Junior Consultant Contracts

Junior Consultant
UK

The median Junior Consultant daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 712 854
Rank change year-on-year +148 +142 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Consultant 14 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.007% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 8
10th Percentile £200 - £227
25th Percentile - £143 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £145 £283
Median % change year-on-year +141.38% -48.67% +28.41%
75th Percentile - £230 £382
90th Percentile - £280 £489
UK excluding London median daily rate £150 £145 £315
% change year-on-year +3.45% -53.97% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Junior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Junior Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Consultant over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +140 11 £350 - 3
England +107 3 £150 +3.45% 15
London +112 2 - - 3
UK excluding London +58 1 £150 +3.45% 11
East Midlands - 1 £150 - 1
Midlands - 1 £150 - 5
South West - 1 £150 - 3

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Junior Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Junior Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Retail
1 9 (64.29%) Workday
2 2 (14.29%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (14.29%) CREST Certified
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 2 (14.29%) GIAC
2 2 (14.29%) IoT
2 2 (14.29%) Social Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) OSCP
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (14.29%) Go
2 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (14.29%) OWASP
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Red Team
2 2 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (14.29%) Offensive Security
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Ariba
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 9 (64.29%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) IoT
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (14.29%) Offensive Security
1 2 (14.29%) OWASP
1 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (14.29%) Red Team
1 2 (14.29%) Social Engineering
1 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps
2 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) Go
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CHECK Team Leader
1 2 (14.29%) CREST Certified
1 2 (14.29%) GIAC
1 2 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Workday
2 1 (7.14%) Ariba
2 1 (7.14%) SAP