Professional Services Consultant Contracts

Professional Services Consultant
UK

The median Professional Services Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 596 -
Rank change year-on-year +77 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Professional Services Consultant 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.005% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Professional Services Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Professional Services Consultant in the UK

Professional Services Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Professional Services Consultant in the UK

Professional Services Consultant
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Professional Services Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England +54 1 £550 +37.50% 38
London - 1 £550 - 34
Work from Home - 1 £550 - 3

Professional Services Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Professional Services 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 Professional Services Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Professional Services 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP