Business Consultant Contracts

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 3 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 496 605
Rank change year-on-year +12 +109 +112
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 42 87 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 60 60
10th Percentile £436 £400 £415
25th Percentile £454 £481 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £626
90th Percentile £725 £953 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.94 £55.94
Median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89
75th Percentile - £57.83 £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £56.89 £56.89

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 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Top 8 Contract 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 3 May 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 +30 34 £519 -5.68% 66
Work from Home +19 18 £588 +20.51% 47
London +25 15 £550 -8.33% 42
UK excluding London +39 13 £513 +5.13% 26
South East +33 8 £513 +22.39% 8
North of England +7 5 £513 +5.13% 10
Yorkshire +9 4 £569 +16.67% 2
North West +8 1 £500 +2.56% 6

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Business 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 featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (45.24%) Finance
2 17 (40.48%) Change Management
3 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
4 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (21.43%) Project Delivery
6 8 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (19.05%) Project Management
6 8 (19.05%) Agile
7 6 (14.29%) SQL
7 6 (14.29%) APMG
8 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
8 5 (11.90%) SAP
8 5 (11.90%) Migration
9 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
9 4 (9.52%) Value Proposition
9 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (9.52%) Behavioural Change
9 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
9 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
9 4 (9.52%) Business Analysis
9 4 (9.52%) Project Planning
10 3 (7.14%) Degree
10 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.38%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.76%) Azure
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) GIS
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Finance
2 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Front Office
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.76%) Marketing
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Publishing
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Change Management
2 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (19.05%) Agile
4 8 (19.05%) Project Management
5 5 (11.90%) Migration
6 4 (9.52%) Behavioural Change
6 4 (9.52%) Business Analysis
6 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
6 4 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (9.52%) Project Planning
6 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (9.52%) Value Proposition
6 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
6 4 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (7.14%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) APMG
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.14%) Degree
3 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) EMIR
1 2 (4.76%) ISO 22301
1 2 (4.76%) MiFID
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) SAP
3 2 (4.76%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Charles River
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) TIBCO