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The median contractor rate for a Consultant was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
37 |
38 |
26 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+1 |
-12 |
+1 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Consultant |
5,120 |
5,646 |
6,116 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
5.64% |
5.66% |
6.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
5.97% |
5.97% |
7.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2,883 |
3,141 |
3,407 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£485 |
£475 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.09% |
+2.11% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£363 |
£350 |
£325 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£475 |
£458 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.66% |
+1.83% |
+2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
63 |
47 |
23 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£50.00 |
£42.50 |
£47.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-9.57% |
-1.98% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35.60 |
£14.75 |
£16.19 |
| 90th Percentile |
£63.75 |
£70.00 |
£82.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£50.00 |
£42.50 |
£45.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-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 |
85,772 |
94,560 |
86,421 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.56% |
94.82% |
95.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
56,324 |
61,894 |
55,966 |
| UK median daily rate |
£475 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
+1.07% |
| 10th Percentile |
£274 |
£269 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£638 |
£613 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£413 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
+3.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,813 |
3,049 |
2,878 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£18.00 |
£18.75 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
-3.99% |
-6.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.48 |
£48.75 |
£50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.06 |
£17.50 |
£17.77 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.17% |
-1.52% |
-11.15% |
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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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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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