Senior Consultant Contracts in England

Senior Consultant
UK > England

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in England is £586, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 412 566
Rank change year-on-year +26 +154 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 94 126 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.35% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.37% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 80 50
10th Percentile £425 £408 £460
25th Percentile £481 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £579 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% -3.03%
75th Percentile £697 £675 £722
90th Percentile £800 £751 £815
UK median daily rate £586 £582 £600
% change year-on-year +0.63% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £37.58 £51.78 -
25th Percentile £39.94 £54.46 £55.94
Median hourly rate £45.25 £56.89 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% - -28.89%
75th Percentile £50.94 £59.63 £57.83
90th Percentile £53.53 £62.87 -
UK median hourly rate £45.25 £56.89 £56.89
% change year-on-year -20.45% - +13.77%

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 22,000 33,716 45,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.79% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,637 22,379 32,182
10th Percentile £290 £283 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 882 2,449 1,335
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.51
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £61.09 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in England

Senior Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Consultant in England

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Consultant in England

Senior Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Consultant in England

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Consultant in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Consultant in England

Senior 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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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 +57 63 £600 +3.00% 396
North of England +8 14 £500 -16.67% 445
North West +2 9 £475 -24.42% 219
South East +39 4 £750 +48.51% 522
Midlands +13 4 £438 -9.79% 352
West Midlands +8 4 £438 -9.79% 193
South West +33 3 £500 -9.09% 227
East of England +24 3 £700 +20.27% 291
Yorkshire +12 3 £450 +26.76% 173
North East - 2 £534 - 53
Senior Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 40 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.72%) Finance
3 22 (23.40%) Agile
3 22 (23.40%) SAP
4 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
5 19 (20.21%) SC Cleared
5 19 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (17.02%) SAP S/4HANA
7 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.89%) Azure
7 14 (14.89%) Analytics
7 14 (14.89%) SQL
8 12 (12.77%) Project Delivery
9 9 (9.57%) IBM
9 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
9 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (8.51%) Power Platform
10 8 (8.51%) Software AG
10 8 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (8.51%) webMethods
10 8 (8.51%) EntireX
10 8 (8.51%) Information Security
10 8 (8.51%) Banking
10 8 (8.51%) SaaS
10 8 (8.51%) Degree
10 8 (8.51%) Logistics
11 7 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (7.45%) Retail
11 7 (7.45%) Cisco
11 7 (7.45%) Java

Senior 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 2 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.13%) Sketch
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (17.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.32%) SAP LE
3 4 (4.26%) SAP EWM
4 3 (3.19%) SAP CO
4 3 (3.19%) SAP FI
5 2 (2.13%) Endur
5 2 (2.13%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (1.06%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (1.06%) Sage X3
6 1 (1.06%) SAP CS
6 1 (1.06%) SAP ERP
6 1 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.06%) SAP GRC
6 1 (1.06%) SAP MDG
6 1 (1.06%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.89%) Azure
2 8 (8.51%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.51%) SaaS
3 5 (5.32%) AWS
4 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.19%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.19%) Figma
5 3 (3.19%) GitHub
5 3 (3.19%) IaaS
5 3 (3.19%) PaaS
6 2 (2.13%) GCP
6 2 (2.13%) OCI
6 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.06%) Alation
7 1 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.06%) Boomi
7 1 (1.06%) Collibra
7 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.06%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.32%) Firewall
2 4 (4.26%) BGP
2 4 (4.26%) Multicast
3 3 (3.19%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (3.19%) LAN
3 3 (3.19%) OSPF
3 3 (3.19%) VXLAN
3 3 (3.19%) WAN
4 2 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.13%) Network Security
4 2 (2.13%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (2.13%) Unified Communications
4 2 (2.13%) VoIP
4 2 (2.13%) WebEx
4 2 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.06%) 5G
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (1.06%) MQTT
5 1 (1.06%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) Power BI
2 5 (5.32%) Data Mining
3 3 (3.19%) Tableau
4 2 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.06%) Metadata
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.06%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) JMeter
1 4 (4.26%) LoadRunner
1 4 (4.26%) Serenity BDD
2 3 (3.19%) Axure RP
2 3 (3.19%) Subversion
3 2 (2.13%) Git
3 2 (2.13%) JIRA
4 1 (1.06%) GitLab
4 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.06%) Toad
General
1 40 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.72%) Finance
3 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.51%) Banking
5 7 (7.45%) Retail
6 6 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.32%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.19%) Marketing
8 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.13%) Back Office
9 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.06%) Agriculture
10 1 (1.06%) Automotive
10 1 (1.06%) Electronics
10 1 (1.06%) Law
10 1 (1.06%) Legal
10 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) EntireX
2 3 (3.19%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.13%) REST
3 2 (2.13%) SAP TM
3 2 (2.13%) SOAP
4 1 (1.06%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.06%) JSON
4 1 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.06%) React
4 1 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.06%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.32%) Data Centre
1 5 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Market Risk
2 4 (4.26%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.19%) Life Science
3 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.06%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.06%) FMCG
5 1 (1.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.06%) IoT
5 1 (1.06%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.06%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.06%) PKI
5 1 (1.06%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.13%) Linux
2 1 (1.06%) Unix
2 1 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.40%) Agile
2 19 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (14.89%) Analytics
3 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.77%) Project Delivery
5 8 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (8.51%) Information Security
5 8 (8.51%) Logistics
6 7 (7.45%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (6.38%) DevOps
7 6 (6.38%) Mentoring
7 6 (6.38%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (6.38%) SDLC
7 6 (6.38%) Use Case
8 5 (5.32%) Business Transformation
8 5 (5.32%) Computer Science
8 5 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (5.32%) Scrum
8 5 (5.32%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) SQL
2 7 (7.45%) Java
2 7 (7.45%) Python
3 5 (5.32%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.26%) C#
5 1 (1.06%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.06%) C
5 1 (1.06%) JCL
5 1 (1.06%) Natural
5 1 (1.06%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 19 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.51%) Degree
4 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.26%) CISM
5 4 (4.26%) CRISC
6 3 (3.19%) CISSP
7 2 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.13%) CCA
7 2 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.06%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.32%) Basel II
2 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.13%) NCSC
4 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.06%) GDPR
4 1 (1.06%) GRC
4 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Perfmon
2 2 (2.13%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.06%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (1.06%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (23.40%) SAP
2 9 (9.57%) IBM
2 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.51%) Software AG
3 8 (8.51%) webMethods
4 7 (7.45%) Cisco
5 5 (5.32%) Oracle
6 4 (4.26%) Dynatrace
6 4 (4.26%) New Relic
7 3 (3.19%) Ariba
7 3 (3.19%) Arista
7 3 (3.19%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.13%) Aruba
8 2 (2.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.13%) Guidewire
8 2 (2.13%) Mitel
8 2 (2.13%) OpenLink
8 2 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.06%) Avaloq
9 1 (1.06%) MuleSoft