Deployment Consultant Contract Job Trends

Deployment Consultant
UK

The median Deployment Consultant daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 582 538 596
Rank change year-on-year -44 +58 +206
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Consultant 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.006% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £506 - £484
25th Percentile £516 £663 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +45.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £566 £788 -
90th Percentile £579 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 33,673 31,116 40,613
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 92.74% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,283 19,110 27,220
10th Percentile £295 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 971 1,564
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.02 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +44.81%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Deployment Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Deployment Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Deployment Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Deployment Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Deployment Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Deployment Consultant
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. 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
Work from Home -1 1 £500 - 1
London -8 1 £575 -20.69% 1
England -34 1 £575 -20.69% 2

Deployment Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, Deployment 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 Deployment Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) git-flow
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Deployment 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) git-flow
General
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft