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 2 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,241 1,477 2,209
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.38% 6.13% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.83% 6.64% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,274 937 1,429
10th Percentile £400 £419 £400
25th Percentile £463 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £640 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 18 27
10th Percentile £38.25 £27.49 £27.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £36.13 £51.45
Median hourly rate £57.50 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +3.49% -4.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £85.70 - £72.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -17.86% +13.64% -6.67%

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 38,471 22,237 34,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.35% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,758 14,699 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -1.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,703 932 2,576
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.18 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -20.53% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.08 £37.50
% change year-on-year +52.04% -25.13% -16.67%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -1 1,026 £550 -4.35% 943
South East -3 338 £525 -4.55% 281
North of England -20 255 £550 +3.77% 430
Midlands -14 232 £525 -3.45% 131
South West +32 199 £600 +9.09% 215
West Midlands -5 154 £528 -4.09% 94
North West -21 125 £525 -3.67% 303
Yorkshire -11 109 £550 +15.79% 85
East of England -12 70 £550 +7.42% 64
East Midlands -13 69 £500 -3.85% 37
North East -28 21 £725 +35.77% 42
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 421 (18.79%) SAP
2 412 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 305 (13.61%) Migration
4 303 (13.52%) SC Cleared
5 265 (11.83%) Microsoft
6 260 (11.60%) Azure
7 224 (10.00%) Oracle
8 212 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 199 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
10 194 (8.66%) ERP
11 193 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 186 (8.30%) SQL
13 178 (7.94%) SAP S/4HANA
14 162 (7.23%) User Acceptance Testing
15 152 (6.78%) Workshop Facilitation
16 146 (6.51%) Data Migration
17 140 (6.25%) Validation
18 136 (6.07%) Cybersecurity
19 132 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
20 129 (5.76%) Agile
21 121 (5.40%) Analytics
22 118 (5.27%) Business Intelligence
22 118 (5.27%) Power Platform
23 117 (5.22%) AI
23 117 (5.22%) Roadmaps
24 115 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
25 109 (4.86%) AWS
26 103 (4.60%) Change Management
27 89 (3.97%) DevOps
28 85 (3.79%) Translating Business Requirements

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 65 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.87%) Confluence
3 12 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.13%) Apache
7 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.13%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.13%) SAS
7 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.089%) IIS
8 2 (0.089%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.089%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.045%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.045%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.045%) WordPress
Applications
1 70 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.22%) PTC Creo
6 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.089%) Lectora
7 2 (0.089%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.045%) CATIA
8 1 (0.045%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 178 (7.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (2.81%) Oracle EBS
3 38 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
4 32 (1.43%) SAP PSCD
5 31 (1.38%) SAP MM
6 30 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 27 (1.20%) SAP FI
7 27 (1.20%) Teamcenter
8 25 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 24 (1.07%) SAP EWM
9 24 (1.07%) SAP Travel Management
10 23 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
10 23 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
11 19 (0.85%) NetSuite
12 18 (0.80%) SAP SD
13 17 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
13 17 (0.76%) SAP BRIM
13 17 (0.76%) SAP HCM
14 16 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
14 16 (0.71%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 260 (11.60%) Azure
2 118 (5.27%) Power Platform
3 115 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
4 109 (4.86%) AWS
5 70 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (2.54%) Power Automate
7 56 (2.50%) GCP
8 53 (2.37%) SuccessFactors
9 44 (1.96%) Entra ID
9 44 (1.96%) OCI
10 43 (1.92%) SaaS
11 35 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 28 (1.25%) PowerApps
13 26 (1.16%) GitHub
14 19 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
14 19 (0.85%) Serverless
15 18 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
16 13 (0.58%) Azure AI
16 13 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.34%) Network Security
2 26 (1.16%) Firewall
3 17 (0.76%) SNMP
4 16 (0.71%) SMS
5 11 (0.49%) VPN
6 10 (0.45%) VSAN
7 9 (0.40%) FTP
7 9 (0.40%) SAN
7 9 (0.40%) WAN
8 7 (0.31%) LAN
9 6 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.22%) HTTP
10 5 (0.22%) NAS
10 5 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.22%) VLAN
10 5 (0.22%) Wireless
11 4 (0.18%) IPsec
11 4 (0.18%) MPLS
11 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.13%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.08%) Power BI
2 43 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
3 26 (1.16%) SAP HANA
4 25 (1.12%) Tableau
5 24 (1.07%) SQL Server
6 20 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 19 (0.85%) Metadata
8 17 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
9 11 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.45%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
11 6 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (0.27%) GIS
11 6 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.27%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.27%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.27%) SAP Data Services
12 5 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 66 (2.95%) JIRA
2 16 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
3 15 (0.67%) Hudson
4 8 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.27%) Git
5 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.18%) GitLab
