Professional Services Consultant Contract Job Trends

Professional Services Consultant
UK

The median Professional Services Consultant daily rate in the UK is £553, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 523 597
Rank change year-on-year -118 +74 -
Contract jobs requiring a Professional Services Consultant 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.004% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £520 - -
25th Percentile £527 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% +37.50% -
75th Percentile £577 - -
90th Percentile £583 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 45,859 27,036 40,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.35% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,926 17,399 25,887
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,119 2,897
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.84 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.47 £61.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

Professional Services Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Professional Services Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Professional Services Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Professional Services 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 Professional Services Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
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 -51 2 £553 +0.45% 4
England -126 2 £553 +0.45% 5
London -75 1 £530 -3.64% 2

Professional Services Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Professional Services 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 Professional Services Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) SMTP
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Professional Services 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) SMTP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto