Consultant Contracts in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 46 59
Rank change year-on-year +18 +13 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,161 2,236 2,805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.93% 4.65% 3.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.39% 4.91% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 1,348 1,734
10th Percentile £400 £413 £405
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.48%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 51 14
10th Percentile £26.88 £21.00 £32.00
25th Percentile £50.73 £55.47 £53.25
Median hourly rate £60.80 £65.00 £70.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -7.47% +22.17%
75th Percentile £61.60 £81.13 £84.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £93.75 £86.75
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.76% +21.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 33,809 45,522 67,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.60% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,413 32,346 47,872
10th Percentile £283 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,342 1,849
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +19 1,082 £550 -4.35% 635
South East +10 318 £595 +3.48% 221
North of England +29 255 £525 - 251
Midlands +16 166 £550 -3.08% 118
North West +24 158 £550 +4.96% 157
West Midlands +18 112 £550 -0.45% 84
South West +3 109 £500 -2.44% 160
East of England +45 92 £525 - 39
Yorkshire +19 89 £475 -13.64% 79
East Midlands +20 48 £550 -4.35% 34
North East +10 8 £450 -13.04% 17
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 583 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 552 (25.54%) SAP
3 468 (21.66%) Finance
4 366 (16.94%) Security Cleared
5 303 (14.02%) Microsoft
6 254 (11.75%) SC Cleared
7 241 (11.15%) Migration
8 239 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
9 237 (10.97%) Azure
10 230 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 210 (9.72%) Oracle
12 209 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
13 198 (9.16%) SAP S/4HANA
14 195 (9.02%) Public Sector
15 163 (7.54%) Agile
16 152 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
17 143 (6.62%) Dynamics 365
18 139 (6.43%) Degree
19 134 (6.20%) DevOps
20 125 (5.78%) SQL
21 124 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
22 119 (5.51%) DV Cleared
23 116 (5.37%) Data Migration
24 114 (5.28%) Power Platform
25 107 (4.95%) Project Management
26 100 (4.63%) Requirements Gathering
27 97 (4.49%) ERP
28 91 (4.21%) AWS
28 91 (4.21%) Roadmaps
29 90 (4.16%) Power BI

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (1.62%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.69%) NetWeaver
3 13 (0.60%) CMS
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.42%) Confluence
5 5 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.14%) Alfresco
7 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.14%) IBM Domino
7 3 (0.14%) IIS
8 2 (0.093%) Apache
8 2 (0.093%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.093%) Drupal
8 2 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.093%) GroupWise
8 2 (0.093%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.093%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.093%) Revit
6 2 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.046%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 198 (9.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (2.50%) SAP EWM
3 42 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 40 (1.85%) SAP FI
5 33 (1.53%) Dynamics AX
5 33 (1.53%) SAP QM
5 33 (1.53%) SAP SD
6 29 (1.34%) SAP CO
7 27 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 26 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
9 25 (1.16%) Oracle EBS R12
10 23 (1.06%) NetSuite
10 23 (1.06%) SAP MDG
11 20 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 20 (0.93%) Workday HCM
12 17 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
13 15 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
13 15 (0.69%) SAP IBP
14 14 (0.65%) SAP PP
15 12 (0.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 237 (10.97%) Azure
2 143 (6.62%) Dynamics 365
3 114 (5.28%) Power Platform
4 91 (4.21%) AWS
5 66 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (2.31%) OCI
7 50 (2.31%) SuccessFactors
8 49 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.27%) Power Automate
9 46 (2.13%) GCP
10 40 (1.85%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.02%) SaaS
12 21 (0.97%) WhatsApp
13 19 (0.88%) IaaS
14 12 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (0.51%) Serverless
16 8 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.90%) Firewall
2 29 (1.34%) Network Security
3 25 (1.16%) WAN
4 18 (0.83%) Ethernet
4 18 (0.83%) VPN
5 17 (0.79%) DNS
6 16 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
7 14 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.60%) 4G
8 13 (0.60%) 5G
9 11 (0.51%) Wireless
10 10 (0.46%) LAN
11 9 (0.42%) 3G
11 9 (0.42%) SSH
11 9 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (0.32%) DHCP
13 7 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.23%) Internet
14 5 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.16%) Power BI
2 54 (2.50%) SAP HANA
3 45 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 42 (1.94%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.20%) SAP BW
6 21 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 20 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (0.88%) Big Data
9 15 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (0.65%) Metadata
11 13 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (0.46%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.37%) MySQL
15 7 (0.32%) EDRMS
15 7 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
15 7 (0.32%) Siebel EIM
15 7 (0.32%) Tableau
16 6 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.39%) JIRA
2 21 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
3 19 (0.88%) Git
4 12 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.23%) Postman
6 5 (0.23%) Selenium
7 4 (0.19%) Appium
7 4 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.19%) eggPlant
7 4 (0.19%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) JUnit
7 4 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.19%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.19%) SOAtest
7 4 (0.19%) TestNG
