Business Consultant Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 136 137
Rank change year-on-year +39 +1 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 5 9 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.34% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.36% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £451
25th Percentile £213 - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £350 £600
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -41.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £238 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £513 £419 £538
% change year-on-year +22.39% -22.09% +5.91%
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 - - -
South East median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the Thames Valley

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in the Thames Valley

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in the Thames Valley

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 - - 3
Berkshire +24 2 £225 -35.71% 2
Business Consultant
South East

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) APMG
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Power BI
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Sales Enablement
4 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Enablement
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) eTOM
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) eTOM
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) APMG
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft