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The median contractor rate for a Consultant was £488 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 18 September 2018. 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
18 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
42 |
26 |
26 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-16 |
0 |
0 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Consultant |
5,429 |
6,538 |
7,185 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
5.27% |
6.67% |
6.76% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
5.56% |
7.03% |
7.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3,149 |
3,606 |
4,038 |
| UK median daily rate |
£488 |
£475 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.63% |
+5.56% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£350 |
£335 |
£313 |
| 90th Percentile |
£644 |
£625 |
£613 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£463 |
£475 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.63% |
+5.56% |
+1.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
41 |
35 |
48 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£45.00 |
£46.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-5.56% |
-2.17% |
+26.03% |
| 10th Percentile |
£14.75 |
£21.79 |
£12.83 |
| 90th Percentile |
£67.50 |
£75.45 |
£67.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£45.00 |
£46.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-5.56% |
-2.17% |
+26.03% |
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 |
97,636 |
92,995 |
100,848 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.75% |
94.93% |
94.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
64,048 |
60,711 |
65,871 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£438 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£263 |
£255 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£415 |
£400 |
£390 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.75% |
+2.56% |
+4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,165 |
2,810 |
3,123 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£17.85 |
£19.00 |
£19.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-6.05% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
£10.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.25 |
£48.75 |
£46.69 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
£18.87 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.78% |
-4.61% |
+7.83% |
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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 18 September 2018.
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 18 September 2018.
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 18 September 2018. 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 18 September 2018, 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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