109 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
14 105 (5.23%) Knowledge Transfer
15 104 (5.18%) Requirements Gathering
16 102 (5.08%) DevOps
17 101 (5.03%) Validation
18 98 (4.88%) Risk Management
19 92 (4.58%) Data Modelling
20 90 (4.48%) AI
Programming Languages
1 150 (7.47%) SQL
2 104 (5.18%) Python
3 66 (3.29%) PowerShell
4 63 (3.14%) JavaScript
5 53 (2.64%) ABAP
5 53 (2.64%) Java
6 23 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.00%) C++
8 17 (0.85%) Bash
9 15 (0.75%) C
9 15 (0.75%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.70%) PHP
11 12 (0.60%) Groovy
12 10 (0.50%) C#
13 9 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.25%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
15 4 (0.20%) Go
15 4 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 533 (26.54%) Security Cleared
2 439 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 90 (4.48%) Degree
4 81 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 64 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (3.14%) CISSP
7 43 (2.14%) CISM
8 26 (1.29%) SAP Certification
9 20 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (0.85%) ACCA
10 17 (0.85%) CIMA
11 15 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
11 15 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.50%) CCNP
16 9 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (3.14%) NIST
3 53 (2.64%) GDPR
4 50 (2.49%) QA
5 32 (1.59%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.15%) GRC
7 15 (0.75%) RMADS
7 15 (0.75%) SLA
8 14 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.70%) NCSC
9 13 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.55%) COBIT
10 11 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.45%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.40%) PERC
12 8 (0.40%) PMO
13 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.35%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.74%) Docker
3 34 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.60%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) UAG
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.15%) Firmware
8 2 (0.100%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.100%) NDS
8 2 (0.100%) 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 48 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.24%) Terraform
3 22 (1.10%) Ansible
4 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.75%) vRealize
7 12 (0.60%) Grafana
8 10 (0.50%) PingFederate
8 10 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.50%) SCCM
9 6 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.30%) CASB
10 5 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.20%) QRadar
12 3 (0.15%) Istio
12 3 (0.15%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 2 (0.100%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 520 (25.90%) SAP
2 241 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 219 (10.91%) Oracle
4 72 (3.59%) ServiceNow
4 72 (3.59%) VMware
5 56 (2.79%) Cisco
6 47 (2.34%) Workday
7 39 (1.94%) CyberArk
8 38 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 33 (1.64%) Aruba
10 30 (1.49%) Dynatrace
11 28 (1.39%) IBM
12 24 (1.20%) Google
13 21 (1.05%) Adobe
14 20 (1.00%) Ariba
15 17 (0.85%) IFS
15 17 (0.85%) OpenText
15 17 (0.85%) Splunk
16 14 (0.70%) EMC
17 13 (0.65%) Remedy
1,656 Consultant jobs in England