Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 503 518
Rank change year-on-year -98 +15 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 79 56 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 40 19
10th Percentile £325 £411 £398
25th Percentile £453 £452 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £575
90th Percentile £693 £725 £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £506 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% -7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.75
Median hourly rate - - £41.50
75th Percentile - - £42.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 50,643 30,010 35,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.03% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,934 18,949 21,605
10th Percentile £325 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,909 1,607 1,616
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.57 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.49% -42.88% +0.83%

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 24 September 2026.

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 13 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 24 September 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
England -99 61 £525 -12.50% 100
London -64 43 £550 -8.33% 43
UK excluding London -86 26 £450 -11.11% 75
Work from Home -62 21 £563 -6.25% 49
Scotland -19 8 £350 - 8
East of England -25 7 £475 - 4
South East -61 4 £544 -17.92% 14
North West -50 3 £510 +2.00% 15
North of England -66 3 £510 +2.00% 20
Midlands - 3 £481 - 18
East Midlands - 2 £513 - 1
South West -39 1 £350 -48.15% 4
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 17

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 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 featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 21 (26.58%) Dynamics 365
3 15 (18.99%) ERP
4 13 (16.46%) Fault Management
4 13 (16.46%) Order Management
4 13 (16.46%) Service Management
4 13 (16.46%) ServiceNow
5 12 (15.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (13.92%) Migration
7 10 (12.66%) Oracle
7 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (12.66%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (10.13%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (10.13%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (8.86%) Business Transformation
9 7 (8.86%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (8.86%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (8.86%) Technology Transformation
10 6 (7.59%) Agile
10 6 (7.59%) Business Continuity
10 6 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
10 6 (7.59%) SQL
11 5 (6.33%) Azure
11 5 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (6.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (6.33%) Power BI
11 5 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (6.33%) SaaS

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 (2.53%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (8.86%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (8.86%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (5.06%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.27%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.33%) Azure
3 5 (6.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.53%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.53%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JDeveloper
2 1 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 37 (46.84%) Finance
2 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.46%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.59%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.80%) Banking
5 3 (3.80%) General Ledger
5 3 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Military
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Advertising
7 1 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.27%) French Language
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
7 1 (1.27%) Marketing
7 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.80%) XML
2 2 (2.53%) REST
2 2 (2.53%) Web Services
3 1 (1.27%) JSON
3 1 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) CMDB
2 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.99%) ERP
2 13 (16.46%) Fault Management
2 13 (16.46%) Order Management
2 13 (16.46%) Service Management
3 12 (15.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (13.92%) Migration
5 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (12.66%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (10.13%) Translating Business Requirements
6 8 (10.13%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (8.86%) Business Transformation
7 7 (8.86%) Technology Transformation
8 6 (7.59%) Agile
8 6 (7.59%) Business Continuity
8 6 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (5.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.59%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.06%) Degree
3 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.46%) ServiceNow
3 10 (12.66%) Oracle
4 2 (2.53%) SAP
5 1 (1.27%) Temenos
5 1 (1.27%) Workday