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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 489 493
Rank change year-on-year -70 +4 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 80 49 84
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 35 50
10th Percentile £450 £411 £443
25th Percentile £480 £431 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £639
90th Percentile £725 £725 £983
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +2.56% - -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.94
Median hourly rate - - £56.89
75th Percentile - - £57.83
90th Percentile - - -
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 47,021 27,678 40,406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.16% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,598 17,771 25,926
10th Percentile £325 £288 £281
25th Percentile £414 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,150 1,209 2,937
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.44 £16.37
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.38 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -27.00% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -37.13% -

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 24 June 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 14 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 24 June 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 -72 69 £525 -2.78% 28
London -41 48 £525 -22.22% 13
Work from Home -38 24 £513 -2.38% 20
UK excluding London -87 21 £500 +2.56% 21
North of England -74 8 - - 4
Midlands - 7 £625 - 2
North West -43 6 - - 1
West Midlands - 5 £625 - 2
East of England -26 3 £475 - 4
East Midlands - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
South West -30 1 - -
South East -65 1 £500 -9.09% 9
Wales - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 16 (20.00%) Service Management
2 14 (17.50%) Business Continuity
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.50%) ServiceNow
3 12 (15.00%) SAP
4 11 (13.75%) ERP
4 11 (13.75%) Fault Management
4 11 (13.75%) Order Management
5 10 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (12.50%) Migration
5 10 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 8 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.75%) Data Quality
8 7 (8.75%) SAP S/4HANA
8 7 (8.75%) SQL
9 6 (7.50%) AI
9 6 (7.50%) Business Process Analysis
9 6 (7.50%) Business Strategy
9 6 (7.50%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (7.50%) Oracle
9 6 (7.50%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (7.50%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (7.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (6.25%) Agile
10 5 (6.25%) Business Analysis
10 5 (6.25%) Business Intelligence

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 (2.50%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (8.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (5.00%) SAP MM
2 4 (5.00%) SAP PM
3 3 (3.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (3.75%) SAP Business One
4 2 (2.50%) NetSuite
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (2.50%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.50%) SAP FI
4 2 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (1.25%) Temenos T24
5 1 (1.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (6.25%) SaaS
2 4 (5.00%) Azure
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.25%) Figma
4 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
1 4 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (2.50%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.50%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.25%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) JDeveloper
2 1 (1.25%) Hudson
2 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 25 (31.25%) Finance
2 12 (15.00%) Telecoms
3 11 (13.75%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.25%) Banking
4 5 (6.25%) Legal
5 4 (5.00%) Law
5 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.75%) General Ledger
6 3 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.75%) International Banking
7 2 (2.50%) Military
7 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.25%) Billing
8 1 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.25%) German Language
8 1 (1.25%) Local Government
8 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.25%) Police
8 1 (1.25%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) REST
2 2 (2.50%) JSON
2 2 (2.50%) Web Services
2 2 (2.50%) XML
3 1 (1.25%) Middleware
3 1 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) CMDB
2 7 (8.75%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (7.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.00%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.25%) FMCG
5 1 (1.25%) LIMS
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.00%) Service Management
2 14 (17.50%) Business Continuity
3 11 (13.75%) ERP
3 11 (13.75%) Fault Management
3 11 (13.75%) Order Management
4 10 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.50%) Migration
4 10 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.50%) AI
8 6 (7.50%) Business Process Analysis
8 6 (7.50%) Business Strategy
8 6 (7.50%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (7.50%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (7.50%) Scenario Testing
8 6 (7.50%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.25%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.75%) SQL
2 3 (3.75%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.25%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.50%) AAT
2 2 (2.50%) ACCA
2 2 (2.50%) CIMA
2 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (17.50%) Microsoft
1 14 (17.50%) ServiceNow
2 12 (15.00%) SAP
3 6 (7.50%) Oracle
4 1 (1.25%) Ariba
4 1 (1.25%) LabWare
4 1 (1.25%) Temenos
4 1 (1.25%) Workday