Senior Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

Senior Business Consultant
UK

The median Senior Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 - 626
Rank change year-on-year - - +187
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Consultant 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.64%
75th Percentile £688 - £675
90th Percentile - - £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £54.39
75th Percentile - - £56.58
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £54.39

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 31,404 33,725 43,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.88% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,903 20,327 29,840
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,775 1,275 1,525
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.08 £14.79
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%
75th Percentile £51.14 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +89.36%

Senior Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Business Consultant
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 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 - 2 £675 - 13
UK excluding London - 1 £675 - 8
London - 1 - - 7
South West - 1 £675 -

Senior Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Senior Business 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 Senior Business Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior Business 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft