Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 27 46
Rank change year-on-year +8 +19 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,234 1,687 2,356
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.21% 6.71% 5.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.78% 7.04% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 756 966 1,353
10th Percentile £400 £425 £400
25th Percentile £463 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £713 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 53 32
10th Percentile £42.50 £24.55 £35.50
25th Percentile £59.48 £55.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £66.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.95 £75.75 £73.06
90th Percentile £70.63 £86.80 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £65.75
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.38% +17.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,049 23,953 42,349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.34% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,416 16,906 30,628
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 553 596
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.61 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.74 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Consultant hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 304 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 290 (23.50%) SAP
3 289 (23.42%) Finance
4 175 (14.18%) Microsoft
5 161 (13.05%) Security Cleared
6 154 (12.48%) Migration
7 142 (11.51%) Azure
8 132 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
9 127 (10.29%) Agile
10 125 (10.13%) SC Cleared
11 119 (9.64%) Oracle
11 119 (9.64%) SAP S/4HANA
12 112 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
13 106 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
14 100 (8.10%) DevOps
15 97 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
15 97 (7.86%) Public Sector
16 96 (7.78%) SQL
17 92 (7.46%) Data Migration
18 81 (6.56%) Degree
19 77 (6.24%) Power Platform
20 74 (6.00%) Business Intelligence
21 73 (5.92%) Requirements Gathering
22 67 (5.43%) Retail
23 63 (5.11%) ERP
24 62 (5.02%) Power BI
25 61 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
26 55 (4.46%) Project Management
27 54 (4.38%) CRM
27 54 (4.38%) ServiceNow

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 23 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.89%) CMS
2 11 (0.89%) NetWeaver
3 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.16%) Alfresco
6 2 (0.16%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) Appian
6 2 (0.16%) Camunda
6 2 (0.16%) Captiva
6 2 (0.16%) Confluence
6 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.16%) IIS
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.16%) SAS
6 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.081%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 119 (9.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 31 (2.51%) SAP FI
4 30 (2.43%) SAP SD
5 28 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
6 20 (1.62%) SAP EWM
7 19 (1.54%) SAP CO
7 19 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
8 17 (1.38%) Workday HCM
9 16 (1.30%) NetSuite
9 16 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
9 16 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 16 (1.30%) SAP MDG
10 13 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
10 13 (1.05%) SAP IBP
11 10 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
11 10 (0.81%) SAP PP
12 9 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
12 9 (0.73%) SAP PSCD
12 9 (0.73%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 142 (11.51%) Azure
2 112 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
3 77 (6.24%) Power Platform
4 49 (3.97%) AWS
4 49 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (3.48%) Power Automate
6 42 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (2.67%) PowerApps
8 30 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
9 29 (2.35%) OCI
10 20 (1.62%) GCP
10 20 (1.62%) SaaS
11 15 (1.22%) IaaS
12 14 (1.13%) Entra ID
13 10 (0.81%) WhatsApp
14 9 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.65%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.57%) Oracle Service Cloud
17 6 (0.49%) Amazon ECS
17 6 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.62%) Firewall
2 8 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 8 (0.65%) VPN
3 7 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (0.57%) LAN
3 7 (0.57%) WAN
3 7 (0.57%) Wireless
4 6 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.41%) 3G
5 5 (0.41%) 4G
5 5 (0.41%) 5G
5 5 (0.41%) Network Security
5 5 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.41%) SSL
5 5 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.32%) HTTP
6 4 (0.32%) SSH
6 4 (0.32%) WLAN
7 3 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.02%) Power BI
2 31 (2.51%) Data Lake
3 21 (1.70%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.54%) SAP HANA
5 16 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 12 (0.97%) SAP BW
8 10 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.57%) Big Data
11 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (0.41%) Power Query
12 5 (0.41%) Siebel EIM
13 4 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.32%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.32%) Oracle ODI
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 3 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (1.70%) JIRA
2 9 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (0.57%) Git
4 5 (0.41%) Selenium
4 5 (0.41%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.32%) Maven
5 4 (0.32%) Postman
5 4 (0.32%) Protractor
6 3 (0.24%) Appium
6 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.24%) eggPlant
6 3 (0.24%) JUnit
6 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.24%) SOAtest
6 3 (0.24%) TestNG
