Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 496 517
Rank change year-on-year -35 +21 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 55 39 86
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 67
10th Percentile £411 £413 £408
25th Percentile £458 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £675 £683 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40.75 £52.19
Median hourly rate - £41.50 £54.39
Median % change year-on-year - -23.69% -
75th Percentile - £42.25 £56.58
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £54.39

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Business Consultant
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 December 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
England -21 39 £575 +15.00% 32
London +6 24 £588 +4.44% 11
Work from Home +2 22 £550 -12.00% 16
UK excluding London -25 18 £575 +15.00% 26
Scotland - 6 £583 -
North of England -37 4 £500 -20.00% 12
South East -18 3 £575 +21.05% 8
Midlands -37 2 £500 - 4
Yorkshire -44 2 - - 4
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
South West - 2 £640 - 2
North West -29 1 £500 - 8
Wales - 1 - -
North East - 1 - -

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.45%) ERP
2 14 (25.45%) Migration
3 13 (23.64%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 11 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 9 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.55%) SAP
7 7 (12.73%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (10.91%) Business Analysis
8 6 (10.91%) Business Continuity
8 6 (10.91%) CRM
8 6 (10.91%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (10.91%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (9.09%) AI
9 5 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 5 (9.09%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
9 5 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 5 (9.09%) QA
9 5 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (7.27%) Adobe
10 4 (7.27%) Agile
10 4 (7.27%) Analytics
10 4 (7.27%) API Integration
10 4 (7.27%) Business Intelligence

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.82%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (9.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (3.64%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.64%) SAP FI
4 2 (3.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.82%) Loan IQ
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (1.82%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.82%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (1.82%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.82%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.45%) AWS
3 3 (5.45%) Veeva
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.64%) Miro
4 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.82%) Azure
5 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.82%) GitHub
5 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) Power BI
2 3 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.82%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (47.27%) Finance
2 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Retail
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.82%) International Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.82%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.27%) Life Science
3 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.82%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) ERP
1 14 (25.45%) Migration
2 11 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 11 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 9 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.73%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (10.91%) Business Analysis
6 6 (10.91%) Business Continuity
6 6 (10.91%) CRM
6 6 (10.91%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (9.09%) AI
7 5 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 5 (9.09%) Process Improvement
7 5 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
8 4 (7.27%) Analytics
8 4 (7.27%) API Integration
8 4 (7.27%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) ACCA
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) CIMA
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) GRC
4 1 (1.82%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.82%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.55%) SAP
3 4 (7.27%) Adobe
3 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Ariba
5 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow