Technical Consultant Contracts in England

Technical Consultant
UK > England

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in England is £525, 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 436 426 537
Rank change year-on-year -10 +111 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 49 116 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 68 75
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £688
90th Percentile £698 £825 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £556
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.12% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £60.48 -
25th Percentile £41.60 £61.20 -
Median hourly rate £42.82 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% +2.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £44.03 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.82 £61.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year -30.50% -2.22% -4.55%

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%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in England

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in England

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in England

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in England

Technical 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 Technical 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 +4 26 £518 -13.75% 60
South East +37 6 £550 +7.84% 20
Midlands +20 4 £588 +6.82% 9
South West +43 3 £625 +15.74% 7
North West +19 3 £450 -14.29% 9
North of England +16 3 £450 -18.18% 15
East of England +17 2 £525 +5.00% 6
West Midlands +11 2 £544 -1.14% 4
East Midlands +11 2 £600 - 5
Technical Consultant
UK

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

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

1 14 (28.57%) Oracle
2 12 (24.49%) SQL
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Migration
4 10 (20.41%) Finance
4 10 (20.41%) Azure
5 9 (18.37%) Agile
5 9 (18.37%) SAP
6 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
7 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 7 (14.29%) Banking
7 7 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 6 (12.24%) ETL
8 6 (12.24%) AWS
8 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.24%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (10.20%) IFRS
9 5 (10.20%) IFRS 9
9 5 (10.20%) Analytics
9 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.20%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (10.20%) Data Migration
10 4 (8.16%) System Testing
10 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
10 4 (8.16%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (8.16%) Validation
10 4 (8.16%) Workflow
10 4 (8.16%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (8.16%) Middleware

Technical 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 (4.08%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (12.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.16%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.04%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.04%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.04%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
2 6 (12.24%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.12%) GCP
3 3 (6.12%) OCI
4 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.04%) GitHub
5 1 (2.04%) iPaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.04%) Salsify
5 1 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) BGP
2 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SAP BW
1 3 (6.12%) SAP HANA
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) IDOL
3 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Artifactory
1 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.08%) Git
1 2 (4.08%) GitLab
1 2 (4.08%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (4.08%) Postman
1 2 (4.08%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.04%) HP UFT
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.04%) Subversion
General
1 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Finance
3 7 (14.29%) Banking
4 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.12%) General Ledger
6 2 (4.08%) Back Office
6 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Billing
7 1 (2.04%) Local Government
7 1 (2.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) CSS
1 4 (8.16%) Middleware
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (6.12%) HTML
2 3 (6.12%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (4.08%) Playwright
4 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.04%) LDAP
4 1 (2.04%) OAuth
4 1 (2.04%) REST
4 1 (2.04%) SAML
4 1 (2.04%) SAP PI
4 1 (2.04%) SOAP
4 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Replication
2 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.08%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.04%) CMDB
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.04%) FMCG
3 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Unix
4 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Migration
2 9 (18.37%) Agile
3 7 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 6 (12.24%) ETL
4 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.20%) Analytics
5 5 (10.20%) Data Migration
5 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.20%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (8.16%) ERP
6 4 (8.16%) System Testing
6 4 (8.16%) Validation
6 4 (8.16%) Workflow
7 3 (6.12%) Data Mapping
7 3 (6.12%) ITSM
7 3 (6.12%) OO
7 3 (6.12%) Performance Management
7 3 (6.12%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.12%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) SQL
2 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
2 4 (8.16%) PL/SQL
2 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) ABAP
3 2 (4.08%) Java
3 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Degree
4 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.04%) CCIE
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) IFRS
1 5 (10.20%) IFRS 9
2 3 (6.12%) Basel III
3 2 (4.08%) IFRS 17
4 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
1 2 (4.08%) RACF
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) IAG
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Oracle
2 9 (18.37%) SAP
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) CyberArk
4 2 (4.08%) IFS
4 2 (4.08%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.04%) JDA
5 1 (2.04%) RedPrairie
5 1 (2.04%) VMware