6 3 (0.24%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.16%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.16%) JMeter
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 304 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 289 (23.42%) Finance
3 106 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.43%) Retail
6 50 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 42 (3.40%) Marketing
8 37 (3.00%) Banking
9 28 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.11%) Billing
11 25 (2.03%) General Ledger
12 24 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.22%) German Language
15 13 (1.05%) Law
15 13 (1.05%) Police
16 11 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.73%) French Language
17 9 (0.73%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.19%) Web Services
2 20 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
4 17 (1.38%) EDI
5 16 (1.30%) SailPoint
6 14 (1.13%) SAP Basis
7 13 (1.05%) HTML
7 13 (1.05%) XML
8 11 (0.89%) CSS
9 10 (0.81%) LDAP
9 10 (0.81%) REST
10 8 (0.65%) RESTful
10 8 (0.65%) SAP TM
11 7 (0.57%) .NET
11 7 (0.57%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (0.49%) JSON
12 6 (0.49%) Middleware
12 6 (0.49%) Node.js
12 6 (0.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.03%) Data Structures
1 25 (2.03%) Onboarding
2 19 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (1.46%) Data Centre
4 16 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (0.97%) Mainframe
7 11 (0.89%) CMDB
7 11 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 10 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (0.81%) Replication
8 10 (0.81%) Virtual Team
9 9 (0.73%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.65%) EMV
10 8 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.65%) NHS
11 6 (0.49%) IVR
11 6 (0.49%) Tandem
12 5 (0.41%) IoT
12 5 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.92%) Linux
2 35 (2.84%) Windows
3 19 (1.54%) Unix
4 9 (0.73%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.16%) Android
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) OpenVMS
7 2 (0.16%) VMS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (12.48%) Migration
2 132 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (10.29%) Agile
4 100 (8.10%) DevOps
5 97 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 92 (7.46%) Data Migration
7 74 (6.00%) Business Intelligence
8 73 (5.92%) Requirements Gathering
9 63 (5.11%) ERP
10 61 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (4.46%) Project Management
12 54 (4.38%) CRM
13 53 (4.29%) Roadmaps
14 51 (4.13%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (3.97%) Information Security
16 45 (3.65%) Analytics
17 42 (3.40%) Change Management
18 40 (3.24%) ITSM
18 40 (3.24%) Logistics
19 39 (3.16%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 96 (7.78%) SQL
2 34 (2.76%) Python
3 31 (2.51%) ABAP
4 29 (2.35%) PowerShell
5 26 (2.11%) Java
6 19 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.57%) Bash
7 7 (0.57%) C
7 7 (0.57%) C#
7 7 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.41%) C++
9 5 (0.41%) Perl
10 4 (0.32%) Ada
11 3 (0.24%) R
12 2 (0.16%) AWK
12 2 (0.16%) COBOL
12 2 (0.16%) DCL
13 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 161 (13.05%) Security Cleared
2 125 (10.13%) SC Cleared
3 81 (6.56%) Degree
4 30 (2.43%) CISSP
5 24 (1.94%) DV Cleared
6 19 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (1.46%) CISM
7 18 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.05%) SAP Certification
10 12 (0.97%) CCIE
11 10 (0.81%) CCNP
12 9 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.57%) CRISC
15 5 (0.41%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.24%) CISA
16 3 (0.24%) PhD
16 3 (0.24%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.67%) QA
2 29 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (1.86%) GDPR
3 23 (1.86%) NIST
4 18 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.22%) GRC
5 15 (1.22%) PMO
6 12 (0.97%) NCSC
7 11 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (0.89%) SLA
8 7 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (0.41%) COBIT
10 5 (0.41%) IFRS
11 4 (0.32%) DO-178B
11 4 (0.32%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 3 (0.24%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.24%) RMADS
System Software
1 42 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 11 (0.89%) Docker
5 8 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.57%) vSphere
7 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.24%) XenApp
8 3 (0.24%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.081%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.081%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (1.46%) Terraform
2 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 11 (0.89%) Ansible
5 7 (0.57%) SCCM
6 5 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.32%) Grafana
7 4 (0.32%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.32%) VxRail
8 3 (0.24%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.081%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.081%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.081%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.081%) Graylog
10 1 (0.081%) Nagios
10 1 (0.081%) QRadar
10 1 (0.081%) SCOM
10 1 (0.081%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 290 (23.50%) SAP
2 175 (14.18%) Microsoft
3 119 (9.64%) Oracle
4 54 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 43 (3.48%) VMware
6 34 (2.76%) Workday
7 22 (1.78%) Cisco
8 18 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.38%) Ariba
10 15 (1.22%) Adobe
11 14 (1.13%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.97%) Sage
13 11 (0.89%) OpenText
14 9 (0.73%) Dell
14 9 (0.73%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.65%) Genesys
15 8 (0.65%) IBM
15 8 (0.65%) Informatica
16 7 (0.57%) Google
16 7 (0.57%) SimCorp