7 4 (0.19%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.14%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 583 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 468 (21.66%) Finance
3 209 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 83 (3.84%) Banking
6 79 (3.66%) Manufacturing
7 77 (3.56%) Retail
8 70 (3.24%) Marketing
9 67 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
10 52 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 36 (1.67%) General Ledger
12 35 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
13 32 (1.48%) Law
14 31 (1.43%) Electronics
15 24 (1.11%) German Language
15 24 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.11%) Local Government
16 23 (1.06%) Billing
16 23 (1.06%) Legal
17 18 (0.83%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.08%) Web Services
3 39 (1.80%) SAP Fiori
4 37 (1.71%) SAP Basis
5 28 (1.30%) SailPoint
6 22 (1.02%) XML
7 20 (0.93%) HTML
8 19 (0.88%) LDAP
9 17 (0.79%) EDI
10 14 (0.65%) SAML
11 13 (0.60%) CSS
11 13 (0.60%) JSON
11 13 (0.60%) REST
12 12 (0.56%) .NET
12 12 (0.56%) OpenID
13 11 (0.51%) Middleware
14 10 (0.46%) RESTful
14 10 (0.46%) SOAP
15 9 (0.42%) OAuth
15 9 (0.42%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 39 (1.80%) Data Structures
2 37 (1.71%) Management Information System
3 35 (1.62%) Onboarding
4 33 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 28 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (1.25%) CMDB
7 24 (1.11%) Operational Technology
8 21 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 20 (0.93%) Robotics
10 18 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (0.83%) Mainframe
11 17 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (0.79%) Life Science
11 17 (0.79%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.74%) Replication
13 15 (0.69%) IoT
14 14 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.05%) Windows
2 57 (2.64%) Linux
3 32 (1.48%) Unix
4 12 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.14%) VMS
8 2 (0.093%) NetWare
8 2 (0.093%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.093%) zOS
9 1 (0.046%) Android
9 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (11.15%) Migration
2 239 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
3 230 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 163 (7.54%) Agile
5 152 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
6 134 (6.20%) DevOps
7 124 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
8 116 (5.37%) Data Migration
9 107 (4.95%) Project Management
10 100 (4.63%) Requirements Gathering
11 97 (4.49%) ERP
12 91 (4.21%) Roadmaps
13 83 (3.84%) User Acceptance Testing
14 80 (3.70%) Analytics
15 78 (3.61%) Workshop Facilitation
16 76 (3.52%) Risk Management
17 75 (3.47%) CRM
17 75 (3.47%) Information Security
18 63 (2.92%) Change Management
18 63 (2.92%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 125 (5.78%) SQL
2 65 (3.01%) ABAP
3 63 (2.92%) Python
4 51 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 50 (2.31%) Java
6 33 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 20 (0.93%) C#
8 13 (0.60%) Bash
9 12 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 10 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.32%) Perl
13 6 (0.28%) C++
13 6 (0.28%) Groovy
14 5 (0.23%) C
14 5 (0.23%) Go
14 5 (0.23%) R
15 4 (0.19%) AWK
15 4 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 366 (16.94%) Security Cleared
2 254 (11.75%) SC Cleared
3 139 (6.43%) Degree
4 119 (5.51%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.71%) CISSP
6 28 (1.30%) CISM
6 28 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (0.88%) SAP Certification
10 16 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.69%) CRISC
12 14 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.60%) CISA
14 11 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.51%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.42%) CCNP
16 7 (0.32%) ACCA
16 7 (0.32%) CISMP
17 6 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (3.19%) NIST
2 55 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.71%) QA
5 32 (1.48%) GDPR
6 26 (1.20%) GRC
7 20 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (0.74%) COBIT
9 16 (0.74%) SLA
10 14 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (0.60%) NCSC
11 13 (0.60%) PMO
12 9 (0.42%) RMADS
13 8 (0.37%) IFRS
13 8 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.23%) ISO 31000
14 5 (0.23%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 62 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (0.88%) VMware NSX
4 16 (0.74%) Docker
5 10 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.37%) vSphere
7 7 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.19%) XenApp
8 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.14%) Firmware
10 2 (0.093%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 2 (0.093%) GPFS
10 2 (0.093%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 2 (0.093%) KVM
10 2 (0.093%) Microcode
10 2 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.093%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.093%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.093%) UAG
10 2 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (1.30%) Terraform
2 18 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.79%) Ansible
4 14 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.42%) SCCM
7 8 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (0.32%) VxRail
9 6 (0.28%) Grafana
9 6 (0.28%) vRealize
10 5 (0.23%) EnCase
10 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.19%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.19%) Puppet
12 3 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.14%) Nessus
12 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.093%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.093%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 552 (25.54%) SAP
2 303 (14.02%) Microsoft
3 210 (9.72%) Oracle
4 60 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.36%) VMware
6 32 (1.48%) Workday
7 26 (1.20%) Adobe
8 25 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.06%) Cisco
10 22 (1.02%) CyberArk
11 21 (0.97%) Ariba
12 20 (0.93%) Google
13 18 (0.83%) Informatica
14 14 (0.65%) EMC
15 13 (0.60%) Dell
15 13 (0.60%) Palantir
15 13 (0.60%) Sage
15 13 (0.60%) Splunk
16 12 (0.56%) Citrix
16 12 (0.56%) Foundry