Consultant Contracts in South London

Consultant
London > South London

The median Consultant daily rate in South London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 37 43
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 2.96% 1.35% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 1.38% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £381 £555 £455
25th Percentile £466 £563 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £594
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.16% +7.95%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £655
90th Percentile £608 £595 £666
London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
London median hourly rate £42.82 £63.36 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.42% +15.19% -23.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 154 217 346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 97.31% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 152 270
10th Percentile £213 £253 £218
25th Percentile £419 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +0.14%
75th Percentile £634 £567 £613
90th Percentile £738 £630 £762
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 13
10th Percentile £22.49 £17.10 £15.75
25th Percentile £24.41 £21.50 £18.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -53.39% +15.59%
75th Percentile £30.80 £79.38 -
90th Percentile £32.72 £83.75 £55.22
London median hourly rate £32.00 £27.66 £36.00
% change year-on-year +15.71% -23.18% +2.86%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in South London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in South London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in South London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in South London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in South London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Croydon +8 3 £525 - 3
Kingston Upon Thames +6 2 £325 -43.48%
Merton - 2 £325 -
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 South London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (20.00%) SSL

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (20.00%) OWASP
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft