Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 518 539
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 +181
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 56 45 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 67
10th Percentile £411 £400 £408
25th Percentile £428 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £667 £588 £656
90th Percentile £725 £640 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £50.22
25th Percentile - £40.75 £50.55
Median hourly rate - £41.50 £57.19
Median % change year-on-year - -27.44% -
75th Percentile - £42.25 £66.64
90th Percentile - - £68.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £57.19

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 30,435 34,526 44,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.91% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,258 20,814 30,499
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,682 1,372 1,517
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%

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 23 October 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 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 23 October 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 -16 36 £600 +9.09% 72
London +25 23 £638 +21.43% 25
Work from Home +21 15 £600 +2.13% 25
UK excluding London -25 15 £500 -9.09% 52
Scotland - 5 £583 - 2
North of England -28 3 £500 -9.09% 18
South West +15 2 £675 +8.00% 2
East of England -6 2 £475 -13.64% 5
East Midlands -11 2 £500 -
North West -17 2 £500 -9.09% 14
Midlands -36 2 £500 - 7
South East +8 1 £575 +27.78% 16
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 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 20 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (19.64%) Business Analysis
4 11 (19.64%) Change Management
5 10 (17.86%) Adobe
5 10 (17.86%) Agile
5 10 (17.86%) Analytics
5 10 (17.86%) AWS
5 10 (17.86%) Content Management
5 10 (17.86%) Project Delivery
5 10 (17.86%) Salesforce
5 10 (17.86%) Veeva
6 9 (16.07%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (16.07%) Migration
6 9 (16.07%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (14.29%) Data Migration
7 8 (14.29%) ERP
7 8 (14.29%) Project Management
7 8 (14.29%) Scrum
8 7 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (12.50%) SQL
8 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (12.50%) Validation
9 6 (10.71%) Asset Management
9 6 (10.71%) Data Analysis
9 6 (10.71%) EMIR
9 6 (10.71%) MiFID

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 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (8.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.36%) Aladdin
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.79%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.79%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.79%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (17.86%) AWS
2 10 (17.86%) Veeva
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.57%) Lucidchart
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.57%) Miro
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.79%) GitHub
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (55.36%) Social Skills
2 24 (42.86%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Front Office
4 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Banking
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.57%) Retail
7 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Life Science
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (19.64%) Business Analysis
2 11 (19.64%) Change Management
3 10 (17.86%) Agile
3 10 (17.86%) Analytics
3 10 (17.86%) Content Management
3 10 (17.86%) Project Delivery
4 9 (16.07%) GAP Analysis
4 9 (16.07%) Migration
4 9 (16.07%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 8 (14.29%) ERP
5 8 (14.29%) Project Management
5 8 (14.29%) Scrum
6 7 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
6 7 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (12.50%) Validation
7 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.57%) Degree
1 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.79%) ACCA
2 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.79%) CIMA
2 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) EMIR
1 6 (10.71%) MiFID
2 4 (7.14%) QA
3 2 (3.57%) GRC
4 1 (1.79%) GxP
4 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.86%) Adobe
2 10 (17.86%) Salesforce
3 6 (10.71%) SAP
4 3 (5.36%) Charles River
5 2 (3.57%) Oracle
6 1 (1.79%) Ariba
6 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow