Consultant Contracts in West London

Consultant
London > West London

The median Consultant daily rate in West London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 56
Rank change year-on-year +2 +33 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 8 18 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 3.90% 4.96% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 5.23% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 8
10th Percentile £438 £480 £482
25th Percentile £456 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +7.32% +3.80%
75th Percentile £631 £627 £569
90th Percentile £688 - £666
London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +2.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 194 344 556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.77% 97.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 248 404
10th Percentile £197 £197 £297
25th Percentile £300 £270 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £473 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% -14.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £570 £638
90th Percentile £600 £641 £700
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 54
10th Percentile £20.03 £16.25 £25.38
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £40.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -52.88% +199.59%
75th Percentile £34.20 £46.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.10 £61.00 £88.50
London median hourly rate £34.65 £27.66 £35.25
% change year-on-year +25.29% -21.55% +0.71%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in West London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in West London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in West London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in West London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in West London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Hillingdon -1 3 £475 -24.24% 2
Hounslow +8 1 - -
Harrow - 1 £450 -
Consultant
London

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 across the West London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
2 2 (25.00%) VLAN
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 2 (25.00%) Juniper
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
3 1 (12.50%) NetWeaver
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Ekahau
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 1 (12.50%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP IBP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Basis
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Business Forecasting
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Scrum
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) CCNP
1 1 (12.50%) CCSA
1 1 (12.50%) CCSE
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
1 1 (12.50%) JNCIS
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Juniper
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) AirMagnet
3 1 (12.50%) Ekahau
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle