Management Consultant Contracts

Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £590 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 618 768
Rank change year-on-year +145 +150 -140
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 103 70 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 33 41
10th Percentile £293 £185 £400
25th Percentile £463 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £625
90th Percentile £730 £700 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +9.77% -2.27% +11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
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 39,578 53,370 83,505
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.62% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,754 37,256 58,766
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,746 1,484 1,999
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.86%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Consultant over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +124 80 £570 -2.98% 39
London +108 54 £550 -8.33% 22
Work from Home +120 45 £600 +14.19% 20
UK excluding London +71 29 £590 +9.77% 19
Scotland +36 7 £280 -44.00% 1
North of England +37 6 £488 -22.00% 2
South East +19 6 £675 +28.57% 8
Midlands +35 4 £644 -8.04% 2
West Midlands +14 4 £644 -8.04% 2
East of England +12 4 £375 -31.82% 3
North West +24 2 £488 -22.00% 1
South West +11 2 £600 +19.90% 2
North East - 2 £590 -
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 2024, Management 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 Management Consultant in the job title.

1 35 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.36%) Service Management
2 22 (21.36%) Finance
3 21 (20.39%) SAP
4 20 (19.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (18.45%) SC Cleared
5 19 (18.45%) Security Cleared
5 19 (18.45%) SAP S/4HANA
6 18 (17.48%) ITIL
6 18 (17.48%) Microsoft
7 16 (15.53%) Agile
7 16 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (15.53%) ServiceNow
8 15 (14.56%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (13.59%) Public Sector
9 14 (13.59%) ITSM
10 12 (11.65%) Project Management
10 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (10.68%) Privileged Access Management
12 10 (9.71%) Service Delivery
13 9 (8.74%) Management Information System
13 9 (8.74%) SLA
13 9 (8.74%) Information Security
13 9 (8.74%) Coaching
13 9 (8.74%) Identity Access Management
14 8 (7.77%) Data Management
14 8 (7.77%) Process Management
14 8 (7.77%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (6.80%) Roadmaps
15 7 (6.80%) Risk Management

Management 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.91%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (18.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.83%) SAP Travel Management
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.94%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.97%) Primavera
4 1 (0.97%) SAP CCM
4 1 (0.97%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.97%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.97%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.83%) Azure
2 4 (3.88%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.91%) AWS
3 3 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (2.91%) IaaS
3 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.91%) SaaS
4 1 (0.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.91%) Network Security
1 3 (2.91%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.80%) SAP HANA
2 5 (4.85%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.91%) MySQL
3 3 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.91%) Power BI
4 1 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) JIRA
General
1 35 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.36%) Finance
3 14 (13.59%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.77%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.83%) Billing
7 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.91%) German Language
9 2 (1.94%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.94%) Automotive
9 2 (1.94%) Banking
9 2 (1.94%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.94%) Front Office
9 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Legal
9 2 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.94%) Retail
9 2 (1.94%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.97%) Electronics
10 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.83%) SAP TM
2 5 (4.85%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.94%) OpenID
3 2 (1.94%) SAML
4 1 (0.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.80%) CMDB
3 6 (5.83%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.83%) Replication
4 3 (2.91%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.91%) Solar Panel
5 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.94%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.94%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.97%) FMCG
6 1 (0.97%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.91%) Linux
1 3 (2.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.36%) Service Management
2 20 (19.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (17.48%) ITIL
4 16 (15.53%) Agile
4 16 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.56%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (13.59%) ITSM
7 12 (11.65%) Project Management
8 11 (10.68%) Privileged Access Management
9 10 (9.71%) Service Delivery
10 9 (8.74%) Coaching
10 9 (8.74%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (8.74%) Information Security
11 8 (7.77%) Data Management
11 8 (7.77%) Process Management
12 7 (6.80%) Asset Management
12 7 (6.80%) Risk Management
12 7 (6.80%) Roadmaps
13 6 (5.83%) Gantt Chart
13 6 (5.83%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.85%) SQL
2 2 (1.94%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.94%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.94%) Python
3 1 (0.97%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 19 (18.45%) SC Cleared
1 19 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.85%) Degree
3 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.94%) PMP
5 1 (0.97%) ACCA
5 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.97%) CIMA
5 1 (0.97%) CISM
5 1 (0.97%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) SLA
2 7 (6.80%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.80%) QA
3 4 (3.88%) PMO
4 2 (1.94%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (20.39%) SAP
2 18 (17.48%) Microsoft
3 16 (15.53%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.80%) Oracle
5 3 (2.91%) Ariba
5 3 (2.91%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (2.91%) CheckPoint
5 3 (2.91%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.91%) Okta
6 1 (0.97%) Adobe
6 1 (0.97%) BMC
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce