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 29 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
29 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 28 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,020 1,976 2,208
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.58% 6.38% 5.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.21% 6.86% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,134 1,305
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
% change year-on-year - - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 32
10th Percentile £40.77 £55.00 £50.22
25th Percentile £62.75 £59.08 £60.62
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 £81.56
90th Percentile £86.75 £87.50 £90.23
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £69.38 £72.88
% change year-on-year +11.71% -4.80% +4.11%

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 28,020 28,803 36,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.97% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,973 17,652 25,097
10th Percentile £282 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,685 1,059 1,413
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -1 925 £569 +3.41% 453
North of England -3 292 £581 +2.47% 129
South East -2 282 £540 -6.09% 367
North West +2 204 £620 +12.73% 74
Midlands -20 157 £575 +4.55% 91
East of England +9 120 £550 +10.00% 52
West Midlands -13 119 £563 +7.14% 60
South West 0 105 £550 -5.17% 160
Yorkshire -5 81 £480 -20.00% 45
East Midlands -21 37 £580 +0.87% 29
North East -9 7 £550 -8.33% 10
South Coast - 2 £525 -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 529 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 527 (26.09%) SAP
3 435 (21.53%) SC Cleared
4 276 (13.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 255 (12.62%) Migration
6 248 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 232 (11.49%) Microsoft
9 231 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 222 (10.99%) Oracle
11 187 (9.26%) Azure
12 180 (8.91%) Agile
13 152 (7.52%) Workshop Facilitation
14 139 (6.88%) Roadmaps
15 137 (6.78%) SQL
16 136 (6.73%) ERP
17 122 (6.04%) User Acceptance Testing
18 119 (5.89%) Analytics
19 117 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
20 113 (5.59%) Data Migration
21 110 (5.45%) Knowledge Transfer
22 105 (5.20%) Business Intelligence
23 104 (5.15%) AWS
24 102 (5.05%) Python
25 99 (4.90%) Risk Management
25 99 (4.90%) Validation
26 98 (4.85%) Requirements Gathering
27 97 (4.80%) DevOps
28 91 (4.50%) Data Modelling
28 91 (4.50%) Power Platform

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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.29%) 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 (0.050%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.050%) Traefik
Applications
1 26 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.54%) 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 (0.099%) 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
1 276 (13.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (3.56%) Oracle EBS
3 53 (2.62%) Oracle Payables
4 43 (2.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 42 (2.08%) Oracle EBS R12
6 39 (1.93%) SAP FI
7 38 (1.88%) Oracle Cash Management
7 38 (1.88%) Oracle Receivables
8 37 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
8 37 (1.83%) SAP EWM
8 37 (1.83%) SAP HCM
8 37 (1.83%) SAP MM
9 32 (1.58%) Oracle Assets
10 30 (1.49%) SAP CO
10 30 (1.49%) SAP Payroll
11 29 (1.44%) SAP WM
12 28 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
13 24 (1.19%) SAP HR
14 23 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
15 22 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 187 (9.26%) Azure
2 104 (5.15%) AWS
3 91 (4.50%) Power Platform
4 81 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
5 76 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (3.17%) OCI
7 60 (2.97%) GCP
8 54 (2.67%) SaaS
9 45 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 44 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
11 34 (1.68%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.14%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (1.04%) GitHub
14 21 (1.04%) OneDrive
15 17 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (0.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
18 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
19 11 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.48%) Firewall
2 23 (1.14%) Network Security
3 21 (1.04%) DNS
4 20 (0.99%) VPN
5 13 (0.64%) DHCP
6 11 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.54%) WAN
7 10 (0.50%) HTTP
7 10 (0.50%) SSH
8 9 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.45%) SSL
9 8 (0.40%) BGP
9 8 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 7 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
10 7 (0.35%) OSPF
10 7 (0.35%) SAN
11 6 (0.30%) Internet
11 6 (0.30%) MPLS
11 6 (0.30%) VLAN
11 6 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.07%) Power BI
2 38 (1.88%) SAP HANA
3 32 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
5 20 (0.99%) 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 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.50%) Tableau
11 8 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.35%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
13 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.25%) Data Mart
14 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
15 4 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 50 (2.48%) JIRA
2 23 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.04%) Git
3 21 (1.04%) GitLab
4 9 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (0.35%) 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 (0.050%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.050%) PVCS
General
1 581 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 481 (23.81%) Finance
3 197 (9.75%) Public Sector
4 178 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (5.94%) Manufacturing
6 65 (3.22%) Banking
7 61 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
8 55 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 53 (2.62%) Marketing
10 48 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 46 (2.28%) Legal
12 40 (1.98%) Billing
13 39 (1.93%) General Ledger
14 33 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 31 (1.53%) Retail
16 24 (1.19%) Law
17 23 (1.14%) Electronics
18 19 (0.94%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 16 (0.79%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.92%) SAP Fiori
2 57 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 47 (2.33%) REST
4 38 (1.88%) Web Services
5 36 (1.78%) Node.js
5 36 (1.78%) SOAP
6 33 (1.63%) HTML
7 29 (1.44%) XML
8 26 (1.29%) Middleware
9 24 (1.19%) .NET
10 22 (1.09%) LDAP
11 21 (1.04%) BAPI
12 17 (0.84%) SAP Basis
13 16 (0.79%) EDI
14 15 (0.74%) CSS
14 15 (0.74%) OAuth
15 14 (0.69%) JSON
16 13 (0.64%) SAML
16 13 (0.64%) SAP TM
17 12 (0.59%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 73 (3.61%) Onboarding
2 49 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 32 (1.58%) Security Posture
5 31 (1.53%) Cloud Native
6 28 (1.39%) Data Centre
7 24 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.09%) Replication
10 19 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (0.94%) Operational Technology
11 18 (0.89%) Data Structures
12 17 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (0.64%) IoT
14 12 (0.59%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.59%) SCADA
15 11 (0.54%) AI Agents
15 11 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.50%) NHS
17 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.27%) Windows
2 45 (2.23%) Linux
3 15 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.59%) Unix
5 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.35%) AIX
7 7 (0.35%) Solaris
8 4 (0.20%) VMS
9 3 (0.15%) CentOS
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.099%) 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 (0.050%) tvOS
11 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (12.62%) Migration
2 248 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
3 241 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 231 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 180 (8.91%) Agile
6 152 (7.52%) Workshop Facilitation
7 139 (6.88%) Roadmaps
8 136 (6.73%) ERP
9 122 (6.04%) User Acceptance Testing
10 119 (5.89%) Analytics
11 117 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
12 113 (5.59%) Data Migration
13 110 (5.45%) Knowledge Transfer
14 105 (5.20%) Business Intelligence
15 99 (4.90%) Risk Management
15 99 (4.90%) Validation
16 98 (4.85%) Requirements Gathering
17 97 (4.80%) DevOps
18 91 (4.50%) Data Modelling
19 88 (4.36%) AI
Programming Languages
1 137 (6.78%) SQL
2 102 (5.05%) Python
3 68 (3.37%) PowerShell
4 55 (2.72%) ABAP
4 55 (2.72%) JavaScript
5 53 (2.62%) Java
6 22 (1.09%) PL/SQL
7 19 (0.94%) C++
7 19 (0.94%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.84%) Bash
9 15 (0.74%) C
10 14 (0.69%) PHP
11 13 (0.64%) Groovy
12 9 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.30%) C#
14 5 (0.25%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
14 5 (0.25%) Go
15 4 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 529 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 435 (21.53%) SC Cleared
3 90 (4.46%) Degree
4 81 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 64 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 62 (3.07%) CISSP
7 43 (2.13%) CISM
8 26 (1.29%) 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
13 13 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.45%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.45%) CCNP
15 9 (0.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (3.17%) NIST
3 55 (2.72%) GDPR
4 44 (2.18%) QA
5 34 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 26 (1.29%) GRC
7 16 (0.79%) NCSC
7 16 (0.79%) SLA
8 14 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.69%) RMADS
9 13 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.59%) COBIT
11 11 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.45%) PERC
13 8 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.40%) IFRS
13 8 (0.40%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.40%) PMO
14 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (1.63%) Docker
4 17 (0.84%) 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 (0.050%) Ceph
8 1 (0.050%) IAG
8 1 (0.050%) KVM
8 1 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.050%) QEMU
8 1 (0.050%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.23%) Terraform
3 24 (1.19%) Ansible
4 21 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.74%) vRealize
7 12 (0.59%) 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 4 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.20%) QRadar
11 3 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (0.15%) Istio
11 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 2 (0.099%) FTK
12 2 (0.099%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.099%) Packer
Vendors
1 527 (26.09%) SAP
2 232 (11.49%) Microsoft
3 222 (10.99%) Oracle
4 75 (3.71%) ServiceNow
5 73 (3.61%) VMware
6 53 (2.62%) Cisco
7 47 (2.33%) Workday
8 41 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.88%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.63%) Aruba
11 30 (1.49%) Dynatrace
12 26 (1.29%) Google
13 25 (1.24%) IBM
14 22 (1.09%) Adobe
15 21 (1.04%) Ariba
16 17 (0.84%) OpenText
17 15 (0.74%) IFS
17 15 (0.74%) Splunk
18 14 (0.69%) EMC
19 13 (0.64%) Remedy
1,020 Consultant jobs in England