IT Consultant Contracts in England

IT Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Consultant daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 497 599
Rank change year-on-year +33 +102 +126
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 21 45 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 45
10th Percentile £319 £250 £373
25th Percentile £430 £447 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +5.83% +14.44%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £550
90th Percentile £700 £698 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £520
% change year-on-year -1.41% +2.40% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £12.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £12.25 £62.00
% change year-on-year - -80.24% -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Consultant in England

IT 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 IT Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +24 10 £500 -3.85% 28
North of England - 7 £650 - 15
North West - 4 £675 - 6
Yorkshire - 3 £450 - 7
South East +45 1 £475 -5.00% 6
Midlands +12 1 £538 -10.42% 3
West Midlands +6 1 £538 -10.42% 2
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
2 7 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 5 (23.81%) Banking
5 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
5 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (19.05%) Azure
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
5 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
5 4 (19.05%) People Management
5 4 (19.05%) Service Design
6 3 (14.29%) Windows
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Register
6 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
7 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
7 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
7 2 (9.52%) GRC
7 2 (9.52%) Major Incident Management
7 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (9.52%) Oracle
7 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
7 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
7 2 (9.52%) CISSP
7 2 (9.52%) ITIL Certification

IT 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.76%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.76%) SAP GRC
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) IaaS
2 2 (9.52%) PaaS
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Tableau
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) CMDB
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
2 7 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
4 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) People Management
4 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
4 4 (19.05%) Service Design
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Register
5 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 2 (9.52%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.52%) Information Security
6 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
6 2 (9.52%) ITSM
6 2 (9.52%) Major Incident Management
6 2 (9.52%) Migration
6 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CISM
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GRC
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) RSA Archer
2 1 (4.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle
1 2 (9.52%) Qualys
2 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
2 1 (4.76%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Snow