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 26 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,610 1,676 2,129
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.71% 6.08% 6.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.18% 6.64% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 1,049 1,283
10th Percentile £413 £415 £408
25th Percentile £463 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £750 £757
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 22 27
10th Percentile £36.25 £27.73 £46.50
25th Percentile £51.00 £37.77 £55.47
Median hourly rate £76.00 £77.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% +25.81% -2.22%
75th Percentile £86.11 £81.25 £67.00
90th Percentile £89.75 - £74.92
UK median hourly rate £75.50 £77.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -2.58% +25.81% -5.32%

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 42,222 25,226 30,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 91.56% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,437 16,285 19,969
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,228 1,378 1,700
10th Percentile £15.10 £13.68 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.15 £17.44 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.07 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -1.44%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -2 1,225 £550 -4.35% 320
South East -1 408 £540 -1.82% 87
North of England -5 330 £561 +2.05% 96
Midlands +8 255 £500 -9.09% 58
North West -5 214 £572 -0.61% 64
South West +11 201 £550 -5.58% 103
West Midlands +8 182 £486 -15.54% 44
Yorkshire -8 95 £550 +7.32% 23
East of England -18 84 £523 -5.00% 60
East Midlands -3 66 £525 -4.55% 13
North East -34 20 £750 +38.89% 9
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 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.

1 567 (21.72%) Security Cleared
2 485 (18.58%) SAP
3 408 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 385 (14.75%) SC Cleared
5 363 (13.91%) Microsoft
6 345 (13.22%) Migration
7 297 (11.38%) Oracle
8 268 (10.27%) Azure
9 256 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 230 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 226 (8.66%) SQL
12 213 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
13 196 (7.51%) Validation
14 194 (7.43%) Workshop Facilitation
15 191 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
16 179 (6.86%) SAP S/4HANA
17 169 (6.48%) Roadmaps
18 166 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 165 (6.32%) ERP
20 164 (6.28%) Analytics
21 155 (5.94%) Data Migration
22 151 (5.79%) Agile
23 150 (5.75%) AWS
24 147 (5.63%) AI
25 139 (5.33%) DV Cleared
25 139 (5.33%) Requirements Gathering
26 129 (4.94%) Power Platform
27 120 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
28 113 (4.33%) Change Management
28 113 (4.33%) Dynamics 365

