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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 501 507
Rank change year-on-year -88 +6 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 82 61 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 42 23
10th Percentile £325 £411 £390
25th Percentile £490 £444 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £667 £575
90th Percentile £675 £725 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -9.76% -6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.27
25th Percentile - - £44.55
Median hourly rate - - £49.19
75th Percentile - - £53.93
90th Percentile - - £56.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £56.89

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 50,382 30,069 35,903
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 91.09% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,936 18,968 22,276
10th Percentile £325 £280 £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 £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,746 1,571 1,738
10th Percentile £14.58 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.59
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.83% +12.32%

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 12 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 12 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 -104 63 £525 -10.64% 74
London -55 44 £550 -8.33% 37
UK excluding London -91 27 £463 -9.76% 52
Work from Home -59 23 £575 +2.22% 40
Scotland -19 8 £350 - 5
East of England -17 6 £475 - 8
North West -43 4 £510 +2.00% 8
South East -56 4 £569 -14.15% 9
North of England -71 4 £510 +0.74% 15
Midlands - 4 £481 - 8
East Midlands - 3 £513 - 1
South West -43 1 £350 -48.15% 3
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 21 (25.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.95%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (19.51%) ERP
4 13 (15.85%) Fault Management
4 13 (15.85%) Order Management
4 13 (15.85%) Service Management
4 13 (15.85%) ServiceNow
4 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 12 (14.63%) Migration
6 11 (13.41%) Oracle
7 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (9.76%) Business Continuity
8 8 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (9.76%) SQL
8 8 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (8.54%) Oracle EBS
9 7 (8.54%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (7.32%) Agile
10 6 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.32%) Business Transformation
10 6 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.32%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (7.32%) Power Platform
10 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
10 6 (7.32%) Security Cleared
10 6 (7.32%) Technology Transformation
11 5 (6.10%) Azure
11 5 (6.10%) Business Strategy

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 (2.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.22%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (7.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (6.10%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (3.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (2.44%) NetSuite
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (2.44%) SAP Business One
5 2 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (1.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.22%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.22%) SAP PS
6 1 (1.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.95%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (7.32%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.10%) Azure
3 5 (6.10%) SaaS
4 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (6.10%) Power BI
2 4 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.44%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) JDeveloper
2 1 (1.22%) Hudson
2 1 (1.22%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
General
1 36 (43.90%) Finance
2 16 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.85%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.88%) General Ledger
4 4 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Banking
6 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Legal
6 2 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.22%) Advertising
7 1 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.22%) French Language
7 1 (1.22%) Local Government
7 1 (1.22%) Marketing
7 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Retail
7 1 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) REST
1 3 (3.66%) XML
2 2 (2.44%) JSON
2 2 (2.44%) Web Services
3 1 (1.22%) Middleware
3 1 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) CMDB
2 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.22%) FMCG
2 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.51%) ERP
2 13 (15.85%) Fault Management
2 13 (15.85%) Order Management
2 13 (15.85%) Service Management
2 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (14.63%) Migration
4 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (9.76%) Business Continuity
5 8 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (8.54%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (7.32%) Agile
7 6 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (7.32%) Business Transformation
7 6 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.32%) Technology Transformation
8 5 (6.10%) Computer Science
8 5 (6.10%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) SQL
2 4 (4.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.32%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.10%) Degree
3 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 21 (25.61%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.85%) ServiceNow
3 11 (13.41%) Oracle
4 5 (6.10%) SAP
5 1 (1.22%) Temenos
5 1 (1.22%) Workday