Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 29 47
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 722 1,187 1,017
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.10% 5.60% 4.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.60% 6.06% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 781 647
10th Percentile £400 £415 £400
25th Percentile £463 £468 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £612 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £721
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 35
10th Percentile £29.11 £26.38 £28.10
25th Percentile £47.74 £52.90 £55.94
Median hourly rate £77.50 £59.95 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +29.27% -7.31% -10.79%
75th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £86.88
90th Percentile - £68.88 £96.50
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £61.60 £66.00
% change year-on-year +17.69% -6.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,895 19,573 21,654
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 92.40% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,996 11,727 14,916
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,438 1,150
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.75 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +96.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.68 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
North of England -6 199 £550 - 413
South East -8 189 £550 -5.66% 394
Midlands -6 134 £550 -4.35% 167
North West -5 113 £568 +3.18% 288
East of England +11 71 £550 +4.76% 116
South West -13 67 £550 -4.35% 189
East Midlands +3 65 £550 -4.35% 60
West Midlands -30 63 £550 - 102
Yorkshire -12 61 £475 -5.00% 91
Scotland -41 38 £463 -11.90% 87
North East +17 25 £540 -8.47% 36
Wales +1 17 £419 -28.72% 27
Northern Ireland -14 9 £520 -2.12% 37
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 210 (29.09%) SAP
2 191 (26.45%) Social Skills
3 163 (22.58%) Security Cleared
4 126 (17.45%) Finance
5 114 (15.79%) SC Cleared
6 106 (14.68%) Microsoft
7 95 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (12.05%) Migration
9 81 (11.22%) SAP S/4HANA
10 70 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
11 63 (8.73%) Azure
12 62 (8.59%) Public Sector
13 60 (8.31%) Oracle
14 59 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (7.34%) SQL
16 52 (7.20%) Agile
17 46 (6.37%) Analytics
18 45 (6.23%) Data Migration
19 44 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
20 43 (5.96%) DV Cleared
21 41 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
22 37 (5.12%) Roadmaps
23 34 (4.71%) IBM
24 33 (4.57%) Change Management
24 33 (4.57%) Workshop Facilitation
25 32 (4.43%) Manufacturing
25 32 (4.43%) NIST
26 31 (4.29%) Validation
26 31 (4.29%) Power Platform
27 30 (4.16%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 17 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.80%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.39%) WebLogic
4 8 (1.11%) IIS
5 6 (0.83%) Apache
5 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.83%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.69%) Confluence
7 4 (0.55%) CMS
8 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.14%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.14%) InDesign
5 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 81 (11.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.77%) SAP Payroll
3 19 (2.63%) SAP HR
4 17 (2.35%) Maximo
5 16 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (2.22%) SAP FI
6 14 (1.94%) SAP CO
6 14 (1.94%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (1.80%) SAP MM
8 12 (1.66%) SAP PP
8 12 (1.66%) SAP SD
9 11 (1.52%) SAP IBP
10 9 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
10 9 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 8 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
11 8 (1.11%) SAP BRIM
12 7 (0.97%) SAP EWM
12 7 (0.97%) SAP Hybris
12 7 (0.97%) SAP PSCD
12 7 (0.97%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.73%) Azure
2 31 (4.29%) Power Platform
3 27 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (3.60%) SuccessFactors
5 24 (3.32%) AWS
6 23 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.77%) OCI
8 13 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.66%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.52%) SaaS
10 11 (1.52%) Snowflake
11 10 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.39%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.25%) GCP
13 7 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.97%) PaaS
13 7 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 5 (0.69%) IaaS
15 4 (0.55%) dbt
15 4 (0.55%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.52%) Firewall
2 9 (1.25%) DNS
2 9 (1.25%) Network Security
2 9 (1.25%) SAN
3 6 (0.83%) DHCP
3 6 (0.83%) WAN
4 5 (0.69%) Wireless
5 4 (0.55%) LAN
5 4 (0.55%) NAS
5 4 (0.55%) VPN
5 4 (0.55%) VSAN
6 3 (0.42%) BGP
6 3 (0.42%) DMZ
6 3 (0.42%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.42%) Internet
6 3 (0.42%) MPLS
6 3 (0.42%) SSL
7 2 (0.28%) Frame Relay
7 2 (0.28%) HTTP
7 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.05%) Power BI
2 16 (2.22%) SAP HANA
3 15 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.52%) SAP BW
6 7 (0.97%) DB2
6 7 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.83%) GIS
8 5 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.28%) Sybase IQ
11 2 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (1.66%) JIRA
2 8 (1.11%) Git
3 6 (0.83%) Hudson
3 6 (0.83%) Postman
4 3 (0.42%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.28%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.14%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.14%) Maven
6 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 191 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 126 (17.45%) Finance