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 71 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.69%) Confluence
3 23 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (0.34%) WebSphere
6 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.15%) SAS
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.11%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
9 2 (0.077%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.077%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.077%) CMS
9 2 (0.077%) IIS
9 2 (0.077%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.077%) WordPress
10 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.038%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 67 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.038%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.038%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.038%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 179 (6.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 79 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
3 43 (1.65%) Oracle Payables
4 42 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
5 38 (1.46%) SAP FI
6 35 (1.34%) SAP PSCD
7 34 (1.30%) SAP MM
8 33 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
9 32 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 30 (1.15%) NetSuite
11 27 (1.03%) SAP CO
11 27 (1.03%) SAP SD
12 26 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
13 25 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
14 24 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
14 24 (0.92%) Workday HCM
15 21 (0.80%) SAP EWM
15 21 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
15 21 (0.80%) SAP QM
16 20 (0.77%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 268 (10.27%) Azure
2 150 (5.75%) AWS
3 129 (4.94%) Power Platform
4 113 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
5 96 (3.68%) SuccessFactors
6 82 (3.14%) GCP
7 73 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
8 65 (2.49%) Power Automate
9 64 (2.45%) OCI
10 51 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 48 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
12 37 (1.42%) SaaS
13 35 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
14 31 (1.19%) PowerApps
15 24 (0.92%) GitHub
15 24 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
17 14 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (0.54%) Snowflake
18 13 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.15%) Firewall
2 54 (2.07%) Network Security
3 29 (1.11%) WAN
4 25 (0.96%) BGP
5 21 (0.80%) SNMP
6 20 (0.77%) VPN
7 14 (0.54%) LAN
8 13 (0.50%) DNS
9 12 (0.46%) SAN
10 10 (0.38%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (0.34%) IPsec
11 9 (0.34%) VSAN
12 8 (0.31%) 3GPP
12 8 (0.31%) 5G
12 8 (0.31%) MPLS
12 8 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
12 8 (0.31%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.27%) NGFW
13 7 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (2.84%) Power BI
2 45 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
3 33 (1.26%) SQL Server
4 28 (1.07%) SAP BW
5 27 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 27 (1.03%) Tableau
6 26 (1.00%) SAP HANA
7 25 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (0.88%) Metadata
9 18 (0.69%) Oracle ODI
10 13 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
11 10 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
12 8 (0.31%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.27%) Power Query
14 6 (0.23%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.19%) Looker
15 5 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
15 5 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 83 (3.18%) JIRA
2 18 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
3 17 (0.65%) Git
4 12 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.42%) Hudson
6 6 (0.23%) GitLab
6 6 (0.23%) PowerBuilder
6 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.15%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.11%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.11%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.11%) MLflow
8 3 (0.11%) Selenium
8 3 (0.11%) Snyk
8 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.11%) Toad
8 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.077%) Postman
General
1 559 (21.42%) Finance
2 550 (21.07%) Social Skills
3 192 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (6.48%) Public Sector
5 90 (3.45%) Banking
6 80 (3.07%) Manufacturing
7 74 (2.84%) Legal
8 59 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 53 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 50 (1.92%) General Ledger
11 48 (1.84%) Billing
12 47 (1.80%) Marketing
12 47 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (1.76%) Retail
14 40 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 32 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (0.77%) Law
17 20 (0.77%) Local Government
18 15 (0.57%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (3.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 74 (2.84%) REST
3 46 (1.76%) Terraform
4 44 (1.69%) XML
5 34 (1.30%) SOAP
6 31 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
7 29 (1.11%) Middleware
8 20 (0.77%) Web Services
9 18 (0.69%) HTML
9 18 (0.69%) JSON
10 17 (0.65%) LDAP
10 17 (0.65%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.61%) CSS
12 15 (0.57%) OAuth
13 14 (0.54%) SAP Basis
14 12 (0.46%) SAML
15 11 (0.42%) NETCONF
15 11 (0.42%) SAP PI
15 11 (0.42%) YANG
16 10 (0.38%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 103 (3.95%) Onboarding
2 49 (1.88%) CMDB
3 36 (1.38%) Data Centre
4 35 (1.34%) Product Ownership
5 34 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (1.30%) Security Posture
6 29 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
6 29 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 24 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 23 (0.88%) AI Agents
9 21 (0.80%) Replication
10 20 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 18 (0.69%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.61%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.54%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.54%) FMCG
15 14 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.07%) Windows
2 68 (2.61%) Linux
3 21 (0.80%) Solaris
4 19 (0.73%) Unix
5 16 (0.61%) AIX
6 15 (0.57%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.46%) VMS
8 6 (0.23%) Android
8 6 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.038%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.038%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.038%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 345 (13.22%) Migration
3 256 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 230 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 213 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (7.51%) Validation
7 194 (7.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 191 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
9 169 (6.48%) Roadmaps
10 166 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 165 (6.32%) ERP
12 164 (6.28%) Analytics
13 155 (5.94%) Data Migration
14 151 (5.79%) Agile
15 147 (5.63%) AI
16 139 (5.33%) Requirements Gathering
17 120 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
18 113 (4.33%) Change Management
18 113 (4.33%) Translating Business Requirements
19 112 (4.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 226 (8.66%) SQL
2 104 (3.98%) Python
3 52 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 44 (1.69%) PL/SQL
5 37 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 36 (1.38%) ABAP
7 34 (1.30%) T-SQL
8 26 (1.00%) Java
9 15 (0.57%) Search Processing Language
10 13 (0.50%) Bash
10 13 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (0.42%) C#
13 9 (0.34%) R
14 6 (0.23%) Korn
14 6 (0.23%) Perl
14 6 (0.23%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.15%) Groovy
16 3 (0.11%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 567 (21.72%) Security Cleared
2 385 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 139 (5.33%) DV Cleared
4 72 (2.76%) CISSP
5 66 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 57 (2.18%) CISM
7 56 (2.15%) Degree
8 39 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 26 (1.00%) CCSP
11 18 (0.69%) ACCA
12 17 (0.65%) CIMA
13 15 (0.57%) PMP
14 13 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (0.46%) CEH
15 12 (0.46%) CRISC
16 11 (0.42%) OSCP
17 10 (0.38%) Azure Certification
18 9 (0.34%) DBS Check
18 9 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (3.30%) NIST
2 76 (2.91%) Data Quality
3 72 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 69 (2.64%) GRC
5 44 (1.69%) QA
6 35 (1.34%) GDPR
7 33 (1.26%) NCSC
8 25 (0.96%) PMO
8 25 (0.96%) SLA
9 21 (0.80%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 19 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.38%) COBIT
13 7 (0.27%) GAAP
13 7 (0.27%) GxP
13 7 (0.27%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.27%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.23%) Def Stans
14 6 (0.23%) IFRS
System Software
1 58 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.26%) VMware NSX
3 29 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.77%) vSphere
5 13 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.46%) Docker
7 9 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.31%) IAG
9 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.077%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.077%) Firmware
11 2 (0.077%) NFS
11 2 (0.077%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.038%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.038%) oVirt
12 1 (0.038%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.038%) RHEV
12 1 (0.038%) SRDF
12 1 (0.038%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 40 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.80%) Ansible
3 16 (0.61%) SCCM
4 15 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.57%) vRealize
5 13 (0.50%) Nagios
5 13 (0.50%) ZABBIX
6 12 (0.46%) Netcool
6 12 (0.46%) Tivoli
7 11 (0.42%) OpenView
7 11 (0.42%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 10 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.38%) vCenter Server
9 9 (0.34%) Grafana
10 6 (0.23%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.23%) VxRail
11 4 (0.15%) CEMLI
11 4 (0.15%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 485 (18.58%) SAP
2 363 (13.91%) Microsoft
3 297 (11.38%) Oracle
4 107 (4.10%) ServiceNow
5 61 (2.34%) VMware
6 53 (2.03%) Workday
7 46 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 42 (1.61%) Databricks
9 36 (1.38%) Splunk
10 30 (1.15%) BMC
11 23 (0.88%) Ariba
11 23 (0.88%) IBM
12 22 (0.84%) Palo Alto
13 21 (0.80%) Google
14 20 (0.77%) Cisco
14 20 (0.77%) OpenText
15 17 (0.65%) CyberArk
16 16 (0.61%) Adobe
16 16 (0.61%) JD Edwards
17 15 (0.57%) Dell
707 Consultant jobs in England