Business Consultant Contracts in the South East

Business Consultant
England > South East

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the South East is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 179 200
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 8 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £288 £363 £456
25th Percentile £400 £383 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £419 £538
Median % change year-on-year +22.39% -22.09% +5.91%
75th Percentile £606 £458 £663
90th Percentile £708 £479 £675
England median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.94 £55.94
Median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89
75th Percentile - £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,760 5,114 5,465
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.26% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,830 3,094 3,812
10th Percentile £247 £213 £225
25th Percentile £399 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.83%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £610
90th Percentile £666 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 481 242
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £16.86
25th Percentile £20.12 £18.32 £21.72
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £47.79
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -0.61% +138.95%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £64.91
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £31.17 £36.50 £44.32
% change year-on-year -14.60% -17.64% +96.98%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the South East

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in the South East

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the South East

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in the South East

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley +28 5 £225 -35.71% 2
Buckinghamshire - 3 - - 1
Berkshire +23 2 £225 -35.71% 1
Hampshire +28 1 £475 -2.56%
Kent - 1 £750 - 1
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Business 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 South East region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) APMG
3 3 (37.50%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) ISO 22301
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
5 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Enablement
5 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (12.50%) Power BI
5 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Sales Enablement
5 1 (12.50%) Value Proposition
5 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) eTOM
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Sales Enablement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Enablement
3 1 (12.50%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) APMG
2 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft