Project Consultant Contracts in England

Projects Consultant
UK > England

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in England is £583, 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 467 528 633
Rank change year-on-year +61 +105 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 18 14 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.038% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.041% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 19
10th Percentile £532 £462 £325
25th Percentile £534 £479 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £676 £650 £708
90th Percentile £825 £655 £750
UK median daily rate £583 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.92% +9.09% +7.84%

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%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in England

Project Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Consultant in England

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Consultant in England

Project Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Consultant in England

Project 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 Project 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 +44 11 £614 -5.50% 13
Midlands - 5 £569 - 2
North of England - 2 £534 - 4
North East - 2 £534 -
East Midlands - 1 £600 -
West Midlands - 1 £538 - 2
Project Consultant
UK

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

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

1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Migration
2 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 5 (27.78%) SAP PS
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (22.22%) Business Case
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Azure
4 3 (16.67%) SaaS
4 3 (16.67%) PaaS
4 3 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (16.67%) IaaS
4 3 (16.67%) Local Government
4 3 (16.67%) Retail
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 3 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (16.67%) MRICS
4 3 (16.67%) CEMLI
5 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA

Project 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) SAP PS
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (5.56%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) IaaS
2 3 (16.67%) PaaS
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 3 (16.67%) Local Government
4 3 (16.67%) Retail
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Business Case
2 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (16.67%) Due Diligence
3 3 (16.67%) Financial Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (5.56%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) MRICS
3 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (11.11%) CRISC
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) CEMLI
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) Google