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 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 503 582
Rank change year-on-year +23 +79 +160
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 27 38 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 44
10th Percentile £395 £440 £331
25th Percentile £475 £510 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £518
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +11.11% -5.91%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £559
90th Percentile £700 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -5.45%
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 24,983 33,969 45,287
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.92% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,226 22,271 32,070
10th Percentile £291 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,436 1,403
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.00 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -6.98% +68.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.13 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.69% -5.88% +65.50%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +35 17 £529 -2.08% 22
North of England +12 5 £525 +5.00% 9
Yorkshire - 3 £450 - 1
North West +12 2 £700 +40.00% 8
South East +38 1 £500 -33.33% 7
East of England +14 1 £550 - 2
West Midlands 0 1 £600 - 3
Midlands -1 1 £600 - 3
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) ITIL
3 6 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (18.52%) Incident Management
4 5 (18.52%) Azure
4 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (18.52%) GRC
5 4 (14.81%) NIST
5 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
5 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
5 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (11.11%) Degree
6 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 3 (11.11%) Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
6 3 (11.11%) Python
6 3 (11.11%) BCP
6 3 (11.11%) SQL
6 3 (11.11%) Risk Register
6 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (11.11%) Scenario Testing

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Apache
1 1 (3.70%) IIS
1 1 (3.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.70%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.70%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.70%) Maximo
1 1 (3.70%) SAP GRC
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) IaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (3.70%) PaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.70%) DB2
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.70%) SOAP
1 1 (3.70%) Web Services
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
1 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
1 2 (7.41%) SCADA
2 1 (3.70%) CMDB
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) PKI
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL
2 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (18.52%) Incident Management
2 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (14.81%) Change Management
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
3 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
3 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
4 3 (11.11%) BCP
4 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 3 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (11.11%) Risk Register
4 3 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (11.11%) Service Design
4 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) CISM
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (18.52%) GRC
3 4 (14.81%) NIST
4 2 (7.41%) ITGC
4 2 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.70%) GDPR
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.70%) QA
5 1 (3.70%) SOC 1
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Nessus
1 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Qualys
3 1 (3.70%) Autodesk
3 1 (3.70%) IBM
3 1 (3.70%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Snow