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The median contractor rate for a Consultant was £500 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 5 December 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
5 Dec 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
34 |
42 |
29 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+8 |
-13 |
-6 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Consultant |
4,585 |
5,603 |
6,714 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
5.60% |
5.35% |
6.50% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
5.96% |
5.65% |
6.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2,725 |
3,260 |
3,707 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£500 |
£475 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£363 |
£350 |
£350 |
| 90th Percentile |
£655 |
£650 |
£638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£498 |
£475 |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.74% |
- |
+5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
44 |
34 |
40 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£47.25 |
£35.75 |
£45.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+32.17% |
-20.56% |
-1.10% |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.85 |
£20.30 |
£23.41 |
| 90th Percentile |
£69.63 |
£74.50 |
£68.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£47.25 |
£35.00 |
£45.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+35.00% |
-22.22% |
- |
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 |
76,946 |
99,214 |
98,101 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.00% |
94.81% |
94.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
50,308 |
65,663 |
64,886 |
| UK median daily rate |
£452 |
£450 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+0.39% |
- |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£270 |
£258 |
| 90th Percentile |
£644 |
£638 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
+1.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,949 |
3,103 |
2,911 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.47 |
£18.12 |
£18.70 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+7.45% |
-3.13% |
+3.89% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£48.75 |
£47.83 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
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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 5 December 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 5 December 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 5 December 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 5 December 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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