Senior Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Business Consultant
UK > England

The median Senior Business Consultant daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 - 578
Rank change year-on-year - - +184
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Consultant 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £54.39
75th Percentile - - £56.58
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £54.39

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 26,776 28,754 37,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,199 17,540 25,863
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £418
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 1,571 1,092 1,411
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.38 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%

Senior Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Business Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Senior Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Consultant job vacancies in England

Senior Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Consultant job vacancies in England

Senior Business 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 Senior Business Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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 - 1 - - 7
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior Business Consultant
UK

Senior Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Senior Business 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 Senior Business Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior Business 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft