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The median contractor rate for a Consultant was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 22 September 2019. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Consultant UK |
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6 months to
22 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
32 |
43 |
26 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+11 |
-17 |
0 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Consultant |
4,977 |
5,390 |
6,566 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
5.70% |
5.29% |
6.65% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
6.05% |
5.58% |
7.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2,873 |
3,124 |
3,615 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£488 |
£475 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.56% |
+2.63% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£350 |
£350 |
£338 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£649 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£475 |
£463 |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.70% |
-2.63% |
+6.74% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
65 |
39 |
36 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£47.50 |
£42.50 |
£45.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+11.76% |
-5.56% |
-2.70% |
| 10th Percentile |
£21.10 |
£14.75 |
£21.93 |
| 90th Percentile |
£66.00 |
£67.50 |
£74.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£48.75 |
£42.50 |
£45.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+14.71% |
-5.56% |
-2.17% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
82,273 |
96,607 |
93,715 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.21% |
94.77% |
94.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
53,988 |
63,424 |
61,287 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£450 |
£438 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.78% |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£269 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£638 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£415 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.41% |
+3.75% |
+2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,855 |
3,154 |
2,814 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£20.00 |
£17.75 |
£18.81 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+12.68% |
-5.64% |
-1.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£48.75 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.70 |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.84% |
-2.78% |
-2.70% |
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Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Consultant.
Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Consultant over the 6 months to 22 September 2019.
Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant.
Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Consultant over the 6 months to 22 September 2019.
Consultant
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 2019. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 22 September 2019, Consultant contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Consultant in the job title.
Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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