Senior Business Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Business Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 340 397
Rank change year-on-year -65 +57 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Consultant 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.014% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.016% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -
75th Percentile £688 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +41.30%
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 16,641 12,846 17,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 92.27% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 7,626 11,521
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
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 1,677 698 1,372
10th Percentile £13.98 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.27 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.29 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.62% -30.47% +55.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.62 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +21.43%

Senior Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Business Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South West - 1 £675 -
Senior Business Consultant
UK

Senior Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Business Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Senior 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience