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 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
2 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 28 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,006 1,922 2,176
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.54% 6.33% 5.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.17% 6.81% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,109 1,282
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 - - -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 30
10th Percentile £41.06 £55.00 £49.25
25th Percentile £58.81 £59.08 £60.88
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 £84.69
90th Percentile £86.63 £87.50 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £69.38 £67.75
% change year-on-year +11.71% +2.40% -3.21%

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 27,984 28,207 36,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.96% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,940 17,360 24,787
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 1,688 1,011 1,400
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%

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 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 2 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 2 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 0 923 £575 +4.55% 477
North of England -7 289 £581 +2.47% 187
South East 0 278 £540 -6.09% 392
North West +4 202 £620 +12.73% 110
Midlands -18 156 £575 +4.55% 98
West Midlands -12 120 £575 +9.52% 62
East of England +11 116 £550 +10.00% 49
South West +2 105 £550 -4.35% 182
Yorkshire -14 80 £480 -20.00% 67
East Midlands -27 35 £590 +2.61% 33
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 2 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.

1 531 (26.47%) SAP
2 523 (26.07%) Security Cleared
3 428 (21.34%) SC Cleared
4 277 (13.81%) SAP S/4HANA
5 256 (12.76%) Migration
6 249 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
7 241 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 234 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 229 (11.42%) Microsoft
10 222 (11.07%) Oracle
11 185 (9.22%) Azure
12 173 (8.62%) Agile
13 154 (7.68%) Workshop Facilitation
14 141 (7.03%) Roadmaps
15 136 (6.78%) ERP
16 133 (6.63%) SQL
17 121 (6.03%) User Acceptance Testing
18 120 (5.98%) Analytics
19 118 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
20 113 (5.63%) Data Migration
21 109 (5.43%) Knowledge Transfer
22 105 (5.23%) Business Intelligence
23 103 (5.13%) Python
24 101 (5.03%) AWS
25 100 (4.99%) Risk Management
26 98 (4.89%) Validation
27 96 (4.79%) DevOps
27 96 (4.79%) Requirements Gathering
28 92 (4.59%) Data Modelling
29 91 (4.54%) Degree

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 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.30%) Confluence
4 19 (0.95%) WebSphere
5 15 (0.75%) 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 (0.100%) Camunda
11 1 (0.050%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.050%) Traefik
Applications
1 26 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.65%) 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%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.050%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.050%) InVision
10 1 (0.050%) Sketch
10 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 277 (13.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 72 (3.59%) Oracle EBS
3 53 (2.64%) Oracle Payables
4 43 (2.14%) Oracle General Ledger
5 42 (2.09%) Oracle EBS R12
6 38 (1.89%) Oracle Cash Management
6 38 (1.89%) Oracle Receivables
6 38 (1.89%) SAP FI
6 38 (1.89%) SAP HCM
7 37 (1.84%) SAP EWM
7 37 (1.84%) SAP MM
8 35 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
9 32 (1.60%) Oracle Assets
10 30 (1.50%) SAP Payroll
11 29 (1.45%) SAP CO
11 29 (1.45%) SAP WM
12 27 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
13 24 (1.20%) SAP HR
14 23 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
15 22 (1.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 185 (9.22%) Azure
2 101 (5.03%) AWS
3 90 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 79 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
5 76 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (3.14%) OCI
7 60 (2.99%) GCP
8 53 (2.64%) SaaS
9 45 (2.24%) Entra ID
10 44 (2.19%) SuccessFactors
11 33 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (1.10%) OneDrive
12 22 (1.10%) PowerApps
13 21 (1.05%) GitHub
14 16 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (0.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
16 13 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.39%) Firewall
2 21 (1.05%) Network Security
3 20 (1.00%) DNS
3 20 (1.00%) VPN
4 12 (0.60%) DHCP
5 11 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.50%) HTTP
6 10 (0.50%) SSH
6 10 (0.50%) WAN
7 9 (0.45%) SSL
8 8 (0.40%) BGP
8 8 (0.40%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.40%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.35%) Cisco IPT
9 7 (0.35%) OSPF
9 7 (0.35%) SAN
10 6 (0.30%) Internet
10 6 (0.30%) LAN
10 6 (0.30%) MPLS
10 6 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.14%) Power BI
2 38 (1.89%) SAP HANA
3 32 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
5 21 (1.05%) Metadata
6 18 (0.90%) SAP BW
7 16 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.65%) DB2
9 12 (0.60%) 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%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
15 4 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (2.49%) JIRA
2 23 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.05%) Git
3 21 (1.05%) GitLab
4 9 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.40%) 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 (0.100%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.100%) JUnit
9 2 (0.100%) Mockito
9 2 (0.100%) Selenium
9 2 (0.100%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.050%) MSI
10 1 (0.050%) PVCS
General
1 576 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 482 (24.03%) Finance
3 198 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 175 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 121 (6.03%) Manufacturing
6 65 (3.24%) Banking
7 61 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 53 (2.64%) Marketing
10 48 (2.39%) Telecoms
11 46 (2.29%) Legal
12 40 (1.99%) Billing
13 39 (1.94%) General Ledger
14 33 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
15 29 (1.45%) Retail
16 24 (1.20%) Law
17 23 (1.15%) Electronics
18 19 (0.95%) Financial Institution
19 18 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 16 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (2.89%) SAP Fiori
2 57 (2.84%) Oracle Fusion
3 47 (2.34%) REST
4 38 (1.89%) Web Services
5 37 (1.84%) Node.js
6 36 (1.79%) SOAP
7 31 (1.55%) HTML
8 29 (1.45%) XML
9 26 (1.30%) Middleware
10 22 (1.10%) .NET
10 22 (1.10%) LDAP
11 21 (1.05%) BAPI
12 17 (0.85%) SAP Basis
13 16 (0.80%) EDI
14 14 (0.70%) CSS
14 14 (0.70%) JSON
14 14 (0.70%) OAuth
15 13 (0.65%) GraphQL
15 13 (0.65%) SAP TM
16 12 (0.60%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 72 (3.59%) Onboarding
2 50 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
4 32 (1.60%) Security Posture
5 31 (1.55%) Cloud Native
6 26 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.10%) Replication
9 19 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 18 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 17 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (0.65%) IoT
13 12 (0.60%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.60%) SCADA
14 11 (0.55%) AI Agents
14 11 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.50%) FMCG
15 10 (0.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.34%) Windows
2 43 (2.14%) Linux
3 16 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.50%) Unix
5 9 (0.45%) 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 (0.100%) 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%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (12.76%) Migration
2 249 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
3 241 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 234 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 173 (8.62%) Agile
6 154 (7.68%) Workshop Facilitation
7 141 (7.03%) Roadmaps
8 136 (6.78%) ERP
9 121 (6.03%) User Acceptance Testing
10 120 (5.98%) Analytics
11 118 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
12 113 (5.63%) Data Migration
13 109 (5.43%) Knowledge Transfer
14 105 (5.23%) Business Intelligence
15 100 (4.99%) Risk Management
16 98 (4.89%) Validation
17 96 (4.79%) DevOps
17 96 (4.79%) Requirements Gathering
18 92 (4.59%) Data Modelling
19 89 (4.44%) AI
Programming Languages
1 133 (6.63%) SQL
2 103 (5.13%) Python
3 69 (3.44%) PowerShell
4 56 (2.79%) ABAP
5 54 (2.69%) JavaScript
6 53 (2.64%) Java
7 22 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.00%) TypeScript
9 19 (0.95%) C++
10 17 (0.85%) Bash
11 15 (0.75%) C
11 15 (0.75%) Groovy
12 14 (0.70%) PHP
13 9 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.25%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.25%) Bicep
14 5 (0.25%) C#
14 5 (0.25%) Go
15 4 (0.20%) COBOL
15 4 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 523 (26.07%) Security Cleared
2 428 (21.34%) SC Cleared
3 91 (4.54%) Degree
4 75 (3.74%) DV Cleared
5 65 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (3.14%) CISSP
7 44 (2.19%) CISM
8 26 (1.30%) SAP Certification
9 19 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (0.85%) ACCA
11 17 (0.85%) CIMA
12 14 (0.70%) CESG Certified Professional
12 14 (0.70%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.50%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.45%) CISA
16 9 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (3.19%) NIST
3 55 (2.74%) GDPR
4 42 (2.09%) QA
5 33 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 27 (1.35%) GRC
7 16 (0.80%) NCSC
8 15 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.75%) SLA
9 14 (0.70%) RMADS
10 13 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.60%) COBIT
12 11 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.45%) PERC
14 8 (0.40%) IFRS
14 8 (0.40%) NIST 800
14 8 (0.40%) PMO
15 7 (0.35%) Accessibility
15 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (3.29%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (1.65%) Docker
4 17 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.55%) vSphere
6 4 (0.20%) UAG
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.100%) Firmware
7 2 (0.100%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.100%) NDS
7 2 (0.100%) 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 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.24%) Terraform
3 24 (1.20%) Ansible
4 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.85%) 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 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.30%) CASB
11 4 (0.20%) QRadar
12 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.15%) Istio
12 3 (0.15%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 2 (0.100%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.100%) Nessus
13 2 (0.100%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.100%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 531 (26.47%) SAP
2 229 (11.42%) Microsoft
3 222 (11.07%) Oracle
4 73 (3.64%) VMware
5 68 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.49%) Cisco
7 46 (2.29%) Workday
8 40 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 37 (1.84%) CyberArk
10 33 (1.65%) Aruba
11 30 (1.50%) Dynatrace
12 26 (1.30%) Google
13 25 (1.25%) IBM
14 22 (1.10%) Adobe
15 21 (1.05%) Ariba
16 17 (0.85%) OpenText
17 16 (0.80%) IFS
18 14 (0.70%) EMC
18 14 (0.70%) Splunk
19 13 (0.65%) Remedy
1,146 Consultant jobs in England