Consultant Contracts in London

Consultant
England > London

The median Consultant daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 54 68
Rank change year-on-year +25 +14 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,092 1,184 1,487
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.17% 4.37% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.62% 4.59% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 718 996
10th Percentile £413 £425 £424
25th Percentile £463 £493 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.50% +4.81%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £671
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £22.50 £52.60
25th Percentile - £37.28 £56.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £46.88 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -25.60% +9.57%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £79.00
90th Percentile - £75.63 £88.60
England median hourly rate £60.80 £66.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -7.88% -6.38% +22.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,503 25,805 37,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.30% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,697 27,064
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 292 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +11.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.83 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in London

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 Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +40 178 £575 +4.55% 59
East London +10 26 £625 -16.67% 10
West London +25 17 £570 +11.17% 7
South London +10 3 - - 5
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 343 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 314 (28.75%) Finance
3 223 (20.42%) SAP
4 186 (17.03%) Microsoft
5 155 (14.19%) Azure
6 135 (12.36%) Migration
7 131 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
8 123 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (10.26%) Degree
10 108 (9.89%) Agile
11 106 (9.71%) Public Sector
12 105 (9.62%) Oracle
13 104 (9.52%) Security Cleared
14 101 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 86 (7.88%) SAP S/4HANA
16 85 (7.78%) SQL
16 85 (7.78%) DevOps
17 83 (7.60%) SC Cleared
18 78 (7.14%) Project Management
19 76 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
20 75 (6.87%) Dynamics 365
21 74 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
22 69 (6.32%) Power Platform
23 67 (6.14%) Data Migration
24 65 (5.95%) Requirements Gathering
25 62 (5.68%) Banking
26 60 (5.49%) Power BI
27 58 (5.31%) ERP
28 56 (5.13%) AWS
29 49 (4.49%) Python

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 20 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.92%) CMS
3 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.37%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.27%) Drupal
6 3 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.18%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.092%) JBoss
8 1 (0.092%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.092%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) Revit
5 1 (0.092%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 86 (7.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.11%) Dynamics AX
3 22 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.65%) SAP EWM
4 18 (1.65%) Workday HCM
5 17 (1.56%) SAP FI
5 17 (1.56%) SAP MDG
6 14 (1.28%) SAP CO
6 14 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (1.19%) SAP SD
8 10 (0.92%) Dynamics GP
8 10 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
9 8 (0.73%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
9 8 (0.73%) Relativity
10 7 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.64%) SimCorp Dimension
11 6 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
11 6 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.55%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 155 (14.19%) Azure
2 75 (6.87%) Dynamics 365
3 69 (6.32%) Power Platform
4 56 (5.13%) AWS
5 43 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.94%) Power Automate
6 37 (3.39%) GCP
6 37 (3.39%) OCI
7 31 (2.84%) PowerApps
8 26 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 20 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
10 18 (1.65%) WhatsApp
11 14 (1.28%) SaaS
12 10 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (0.92%) GitHub
12 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (0.92%) Serverless
13 9 (0.82%) IaaS
14 6 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.83%) Firewall
2 13 (1.19%) WAN
3 10 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 9 (0.82%) DNS
4 9 (0.82%) Wireless
5 8 (0.73%) DHCP
6 6 (0.55%) Network Security
6 6 (0.55%) VPN
7 5 (0.46%) SSH
7 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.46%) WebEx
8 4 (0.37%) HTTP
8 4 (0.37%) LAN
9 2 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.18%) DKIM
9 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.18%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 2 (0.18%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.49%) Power BI
2 36 (3.30%) Data Lake
3 29 (2.66%) SAP HANA
3 29 (2.66%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.92%) Big Data
5 10 (0.92%) Metadata
6 8 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.64%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.64%) SAP BW
7 7 (0.64%) Tableau
8 5 (0.46%) EDRMS
8 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.37%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.37%) MySQL
9 4 (0.37%) PowerCenter
9 4 (0.37%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 18 (1.65%) Git
2 15 (1.37%) JIRA
3 10 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.64%) Postman
5 6 (0.55%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.46%) GitLab
6 5 (0.46%) Selenium
7 4 (0.37%) Appium
7 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.37%) eggPlant
7 4 (0.37%) JUnit
7 4 (0.37%) Maven
7 4 (0.37%) Protractor
7 4 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.37%) SOAtest
7 4 (0.37%) TestNG
7 4 (0.37%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.18%) WiX
General
1 343 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 314 (28.75%) Finance
3 131 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 62 (5.68%) Banking
6 45 (4.12%) Retail
7 42 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 38 (3.48%) Marketing
9 34 (3.11%) Manufacturing
10 27 (2.47%) General Ledger
11 20 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.74%) German Language
13 18 (1.65%) Law
14 17 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (1.47%) Legal
16 14 (1.28%) Billing
16 14 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (0.82%) Automotive
17 9 (0.82%) Electronics
17 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.56%) Web Services
2 23 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.65%) XML
4 16 (1.47%) SailPoint
5 14 (1.28%) EDI
6 12 (1.10%) HTML
7 11 (1.01%) .NET
7 11 (1.01%) CSS
7 11 (1.01%) LDAP
8 10 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
9 9 (0.82%) Node.js
10 8 (0.73%) JSON
10 8 (0.73%) REST
10 8 (0.73%) SAML
10 8 (0.73%) SAP Basis
11 7 (0.64%) OpenID
11 7 (0.64%) RESTful
12 6 (0.55%) SAP TM
13 5 (0.46%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.46%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 32 (2.93%) Data Structures
2 25 (2.29%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.01%) Onboarding
4 19 (1.74%) CMDB
5 16 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.10%) PKI
8 11 (1.01%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 10 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (0.92%) IoT
9 10 (0.92%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.73%) EMV
12 7 (0.64%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.64%) NHS
12 7 (0.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.75%) Windows
2 28 (2.56%) Linux
3 15 (1.37%) Unix
4 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.18%) OpenVMS
5 2 (0.18%) VMS
5 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.092%) Android
6 1 (0.092%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.092%) NetWare
6 1 (0.092%) OS/390
6 1 (0.092%) Solaris
6 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (12.36%) Migration
2 123 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (9.89%) Agile
4 101 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (7.78%) DevOps
6 78 (7.14%) Project Management
7 76 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
8 74 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (6.14%) Data Migration
10 65 (5.95%) Requirements Gathering
11 58 (5.31%) ERP
12 46 (4.21%) Data Modelling
13 40 (3.66%) Identity Access Management
13 40 (3.66%) Information Security
14 39 (3.57%) Analytics
15 38 (3.48%) CRM
15 38 (3.48%) Risk Management
15 38 (3.48%) Target Operating Model
15 38 (3.48%) Use Case
16 37 (3.39%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (7.78%) SQL
2 49 (4.49%) Python
3 45 (4.12%) ABAP
4 43 (3.94%) Java
5 25 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.29%) PowerShell
6 19 (1.74%) C#
7 12 (1.10%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.55%) Perl
8 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.46%) R
10 4 (0.37%) AWK
10 4 (0.37%) Bash
10 4 (0.37%) C++
10 4 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.37%) Go
10 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.27%) Ruby
12 2 (0.18%) DCL
Qualifications
1 112 (10.26%) Degree
2 104 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 83 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.01%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.47%) CISM
6 16 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.37%) CISSP
8 14 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.82%) CRISC
11 8 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (0.73%) CISA
12 6 (0.55%) ACCA
12 6 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.46%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.37%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (0.37%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.37%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.30%) NIST
2 35 (3.21%) Data Quality
3 32 (2.93%) QA
4 25 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.37%) GRC
5 15 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (1.37%) SLA
6 14 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (0.82%) NCSC
8 9 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.64%) ISO 31000
9 7 (0.64%) PMO
10 6 (0.55%) GDPR
11 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.27%) GAAP
11 3 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.18%) COBIT
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 27 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.92%) VMware NSX
4 9 (0.82%) Docker
5 7 (0.64%) vSphere
6 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.27%) UAG
7 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.18%) KVM
8 2 (0.18%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.18%) XenApp
9 1 (0.092%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.092%) Firmware
9 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.092%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (1.37%) Terraform
2 11 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.46%) Ansible
5 5 (0.46%) EnCase
5 5 (0.46%) Grafana
5 5 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.46%) SCCM
6 3 (0.27%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.18%) Control-M
7 2 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.18%) SCOM
7 2 (0.18%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.092%) MOM
8 1 (0.092%) Nessus
8 1 (0.092%) Puppet
8 1 (0.092%) WSUS
8 1 (0.092%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 223 (20.42%) SAP
2 186 (17.03%) Microsoft
3 105 (9.62%) Oracle
4 37 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.56%) Workday
6 25 (2.29%) Adobe
6 25 (2.29%) VMware
7 18 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.19%) Cisco
8 13 (1.19%) Google
8 13 (1.19%) Palantir
9 12 (1.10%) Foundry
9 12 (1.10%) IBM
10 10 (0.92%) Ariba
10 10 (0.92%) Murex
11 9 (0.82%) Informatica
12 8 (0.73%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.73%) Sage
13 7 (0.64%) Dell
13 7 (0.64%) SimCorp