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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 483 497
Rank change year-on-year -71 +14 +99
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 76 43 82
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 30 55
10th Percentile £436 £424 £433
25th Percentile £475 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £656
90th Percentile £650 £703 £965
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £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 44,544 26,886 39,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.37% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,258 17,494 25,719
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,057 2,674
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.88% -34.16% -5.88%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -73 64 £525 +5.00% 101
London -32 39 £525 -4.55% 24
Work from Home -37 27 £500 -4.76% 31
UK excluding London -92 25 £500 - 84
North of England -64 9 - - 29
Midlands - 7 £625 - 15
North West -35 5 - - 14
West Midlands - 5 £625 - 10
East of England -22 3 £475 - 8
Yorkshire -52 2 - - 8
South East -61 2 £400 -21.95% 14
South West - 2 £605 - 11
Wales - 2 - - 1
North East - 2 - - 7
East Midlands - 2 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 19 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 16 (21.05%) SAP
3 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
4 13 (17.11%) ERP
4 13 (17.11%) Migration
4 13 (17.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (13.16%) Data Quality
7 10 (13.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (13.16%) Scenario Testing
7 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (11.84%) Business Process Analysis
8 9 (11.84%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (9.21%) AI
9 7 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
9 7 (9.21%) Security Cleared
9 7 (9.21%) Service Management
10 6 (7.89%) Business Strategy
10 6 (7.89%) CRM
11 5 (6.58%) Agile
11 5 (6.58%) Azure
11 5 (6.58%) Business Analysis
11 5 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (6.58%) DevOps
11 5 (6.58%) Incident Response
11 5 (6.58%) Inventory Management
11 5 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (6.58%) SaaS

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 1 (1.32%) Confluence
1 1 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (13.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.58%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.26%) SAP CO
3 4 (5.26%) SAP FI
3 4 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (5.26%) SAP PM
4 3 (3.95%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (3.95%) SAP Business One
5 2 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (2.63%) NetSuite
5 2 (2.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (1.32%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (1.32%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (1.32%) Temenos T24
6 1 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.58%) Azure
1 5 (6.58%) SaaS
2 4 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.32%) Figma
4 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) Power BI
2 3 (3.95%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Hudson
1 1 (1.32%) JDeveloper
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 28 (36.84%) Finance
2 12 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.21%) Banking
4 5 (6.58%) International Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.26%) Law
5 4 (5.26%) Legal
6 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.63%) Marketing
7 2 (2.63%) Police
8 1 (1.32%) Billing
8 1 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.32%) German Language
8 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
8 1 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) JSON
1 2 (2.63%) REST
2 1 (1.32%) Middleware
2 1 (1.32%) Web Services
2 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.26%) AI Agents
3 4 (5.26%) CMDB
4 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.32%) FMCG
5 1 (1.32%) LIMS
5 1 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 13 (17.11%) ERP
2 13 (17.11%) Migration
2 13 (17.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (13.16%) Scenario Testing
5 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.84%) Business Process Analysis
6 9 (11.84%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (9.21%) AI
7 7 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.21%) Service Management
8 6 (7.89%) Business Strategy
8 6 (7.89%) CRM
9 5 (6.58%) DevOps
9 5 (6.58%) Incident Response
9 5 (6.58%) Inventory Management
9 5 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.58%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) SQL
2 1 (1.32%) C
2 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
1 7 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.63%) AAT
2 2 (2.63%) ACCA
2 2 (2.63%) CIMA
2 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) PMO
2 2 (2.63%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (21.05%) SAP
2 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.95%) Oracle
3 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.32%) Adobe
4 1 (1.32%) Ariba
4 1 (1.32%) LabWare
4 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.32%) Temenos