Consultant Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Consultant
South East > Surrey

The median Consultant daily rate in Surrey is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 31 43
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 33 23 30
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 8.13% 5.42% 4.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.82% 5.79% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 24
10th Percentile £477 £411 £515
25th Percentile £503 £469 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £518 £609
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.99% +6.80%
75th Percentile £767 £598 £688
90th Percentile £950 £626 £764
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £530
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% -9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £68.00 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £71.31 £63.29
% change year-on-year -8.85% +12.67% -23.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 374 397 636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 93.63% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 262 501
10th Percentile £204 £203 £182
25th Percentile £253 £262 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £649 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 15 34
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.95 £25.64
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.77 £47.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £26.72 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £70.34 £78.10
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £52.20
% change year-on-year -44.44% -13.79% +49.14%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Surrey

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Surrey

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Surrey

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Surrey

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Camberley +12 8 £500 -25.93% 2
Redhill - 4 £900 - 1
Leatherhead - 3 - -
Reigate +5 1 £600 - 3
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) SAP
2 8 (24.24%) SAP HCM
2 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.21%) ABAP
3 7 (21.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (18.18%) Time Management
4 6 (18.18%) Workflow
5 5 (15.15%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) API Management
6 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.12%) ERP
6 4 (12.12%) SAP APO
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (9.09%) Data Management
7 3 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (9.09%) Postgraduate
7 3 (9.09%) Qualitative Research
8 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
8 2 (6.06%) AI
8 2 (6.06%) Data Governance
8 2 (6.06%) Data Migration
8 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
8 2 (6.06%) Inventory Management
8 2 (6.06%) Master Data Management
8 2 (6.06%) Migration
8 2 (6.06%) OCI

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (24.24%) SAP HCM
2 4 (12.12%) SAP APO
3 1 (3.03%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.03%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (3.03%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) OCI
1 2 (6.06%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) Akamai
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) iPaaS
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Manufacturing
2 5 (15.15%) Marketing
3 4 (12.12%) Electronics
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Life Science
2 1 (3.03%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (18.18%) Time Management
2 6 (18.18%) Workflow
3 5 (15.15%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) API Management
4 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.12%) ERP
4 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (9.09%) Data Management
5 3 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (9.09%) Qualitative Research
6 2 (6.06%) AI
6 2 (6.06%) Data Governance
6 2 (6.06%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Inventory Management
6 2 (6.06%) Master Data Management
6 2 (6.06%) Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (6.06%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) ABAP
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.09%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.03%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
1 1 (3.03%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) Adobe
3 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.03%) Imperva
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) Okta
3 1 (3.03%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Splunk
3 1 (3.03%) Tenable
3 1 (3.03%) Zscaler