Technical Consultant Contracts in London

Technical Consultant
England > London

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 359 424
Rank change year-on-year +13 +65 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 38 36 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 29
10th Percentile £434 £512 £444
25th Percentile £450 £556 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £694 £800
90th Percentile £730 £825 £884
England median daily rate £501 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.00% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.60 - -
Median hourly rate £42.82 - -
75th Percentile £44.03 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.82 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -30.50% +2.67% -6.98%

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 12,754 15,330 22,885
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 94.23% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,634 10,896 16,762
10th Percentile £325 £344 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 201 241
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.83 £22.00 £23.46
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.07 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% -11.44% +12.30%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in London

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in London

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in London over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in London

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in London

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 1 £443 -11.50% 4
Technical Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 London region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
2 10 (26.32%) SQL
3 9 (23.68%) Migration
3 9 (23.68%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (21.05%) Azure
5 7 (18.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (18.42%) SAP
5 7 (18.42%) CRM
5 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
6 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.79%) Agile
6 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
7 5 (13.16%) Data Migration
7 5 (13.16%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
7 5 (13.16%) Oracle
7 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
7 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
7 5 (13.16%) Power BI
7 5 (13.16%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (10.53%) Presales
8 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.53%) ETL
8 4 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (10.53%) ITSM

Technical 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 2 (5.26%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (13.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (5.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (2.63%) Loan IQ
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (2.63%) SAP MDG
5 1 (2.63%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (21.05%) Azure
3 7 (18.42%) Power Platform
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (5.26%) AWS
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Functions
6 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
6 2 (5.26%) Serverless
7 1 (2.63%) GCP
7 1 (2.63%) GitHub
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.63%) Salsify
7 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
2 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (7.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.63%) DB2
5 1 (2.63%) SAP BW
5 1 (2.63%) SAP HANA
5 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Subversion
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Banking
4 3 (7.89%) Marketing
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.26%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.63%) Front Office
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
6 1 (2.63%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) HTML
2 3 (7.89%) CSS
3 1 (2.63%) .NET
3 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.63%) Middleware
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.63%) REST
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.63%) SOAP
3 1 (2.63%) Visualforce
3 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
1 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.63%) FMCG
2 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.63%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.63%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Migration
2 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (18.42%) CRM
3 6 (15.79%) Agile
3 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.16%) Data Migration
4 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
4 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
4 5 (13.16%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.53%) ETL
5 4 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (10.53%) ITSM
5 4 (10.53%) Presales
5 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.89%) DevOps
6 3 (7.89%) Security Operations
6 3 (7.89%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.53%) PL/SQL
3 3 (7.89%) Java
4 2 (5.26%) ABAP
4 2 (5.26%) Python
5 1 (2.63%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.63%) C#
5 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.63%) VB
5 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) IFRS
1 3 (7.89%) IFRS 9
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) IAG
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) SAP
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Oracle
2 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Cognos
3 1 (2.63%) Databricks
3 1 (2.63%) Google
3 1 (2.63%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce