Project Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Projects Consultant
UK > England

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in England is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 497 571
Rank change year-on-year -10 +74 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 9 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.031% 0.035% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.038% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 9
10th Percentile £369 £498 £435
25th Percentile £473 £550 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £503
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +19.28% -8.55%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £576
90th Percentile £736 £654 £750
UK median daily rate £650 £611 £489
% change year-on-year +6.34% +25.06% -9.49%

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 26,218 28,975 37,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 92.99% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,836 17,690 26,302
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,509 1,123 1,424
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -40.16% -8.39% +58.21%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -12.22% +64.38%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Project Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Consultant job vacancies in England

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Consultant in England over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Consultant in England

Project Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Consultant job vacancies 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 28 October 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 +25 7 £600 - 3
South East - 2 £663 - 5
Project Consultant
UK

Project Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, Project 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 Project Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) SAP PS
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
5 1 (11.11%) CMS
5 1 (11.11%) Confluence
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Cost Control
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) JIRA
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel

Project 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 1 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP PS
2 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Billing
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
5 1 (11.11%) Cost Control
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft