Lead Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Lead Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £539, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 328 424
Rank change year-on-year +52 +96 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 28 17 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 23
10th Percentile £360 £509 £465
25th Percentile £528 £534 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £596 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.49% -0.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £666 £725 £750
90th Percentile £741 - £798
UK median daily rate £563 £613 £630
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.80% +5.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Lead Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Lead Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Consultant.

Lead Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Lead Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Consultant.

Lead Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (35.71%) SAP
2 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 6 (21.43%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Azure
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) SQL
6 3 (10.71%) Laserfiche
6 3 (10.71%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (10.71%) IFS
6 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Analytics
6 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
6 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
7 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (7.14%) API Management
7 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security
7 2 (7.14%) Business Transformation
7 2 (7.14%) Boomi
7 2 (7.14%) MuleSoft
7 2 (7.14%) AWS
7 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Entra ID

Lead 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 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.14%) SAP IBP
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.57%) NetSuite
3 1 (3.57%) SAP GRC
3 1 (3.57%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Boomi
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) dbt
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) BGP
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.57%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.57%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) Multicast
2 1 (3.57%) SSL
2 1 (3.57%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.71%) Analytics
5 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) API Management
6 2 (7.14%) Business Transformation
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Regression Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.57%) Data Collection
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Strategy
7 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.57%) RBAC
7 1 (3.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) GRC
1 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.57%) SCCM
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) IFS
2 3 (10.71%) Laserfiche
3 2 (7.14%) Dell
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.57%) Ariba
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle
4 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow