Software Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Software Consultant
UK > England

The median Software Consultant daily rate in England is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 524 594
Rank change year-on-year +18 +70 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Software Consultant 13 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.006% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.007% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £559 - £544
25th Percentile £572 - £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £672 - £690
90th Percentile £696 - £735
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
UK median hourly rate - - £65.00

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 25,406 30,639 39,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.99% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 19,101 27,778
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,479 1,365
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.81 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Consultant in England

Software Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Software Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Consultant job vacancies in England

Software 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 Software Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
North of England - 4 - - 7
London +6 3 £675 - 11
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
North West - 2 - - 5
South West - 2 £550 - 5
West Midlands -7 1 - -
Midlands -14 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 3
Software Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Software 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 Software Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) webMethods
1 8 (61.54%) IBM
1 8 (61.54%) Software AG
1 8 (61.54%) EntireX
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Project Delivery
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Banking
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Fujitsu
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.69%) Electronics
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.69%) Natural
5 1 (7.69%) JCL
5 1 (7.69%) Assembly Language

Software 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:

General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) User Experience
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Assembly Language
1 1 (7.69%) C
1 1 (7.69%) JCL
1 1 (7.69%) Natural
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) IBM
1 8 (61.54%) Software AG
1 8 (61.54%) webMethods
2 1 (7.69%) Fujitsu
2 1 (7.69%) SAP