Business Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 419 481
Rank change year-on-year +47 +62 -65
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 31 35 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.14% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 26
10th Percentile £400 £413 £406
25th Percentile £467 £460 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.09% +3.11%
75th Percentile £505 £575 £538
90th Percentile £550 £675 £563
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £501
% change year-on-year - +4.90% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.94 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £56.89 £56.89 -
75th Percentile £57.83 £57.83 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £56.89 £56.89 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,270 22,988 30,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.03% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,879 16,114 21,117
10th Percentile £213 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £570
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,175 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £42.08 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +115.78% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £40.19
90th Percentile £72.90 £74.50 £58.98
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £44.06 £22.94
% change year-on-year -20.55% +92.04% -0.26%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant 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 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the UK excluding London

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant 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 17 April 2024. 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
South East +19 10 £419 -11.84% 3
North of England +28 9 £488 +2.63% 11
Scotland +39 3 £506 +7.14% 8
South West +31 3 £550 +12.82%
Yorkshire +21 3 £488 +14.71%
North West +21 3 £488 - 11
North East - 3 £400 -
Midlands +37 2 £594 +13.10% 7
West Midlands +31 2 £594 +7.95% 6
Wales - 2 £469 - 1
East of England +13 1 £525 +31.25% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £488 -
Business Consultant
UK

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 13 (41.94%) SC Cleared
3 10 (32.26%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
4 7 (22.58%) User Stories
5 6 (19.35%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (19.35%) Storyboarding
6 4 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (12.90%) Accounts Payable
6 4 (12.90%) ERP
6 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
7 3 (9.68%) Accounts Receivable
7 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (6.45%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (6.45%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (6.45%) Business Transformation
8 2 (6.45%) SAP
8 2 (6.45%) Finance
8 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 2 (6.45%) Business Strategy
9 1 (3.23%) Product Backlog
9 1 (3.23%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
9 1 (3.23%) OCI

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) OCI
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (32.26%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
1 1 (3.23%) Life Science
1 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Agile
1 7 (22.58%) User Stories
2 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (19.35%) Storyboarding
3 4 (12.90%) Accounts Payable
3 4 (12.90%) ERP
4 3 (9.68%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 2 (6.45%) Business Strategy
5 2 (6.45%) Business Transformation
5 2 (6.45%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (3.23%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.23%) Coaching
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.23%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (3.23%) Expense Management
6 1 (3.23%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.23%) System Testing
6 1 (3.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) ABAP
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 13 (41.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Siemens