3 70 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.43%) Manufacturing
6 28 (3.88%) Marketing
7 27 (3.74%) Telecoms
8 23 (3.19%) Retail
9 22 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.77%) Banking
11 17 (2.35%) Billing
12 13 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.25%) French Language
15 8 (1.11%) Electronics
15 8 (1.11%) General Ledger
16 7 (0.97%) Automotive
17 5 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.69%) Law
17 5 (0.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.19%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (2.35%) Middleware
2 17 (2.35%) SOAP
3 12 (1.66%) .NET
3 12 (1.66%) HTML
3 12 (1.66%) Web Services
4 11 (1.52%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.39%) EntireX
5 10 (1.39%) REST
5 10 (1.39%) XML
6 8 (1.11%) Node.js
6 8 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.55%) CSS
7 4 (0.55%) JSON
7 4 (0.55%) LDAP
7 4 (0.55%) SAP Core Interface
7 4 (0.55%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.42%) BAPI
8 3 (0.42%) Swagger
9 2 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 16 (2.22%) Data Centre
3 14 (1.94%) Onboarding
3 14 (1.94%) Security Posture
4 12 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.52%) Operational Technology
6 10 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (0.97%) FMCG
8 7 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.97%) Replication
8 7 (0.97%) SCADA
9 6 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.83%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.69%) Clustering
10 5 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.69%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.55%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.88%) Windows
2 24 (3.32%) Linux
3 9 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.11%) Unix
5 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.42%) Android
6 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.42%) zOS
7 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.28%) VMS
7 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (12.05%) Migration
3 59 (8.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (7.20%) Agile
5 46 (6.37%) Analytics
6 45 (6.23%) Data Migration
7 44 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (5.12%) Roadmaps
10 33 (4.57%) Change Management
10 33 (4.57%) Workshop Facilitation
11 31 (4.29%) Validation
12 30 (4.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (4.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (4.02%) Incident Response
13 29 (4.02%) Project Delivery
14 28 (3.88%) ITIL
14 28 (3.88%) Knowledge Transfer
14 28 (3.88%) Requirements Gathering
15 27 (3.74%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.34%) SQL
2 21 (2.91%) Python
3 20 (2.77%) Java
4 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.94%) PL/SQL
5 14 (1.94%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.39%) ABAP
7 8 (1.11%) Perl
8 7 (0.97%) C
8 7 (0.97%) C++
8 7 (0.97%) PHP
9 6 (0.83%) C#
10 4 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.42%) PeopleCode
12 2 (0.28%) Bash
12 2 (0.28%) ProC
12 2 (0.28%) R
12 2 (0.28%) Tcl
12 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 163 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 114 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.96%) DV Cleared
4 26 (3.60%) Degree
5 25 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 25 (3.46%) CISSP
6 19 (2.63%) CISM
7 11 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.25%) ACCA
8 9 (1.25%) CIMA
9 7 (0.97%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (0.83%) CCNP
10 6 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.69%) CCIE
11 5 (0.69%) CLAS
11 5 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (0.55%) CRISC
12 4 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.43%) NIST
2 30 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.05%) QA
4 16 (2.22%) GDPR
5 14 (1.94%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.66%) RMADS
7 11 (1.52%) GRC
8 9 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.97%) NCSC
9 7 (0.97%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.83%) JSP 440
10 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.69%) COBIT
11 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.69%) IFRS
12 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.42%) Basel III
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.42%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 17 (2.35%) Active Directory
1 17 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.83%) vSphere
3 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.69%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.55%) Docker
5 3 (0.42%) UAG
6 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.25%) vRealize
3 7 (0.97%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.97%) Terraform
4 6 (0.83%) SCCM
5 5 (0.69%) Ansible
6 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.55%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (0.42%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.42%) QRadar
7 3 (0.42%) VxRail
8 2 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.28%) Grafana
8 2 (0.28%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) logstash
8 2 (0.28%) OpenView
8 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 210 (29.09%) SAP
2 106 (14.68%) Microsoft
3 60 (8.31%) Oracle
4 34 (4.71%) IBM
5 25 (3.46%) VMware
6 24 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.22%) Cisco
8 14 (1.94%) IFS
9 13 (1.80%) Splunk
10 12 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.39%) Software AG
11 10 (1.39%) webMethods
12 9 (1.25%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.97%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.97%) F5
14 6 (0.83%) EMC
15 5 (0.69%) Infoblox
15 5 (0.69%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.55%) HP
16 4 (0.55%) Workday