The median contractor rate for a Business Consultant was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 27 June 2017.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Business Consultant UK |
|
|
3 months to
27 Jun 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
531 |
531 |
501 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
-30 |
|
| Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant |
79 |
123 |
141 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.17% |
0.23% |
0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.18% |
0.24% |
0.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
42 |
79 |
72 |
| Median daily rate |
£500 |
£438 |
£455 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+14.28% |
-3.84% |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£375 |
£325 |
£303 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£650 |
£575 |
£597 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£475 |
£413 |
£453 |
| % change year-on-year |
+15.15% |
-8.83% |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£22.35 |
- |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£22.35 |
- |
The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract IT Job Roles UK |
| Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role |
44656 |
51218 |
52310 |
| As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK |
94.78% |
94.87% |
94.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
28833 |
33387 |
32903 |
| Median daily rate |
£438 |
£425 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£275 |
£260 |
£245 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£600 |
£600 |
£568 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£370 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+8.10% |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1389 |
1533 |
1989 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.10 |
£17.50 |
£16.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+3.42% |
+6.06% |
|
| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£11.44 |
£11.00 |
£11.00 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£47.50 |
£44.00 |
£40.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
£16.14 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+8.42% |
|
