Management Consultant Contracts in the South East

Management Consultant
England > South East

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 184 218
Rank change year-on-year +33 +34 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 4 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.13% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £485 -
25th Percentile £463 £530 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% +21.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £488 £688 £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

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 2,755 5,123 5,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 92.41% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,082 3,818
10th Percentile £248 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.88%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £607
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 483 243
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.48 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +142.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.96 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
% change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the South East

Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Management Consultant in the South East

Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Management Consultant in the South East

Management 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 Management Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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 +35 3 £475 - 5
Buckinghamshire - 2 £475 - 2
Berkshire +28 1 - - 2
Home Counties - 1 - -
Management Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Management 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 Management Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) SIAM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) eTOM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management

Management 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) SIAM
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Informatica