Technical Consultant Contracts

Technical Consultant
UK

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

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
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 470 599 614
Rank change year-on-year +129 +15 -197
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 136 217 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.29% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 110 145
10th Percentile £446 £413 £355
25th Percentile £485 £489 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.29% +14.32%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £605
90th Percentile £875 £694 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £550 £456
% change year-on-year -8.18% +20.55% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £48.34 £57.00 £51.00
25th Percentile £67.20 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £78.00 £63.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -
75th Percentile £78.17 £64.50 -
90th Percentile - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.00 £63.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% - +16.67%

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 42,101 73,991 85,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.16% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,377 51,591 59,848
10th Percentile £293 £313 £301
25th Percentile £413 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +7.37%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £613
90th Percentile £743 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,500 1,747 2,223
10th Percentile £15.24 £13.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £19.11 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £30.00 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% +48.63% -12.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.00 £45.89
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.00 £17.98
% change year-on-year +78.00% +39.04% -10.10%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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 +119 99 £550 - 104
Work from Home +117 60 £550 -4.35% 69
UK excluding London +84 49 £505 -8.18% 71
London +125 47 £600 +9.09% 30
South East +46 19 £510 -2.86% 20
Midlands +51 12 £538 -25.22% 13
West Midlands +59 11 £538 -28.33% 10
Scotland +38 11 £500 - 7
East of England +20 11 £500 -25.93% 8
North of England +54 2 £600 +39.13% 15
North West +46 2 £600 +57.38% 9
East Midlands +27 1 - - 3
South West +23 1 £675 +3.85% 8

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 2023, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 30 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.85%) Security Cleared
3 25 (18.38%) Social Skills
4 22 (16.18%) AWS
4 22 (16.18%) Migration
5 21 (15.44%) Azure
6 20 (14.71%) Finance
7 18 (13.24%) Degree
8 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 17 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (11.76%) Roadmaps
9 16 (11.76%) Computer Science
10 14 (10.29%) Telecoms
10 14 (10.29%) Active Directory
10 14 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (9.56%) Windows
12 12 (8.82%) Oracle
12 12 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (8.09%) SQL
13 11 (8.09%) VMware
13 11 (8.09%) Data Migration
14 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
14 10 (7.35%) SAP
14 10 (7.35%) Linux
14 10 (7.35%) GCP
14 10 (7.35%) Mentoring
15 9 (6.62%) Customer Requirements
15 9 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (5.88%) IVR

Technical 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 3 (2.21%) Apache
1 3 (2.21%) IIS
1 3 (2.21%) MS Exchange
1 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.21%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.74%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.47%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.74%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.74%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.74%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.74%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.18%) AWS
2 21 (15.44%) Azure
3 14 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (7.35%) GCP
6 8 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.68%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.68%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.21%) SaaS
9 2 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.47%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.47%) GitHub
9 2 (1.47%) Route 53
9 2 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.74%) Facebook Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.15%) Firewall
2 5 (3.68%) DNS
2 5 (3.68%) HTTP
2 5 (3.68%) SAN
2 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.94%) H.323
3 4 (2.94%) Network Security
3 4 (2.94%) SSH
3 4 (2.94%) VPN
4 3 (2.21%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.21%) WAN
5 2 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.47%) Kerberos
5 2 (1.47%) LAN
5 2 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.47%) SSL
5 2 (1.47%) X.500
6 1 (0.74%) 5G
6 1 (0.74%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (2.94%) Power BI
2 3 (2.21%) Ataccama
3 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.47%) Tableau
4 1 (0.74%) MySQL
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.74%) Power Query
4 1 (0.74%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.74%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.74%) GitLab
2 1 (0.74%) Postman
General
1 25 (18.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.71%) Finance
3 14 (10.29%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.41%) Banking
6 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.94%) Legal
6 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.94%) Retail
7 3 (2.21%) German Language
7 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.47%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.47%) Law
8 2 (1.47%) Marketing
8 2 (1.47%) Police
9 1 (0.74%) Advertising
9 1 (0.74%) Automotive
9 1 (0.74%) Back Office
9 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) LDAP
1 6 (4.41%) RESTful
2 5 (3.68%) CSS
2 5 (3.68%) HTML
2 5 (3.68%) REST
3 3 (2.21%) SAML
4 2 (1.47%) .NET
4 2 (1.47%) J2EE
4 2 (1.47%) Middleware
4 2 (1.47%) Node.js
4 2 (1.47%) OAuth
4 2 (1.47%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.47%) OpenID
4 2 (1.47%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.47%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
5 1 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.74%) React
5 1 (0.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.88%) IVR
3 7 (5.15%) CMDB
4 4 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.47%) AS400
6 2 (1.47%) iSeries
6 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.47%) Life Science
6 2 (1.47%) PKI
6 2 (1.47%) Replication
7 1 (0.74%) BYOD
7 1 (0.74%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.74%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.74%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.35%) Linux
3 6 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.68%) Unix
5 4 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.74%) AIX
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.18%) Migration
2 17 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 16 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 11 (8.09%) Data Migration
5 10 (7.35%) Mentoring
6 9 (6.62%) Customer Requirements
7 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 8 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
7 8 (5.88%) Project Delivery
7 8 (5.88%) Service Delivery
7 8 (5.88%) WFM
8 7 (5.15%) Conversational UI
8 7 (5.15%) Presales
8 7 (5.15%) Risk Management
8 7 (5.15%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (4.41%) CI/CD
9 6 (4.41%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.09%) SQL
2 6 (4.41%) Python
3 5 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.94%) Java
4 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.94%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.47%) ABAP
5 2 (1.47%) C#
5 2 (1.47%) PHP
5 2 (1.47%) Ruby
6 1 (0.74%) Bash
6 1 (0.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (19.85%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.24%) Degree
3 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.68%) CISSP
7 4 (2.94%) CISM
8 3 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.47%) CRISC
9 2 (1.47%) MCSE
9 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.74%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.74%) CCIE
10 1 (0.74%) CCNP
10 1 (0.74%) CISA
10 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.68%) NIST
1 5 (3.68%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.21%) QA
3 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.74%) ISO 31000
3 1 (0.74%) NCSC
3 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (10.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.47%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 2 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.47%) Xen
3 2 (1.47%) XenApp
4 1 (0.74%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.74%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 5 (3.68%) SCCM
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.21%) Terraform
4 2 (1.47%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.74%) CASB
5 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.74%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.82%) Oracle
3 11 (8.09%) VMware
4 10 (7.35%) SAP
5 8 (5.88%) Avaya
5 8 (5.88%) Genesys
6 6 (4.41%) IBM
6 6 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.68%) Citrix
7 5 (3.68%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.21%) Cisco
8 3 (2.21%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.21%) Hitachi
8 3 (2.21%) HP
8 3 (2.21%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.21%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.21%) Verint
9 2 (1.47%) Avaloq
9 2 (1.47%) Okta
9 2 (1.47%) OpenText