7 3 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.13%) Toad
7 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.089%) git-flow
8 2 (0.089%) JDeveloper
8 2 (0.089%) Postman
9 1 (0.045%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.045%) Charles Proxy
9 1 (0.045%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.045%) JUnit
9 1 (0.045%) MLflow
9 1 (0.045%) SonarQube
General
1 506 (22.58%) Finance
2 472 (21.06%) Social Skills
3 186 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (6.56%) Public Sector
5 84 (3.75%) Banking
6 57 (2.54%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.37%) Legal
8 47 (2.10%) Marketing
9 42 (1.87%) General Ledger
10 40 (1.78%) Billing
11 39 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 28 (1.25%) Retail
14 27 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (0.89%) Law
17 18 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
18 17 (0.76%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (2.77%) REST
2 60 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 51 (2.28%) XML
4 26 (1.16%) Middleware
5 24 (1.07%) SAP TM
6 22 (0.98%) Web Services
7 19 (0.85%) SOAP
8 16 (0.71%) HTML
8 16 (0.71%) JSON
8 16 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
9 13 (0.58%) CSS
9 13 (0.58%) SAP Basis
10 12 (0.54%) .NET
10 12 (0.54%) LDAP
11 10 (0.45%) OAuth
12 9 (0.40%) Kafka
12 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (0.36%) React
13 8 (0.36%) SailPoint
13 8 (0.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (2.23%) Onboarding
2 41 (1.83%) Security Posture
3 35 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
3 35 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 28 (1.25%) AI Agents
6 26 (1.16%) Operational Technology
7 18 (0.80%) CMDB
7 18 (0.80%) Data Centre
8 17 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 16 (0.71%) NHS
9 16 (0.71%) Replication
10 15 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 15 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (0.67%) Management Information System
11 14 (0.62%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.58%) Life Science
13 12 (0.54%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.68%) Windows
2 46 (2.05%) Linux
3 20 (0.89%) Solaris
4 14 (0.62%) AIX
5 11 (0.49%) VMS
6 8 (0.36%) Unix
7 5 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.22%) zOS
8 3 (0.13%) Android
8 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.089%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.045%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.045%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (13.61%) Migration
2 212 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 199 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
4 194 (8.66%) ERP
5 193 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 162 (7.23%) User Acceptance Testing
7 152 (6.78%) Workshop Facilitation
8 146 (6.51%) Data Migration
9 140 (6.25%) Validation
10 136 (6.07%) Cybersecurity
11 132 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 129 (5.76%) Agile
13 121 (5.40%) Analytics
14 118 (5.27%) Business Intelligence
15 117 (5.22%) AI
15 117 (5.22%) Roadmaps
16 103 (4.60%) Change Management
17 89 (3.97%) DevOps
18 85 (3.79%) Translating Business Requirements
19 83 (3.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 186 (8.30%) SQL
2 83 (3.70%) Python
3 42 (1.87%) PL/SQL
4 39 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 36 (1.61%) PowerShell
6 35 (1.56%) T-SQL
7 20 (0.89%) ABAP
8 19 (0.85%) Java
9 15 (0.67%) C#
10 13 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
11 10 (0.45%) Bash
11 10 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.36%) R
12 8 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.18%) COBOL
14 4 (0.18%) Korn
14 4 (0.18%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 412 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 303 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 84 (3.75%) DV Cleared
4 68 (3.03%) CISSP
5 63 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 55 (2.45%) Degree
7 52 (2.32%) CISM
8 24 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.03%) CIMA
10 22 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 22 (0.98%) CCSP
11 15 (0.67%) CEH
11 15 (0.67%) PMP
12 13 (0.58%) ACCA
13 11 (0.49%) OSCP
14 9 (0.40%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 8 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.48%) NIST
2 74 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 46 (2.05%) GRC
5 42 (1.87%) GDPR
6 28 (1.25%) QA
7 27 (1.20%) NCSC
8 25 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 19 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.71%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.71%) PMO
11 14 (0.62%) COBIT
12 13 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.58%) SLA
13 10 (0.45%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.31%) RMADS
15 6 (0.27%) GAAP
15 6 (0.27%) HL7
15 6 (0.27%) WCAG
16 5 (0.22%) DICOM
System Software
1 38 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.29%) VMware NSX
3 22 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.85%) vSphere
5 14 (0.62%) Docker
6 8 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 6 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.18%) IAG
9 3 (0.13%) NFS
10 1 (0.045%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.045%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.045%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.045%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.045%) SRDF
10 1 (0.045%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 41 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.16%) Terraform
3 16 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.58%) Nagios
4 13 (0.58%) ZABBIX
5 12 (0.54%) Netcool
5 12 (0.54%) Tivoli
5 12 (0.54%) vRealize
6 11 (0.49%) OpenView
6 11 (0.49%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 10 (0.45%) Ansible
8 7 (0.31%) SCCM
8 7 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.27%) NetBackup
9 6 (0.27%) Podman
9 6 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.22%) Grafana
10 5 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.13%) Control-M
Vendors
1 421 (18.79%) SAP
2 265 (11.83%) Microsoft
3 224 (10.00%) Oracle
4 65 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.37%) Siemens
6 52 (2.32%) VMware
7 50 (2.23%) Workday
8 46 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.29%) Splunk
10 25 (1.12%) Databricks
10 25 (1.12%) Google
11 24 (1.07%) BMC
12 22 (0.98%) IBM
13 21 (0.94%) Ariba
14 16 (0.71%) Adobe
14 16 (0.71%) Sage
15 15 (0.67%) Palo Alto
16 14 (0.62%) IFS
16 14 (0.62%) SolarWinds
17 13 (0.58%) OpenAI
2,044 Consultant jobs in England