Applications Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Application Consultant
England > London

The median Application Consultant daily rate in London is £743, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 371 405
Rank change year-on-year +5 +34 +152
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.051% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.055% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 7
10th Percentile £617 - £363
25th Percentile £664 £225 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £743 £250 £575
Median % change year-on-year +197.00% -56.52% -8.00%
75th Percentile £821 £447 £713
90th Percentile £869 £562 £768
England median daily rate £568 £325 £575
% change year-on-year +74.62% -43.48% -7.63%

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 13,052 14,572 18,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.66% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,666 9,460 13,218
10th Percentile £338 £338 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.77%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 154 212
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.65 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% +0.95% +3.73%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £80.75 £73.54
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +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 2 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 2 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 +4 2 £743 -2.94%
Applications Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) CASB
2 1 (33.33%) Charles River
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) COSO
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Key Management
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow

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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Key Management
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) COSO
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Charles River