Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 486 506
Rank change year-on-year -57 +20 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 65 34 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 19 62
10th Percentile £420 £430 £425
25th Percentile £482 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £663
90th Percentile £646 £660 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate £583 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +16.50% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.57
25th Percentile - - £53.13
Median hourly rate - - £55.64
75th Percentile - - £57.52
90th Percentile - - £57.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.64
% change year-on-year - - -2.20%

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 38,243 28,404 41,374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.82% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,036 17,847 27,236
10th Percentile £310 £293 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,330 852 2,355
10th Percentile £14.64 £16.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.50 £34.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -0.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.08% -7.14% -6.67%

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 28 February 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 15 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 28 February 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 -63 52 £543 +8.50% 23
London -17 32 £533 -5.33% 7
UK excluding London -81 23 £583 +16.50% 19
Work from Home -9 22 £500 -20.00% 14
North of England -59 8 £500 -11.11% 13
Midlands - 6 £625 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £625 -
North West -34 3 £500 - 10
North East - 3 - - 1
Scotland - 3 £583 -
South East -42 2 £438 -10.26% 5
Yorkshire -63 2 - - 3
South West - 2 £605 -
Wales - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 February 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 18 (27.69%) ERP
2 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (24.62%) Migration
3 13 (20.00%) SAP
3 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (18.46%) Business Continuity
5 10 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
5 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (13.85%) Scenario Testing
7 8 (12.31%) AI
7 8 (12.31%) Business Process Analysis
7 8 (12.31%) Data Migration
7 8 (12.31%) Data Quality
7 8 (12.31%) GAP Analysis
7 8 (12.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (10.77%) Data Modelling
8 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (10.77%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (9.23%) Business Analysis
9 6 (9.23%) CRM
9 6 (9.23%) Service Management
10 5 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (7.69%) Incident Response
10 5 (7.69%) Power BI
10 5 (7.69%) Power Platform

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 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.15%) SAP CO
2 4 (6.15%) SAP FI
2 4 (6.15%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (6.15%) SAP MM
3 3 (4.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.62%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.54%) SAP Business One
4 1 (1.54%) SAP EWM
4 1 (1.54%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (1.54%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Copilot
2 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.62%) Azure
5 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.08%) Miro
5 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.54%) Figma
6 1 (1.54%) GitHub
6 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) Power BI
2 4 (6.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
1 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (38.46%) Finance
2 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Banking
3 7 (10.77%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.69%) International Banking
5 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Law
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
5 4 (6.15%) Retail
6 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.08%) Marketing
7 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.08%) Police
7 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.54%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (10.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.15%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.08%) CMDB
4 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.54%) Life Science
5 1 (1.54%) LIMS
5 1 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) ERP
2 16 (24.62%) Migration
3 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (18.46%) Business Continuity
5 10 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
5 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (13.85%) Scenario Testing
7 8 (12.31%) AI
7 8 (12.31%) Business Process Analysis
7 8 (12.31%) Data Migration
7 8 (12.31%) GAP Analysis
7 8 (12.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (10.77%) Data Modelling
8 7 (10.77%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (9.23%) Business Analysis
9 6 (9.23%) CRM
9 6 (9.23%) Service Management
10 5 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) C
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) Degree
1 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) AAT
2 2 (3.08%) ACCA
2 2 (3.08%) CIMA
2 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.69%) QA
3 2 (3.08%) GRC
3 2 (3.08%) PMO
4 1 (1.54%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Adobe
4 1 (1.54%) LabWare
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle
4 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud