Consultant Contracts in London

Consultant
England > London

The median Consultant daily rate in London is £575, 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 34 29 53
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 750 1,100 1,192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.98% 6.17% 4.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 6.62% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 702 722
10th Percentile £413 £413 £425
25th Percentile £500 £469 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +3.56%
75th Percentile £675 £668 £675
90th Percentile £764 £788 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £43.63 £63.01 £22.50
25th Percentile £46.67 £65.01 £37.28
Median hourly rate £53.50 £69.18 £46.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.66% +47.58% -25.60%
75th Percentile £59.50 £72.51 £57.25
90th Percentile £62.05 £74.00 £75.63
England median hourly rate £76.25 £61.60 £66.00
% change year-on-year +23.78% -6.67% -6.38%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Central London -15 96 £600 +4.35% 114
South London +23 19 £600 - 2
West London +2 8 £488 -11.36% 28
East London -3 6 £585 -6.40% 23
North London - 1 £714 - 1
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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.

1 232 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 227 (30.27%) Finance
3 163 (21.73%) SAP
4 138 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (13.07%) Migration
6 91 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 91 (12.13%) Security Cleared
6 91 (12.13%) Azure
7 89 (11.87%) Agile
8 82 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
9 81 (10.80%) Oracle
10 80 (10.67%) Microsoft
11 73 (9.73%) SAP S/4HANA
12 69 (9.20%) SC Cleared
13 61 (8.13%) Risk Management
14 59 (7.87%) SQL
15 56 (7.47%) Data Migration
16 53 (7.07%) Banking
17 49 (6.53%) ERP
18 45 (6.00%) Project Management
19 44 (5.87%) Degree
19 44 (5.87%) AWS
19 44 (5.87%) Public Sector
20 43 (5.73%) Analytics
20 43 (5.73%) Python
21 41 (5.47%) Power Platform
22 39 (5.20%) Workshop Facilitation
22 39 (5.20%) Change Management
22 39 (5.20%) ServiceNow
23 36 (4.80%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 19 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.33%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.80%) Confluence
5 4 (0.53%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
7 2 (0.27%) MTS
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.27%) CPLEX
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.27%) Sketch
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 73 (9.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.80%) Endur
3 19 (2.53%) SAP FI
4 17 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (2.13%) SAP CO
6 14 (1.87%) SAP FI/CO
7 12 (1.60%) SAP PP
8 11 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
8 11 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
9 10 (1.33%) NEC Housing
10 9 (1.20%) SAP MDG
11 8 (1.07%) SAP PS
11 8 (1.07%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
12 7 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 7 (0.93%) SAP EWM
13 6 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
13 6 (0.80%) Oracle E-Business Tax
13 6 (0.80%) SAP GTS
13 6 (0.80%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 91 (12.13%) Azure
2 44 (5.87%) AWS
3 41 (5.47%) Power Platform
4 27 (3.60%) GCP
5 25 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (2.53%) OCI
8 18 (2.40%) SaaS
9 13 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.60%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.60%) OneDrive
10 12 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (1.33%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.93%) GitHub
14 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.80%) OpenShift
14 6 (0.80%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.07%) Firewall
2 15 (2.00%) BGP
3 13 (1.73%) VPN
4 12 (1.60%) WAN
5 10 (1.33%) Network Security
5 10 (1.33%) OSPF
6 8 (1.07%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.93%) MPLS
7 7 (0.93%) Multicast
8 6 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.80%) DNS
8 6 (0.80%) VLAN
8 6 (0.80%) VXLAN
9 5 (0.67%) DHCP
9 5 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.67%) Wireless
10 4 (0.53%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.53%) LAN
10 4 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.87%) Power BI
2 15 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.73%) Tableau
5 5 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.40%) Big Data
7 3 (0.40%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.40%) Metadata
7 3 (0.40%) MySQL
7 3 (0.40%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 3 (0.40%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.27%) DB2
8 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (4.13%) JIRA
2 7 (0.93%) GitLab
3 6 (0.80%) Subversion
4 5 (0.67%) JMeter
4 5 (0.67%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.53%) Serenity BDD
6 3 (0.40%) Axure RP
6 3 (0.40%) ERwin
6 3 (0.40%) Git
6 3 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) Ant
7 2 (0.27%) ChangeMan
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.27%) Snyk
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 232 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 227 (30.27%) Finance
3 82 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.07%) Banking
5 44 (5.87%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.93%) Retail
8 21 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.40%) General Ledger
11 17 (2.27%) Law
12 16 (2.13%) Marketing
13 14 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.60%) Billing
15 12 (1.60%) Legal
16 11 (1.47%) Back Office
16 11 (1.47%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 8 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.47%) Middleware
2 11 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
3 10 (1.33%) CSS
4 8 (1.07%) HTML
5 6 (0.80%) SOAP
6 5 (0.67%) Kafka
6 5 (0.67%) REST
7 4 (0.53%) .NET
7 4 (0.53%) jQuery
7 4 (0.53%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.53%) SAPUI5
7 4 (0.53%) Web Services
8 3 (0.40%) JSON
8 3 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.40%) Pandas
8 3 (0.40%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.27%) PySpark
9 2 (0.27%) React
9 2 (0.27%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.87%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (1.87%) Data Centre
3 14 (1.87%) Management Information System
3 14 (1.87%) Public Cloud
4 13 (1.73%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.47%) CMDB
6 9 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.07%) Data Structures
8 7 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.67%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.53%) Derivative
10 4 (0.53%) FMCG
10 4 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.53%) Life Science
10 4 (0.53%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.53%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.73%) Windows
2 22 (2.93%) Linux
3 6 (0.80%) Unix
3 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.40%) AIX
6 3 (0.40%) Rocky
7 2 (0.27%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (13.07%) Migration
3 91 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (11.87%) Agile
5 61 (8.13%) Risk Management
6 56 (7.47%) Data Migration
7 49 (6.53%) ERP
8 45 (6.00%) Project Management
9 43 (5.73%) Analytics
10 39 (5.20%) Change Management
10 39 (5.20%) Workshop Facilitation
11 36 (4.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (4.67%) Information Security
12 35 (4.67%) User Acceptance Testing
13 34 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (4.40%) Roadmaps
15 32 (4.27%) Decision-Making
15 32 (4.27%) DevOps
16 31 (4.13%) ITIL
17 30 (4.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.87%) SQL
2 43 (5.73%) Python
3 22 (2.93%) JavaScript
4 21 (2.80%) Java
5 19 (2.53%) ABAP
6 18 (2.40%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.20%) C#
8 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.40%) Bicep
9 3 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.40%) Perl
10 2 (0.27%) Bash
10 2 (0.27%) C++
10 2 (0.27%) Groovy
10 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.27%) R
10 2 (0.27%) REXX
10 2 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.13%) PeopleCode
11 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 91 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 69 (9.20%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.87%) Degree
4 18 (2.40%) CISSP
5 16 (2.13%) CISM
6 15 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.33%) CRISC
9 10 (1.33%) PMP
10 9 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.93%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.80%) CISA
12 6 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (0.67%) CCNP
13 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.53%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (2.80%) GRC
2 21 (2.80%) NIST
3 20 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.67%) QA
4 18 (2.40%) GDPR
5 13 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.47%) IFRS
7 7 (0.93%) IFRS 9
8 6 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.67%) PMO
10 4 (0.53%) Basel II
10 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.40%) Basel III
11 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.40%) SLA
12 2 (0.27%) GAAP
System Software
1 17 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.80%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.40%) Docker
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.40%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) IAG
5 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.00%) Kubernetes
1 15 (2.00%) Terraform
2 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.47%) Ansible
3 11 (1.47%) SCCM
4 6 (0.80%) RSA Archer
5 5 (0.67%) Perfmon
5 5 (0.67%) vRealize
6 4 (0.53%) CEMLI
7 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.40%) Grafana
7 3 (0.40%) PowerCLI
7 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.27%) Control-M
8 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) VxRail
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.13%) SCOM
9 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 163 (21.73%) SAP
2 81 (10.80%) Oracle
3 80 (10.67%) Microsoft
4 39 (5.20%) ServiceNow
5 24 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.07%) Ariba
6 23 (3.07%) VMware
7 19 (2.53%) Google
8 17 (2.27%) Cisco
9 15 (2.00%) OpenLink
10 14 (1.87%) Workday
11 12 (1.60%) NEC
12 9 (1.20%) IBM
12 9 (1.20%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.07%) Splunk
14 7 (0.93%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.93%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.80%) IFS
15 6 (0.80%) Informatica
15 6 (0.80%) MuleSoft