Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 334 354
Rank change year-on-year -38 +20 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 20 10 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.073% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.079% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 35
10th Percentile £435 £431 £400
25th Percentile £463 £472 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £599 £603 £581
90th Percentile £616 £638 £670
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £54.39
75th Percentile - - £56.58
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £54.39

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,411 12,634 18,203
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.22% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,069 7,482 11,719
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 688 1,382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.85% -31.97% +64.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.08 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +26.87%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
North of England -52 6 £500 -20.00% 11
Scotland - 6 £583 -
South East -21 3 £575 +21.05% 8
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire -43 2 - - 4
Midlands -43 2 £500 - 5
South West - 2 £640 - 3
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
North West -24 1 £500 - 7
Wales - 1 - - 1
Business Consultant
UK

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Business 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) ERP
2 8 (40.00%) Migration
3 6 (30.00%) SAP
4 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) QA
4 5 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
5 4 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (20.00%) SAP CO
5 4 (20.00%) SAP FI
5 4 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.00%) CRM
6 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) AAT
7 2 (10.00%) ACCA
7 2 (10.00%) CIMA
7 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (20.00%) SAP CO
2 4 (20.00%) SAP FI
2 4 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Health
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ERP
2 8 (40.00%) Migration
3 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.00%) CRM
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (10.00%) Document Management
6 2 (10.00%) Master Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (10.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) AAT
1 2 (10.00%) ACCA
1 2 (10.00%) CIMA
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
2 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) ISO 22301
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) SAP
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow