Applications Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Application Consultant
England > London

The median Application Consultant daily rate in London is £594, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 365 394
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 +156
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.053% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.056% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £572 £225 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £250 £675
Median % change year-on-year +137.40% -62.96% +8.43%
75th Percentile £686 £447 £713
90th Percentile £815 £543 £795
England median daily rate £589 £325 £600
% change year-on-year +81.31% -45.83% -1.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,278 14,222 17,588
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.51% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,204 12,720
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.39 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.69 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Applications Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Applications Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in London

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Consultant in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Consultant in London

Applications Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Consultant job vacancies in London

Applications Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Central London - 2 £743 -
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Applications 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 London region featuring Applications Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Application Security
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (33.33%) Zscaler
3 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) CASB
3 1 (16.67%) CCSK
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CGEIT
3 1 (16.67%) Charles River
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) COSO
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) GRC
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Management

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Application Security
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (16.67%) CCSK
2 1 (16.67%) CCSP
2 1 (16.67%) CGEIT
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) COSO
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Zscaler
2 1 (16.67%) Charles River
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft