IT Consultant Contract Job Trends

IT Consultant
UK

The median IT Consultant daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 540 522
Rank change year-on-year -75 -18 +75
Contract IT Consultant jobs 68 35 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 23
10th Percentile £188 £354 £456
25th Percentile £413 £450 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £516 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% -4.40% +1.41%
75th Percentile £642 £594 £656
90th Percentile £770 £688 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £644 £460 £506
% change year-on-year +39.95% -9.14% -7.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,285 30,568 34,355
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.74% 90.89% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,557 19,319 20,715
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £621 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,194 1,701 1,345
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.80 £15.04
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -9.09%

IT Consultant Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT Consultant job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IT Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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

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

IT Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for IT Consultant jobs over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in the UK

IT Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

IT Consultant Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT Consultant jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -85 63 £450 -13.46% 47
London -60 36 £425 -19.05% 14
UK excluding London -85 29 £644 +39.95% 33
Work from Home -60 14 £650 +36.84% 21
South West - 14 £750 - 5
Midlands -33 7 £388 -35.42% 4
East Midlands - 4 - - 2
West Midlands -32 3 £388 -35.42% 2
South East -54 3 £700 +40.00% 13
North of England -74 3 £450 +3.81% 7
North West - 3 £450 - 6
Scotland -23 2 £365 -2.67% 1
Yorkshire -43 1 £400 -7.73% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £638 -

IT Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, IT Consultant contract job ads cited 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 IT Consultant job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure36.8%25
2Microsoft30.9%21
3Active Directory25.0%17
4Cybersecurity23.5%16
5Stakeholder Management20.6%14
6Roadmaps17.6%12
7Migration16.2%11
7Windows16.2%11
9Change Management14.7%10
9Entra ID14.7%10
9Microsoft 36514.7%10
9Network Security14.7%10
9VPN14.7%10
14Firewall13.2%9
14Palo Alto13.2%9
16Digital Transformation Programme11.8%8
16Disaster Recovery11.8%8
18DNS10.3%7
18Identity Management10.3%7
18Microsoft Intune10.3%7
18WAN10.3%7
18Windows 1010.3%7
18Workshop Facilitation10.3%7
24IT Audit8.8%6
24Project Delivery8.8%6
24Sarbanes-Oxley8.8%6
24Zero Trust8.8%6
28Data Integration7.4%5
28Infrastructure Engineering7.4%5
28ITIL7.4%5

IT Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support23.5%16
1Support Consultant23.5%16
3Active Directory Consultant10.3%7
3Disaster Recovery Consultant10.3%7
3IT Audit Consultant10.3%7
6SOX Consultant8.8%6
7Infrastructure Consultant7.4%5
7IT Architect7.4%5
7Transformation Consultant7.4%5
10Senior IT Consultant5.9%4
11Service Design Consultant4.4%3
11Windows Consultant4.4%3
13Cybersecurity Consultant2.9%2
13IT Risk Consultant2.9%2
13IT Security Consultant2.9%2
16Asset Management Consultant1.5%1
16Bid Consultant1.5%1
16Change Consultant1.5%1
16Digital Transformation Consultant1.5%1
16Dynamics 365 Consultant1.5%1
62 IT Consultant jobs Nationwide