Hybrid/Remote Senior Consultant Contract Job Trends

Senior Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 270 311
Rank change year-on-year -6 +41 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 48 44 63
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 40
10th Percentile £471 £460 £394
25th Percentile £503 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £719 £638 £650
90th Percentile £755 £720 £783
UK median daily rate £625 £563 £589
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.46% -1.88%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,486 10,861 16,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 93.14% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,171 6,881 11,057
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 197 360
10th Percentile £15.26 £18.50 £17.59
25th Percentile £20.66 £23.50 £27.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.52% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Consultant job vacancies

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Consultant over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Senior Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior Consultant job vacancies

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Senior 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 20 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (39.58%) Agile
3 17 (35.42%) DevOps
4 15 (31.25%) CI/CD
4 15 (31.25%) Mentoring
5 14 (29.17%) Jenkins
5 14 (29.17%) Test Automation
6 13 (27.08%) Playwright
7 12 (25.00%) API Design
7 12 (25.00%) Coaching
7 12 (25.00%) Code Quality
7 12 (25.00%) Containerisation
7 12 (25.00%) Docker
7 12 (25.00%) E-Commerce
7 12 (25.00%) GraphQL
7 12 (25.00%) Kubernetes
7 12 (25.00%) Node.js
7 12 (25.00%) Observability
7 12 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 12 (25.00%) Process Improvement
7 12 (25.00%) SaaS
7 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 12 (25.00%) TypeScript
7 12 (25.00%) Vitest
8 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
9 10 (20.83%) SAP
10 7 (14.58%) Risk Management
11 6 (12.50%) Logistics
11 6 (12.50%) Migration
11 6 (12.50%) NIST

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.33%) SAP MM
3 2 (4.17%) SAP PS
3 2 (4.17%) SAP WM
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP EWM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) SaaS
2 4 (8.33%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) GitHub
3 3 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.08%) dbt
4 1 (2.08%) Fivetran
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.08%) Matillion
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) Serverless
4 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (29.17%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.08%) Maven
3 1 (2.08%) Postman
3 1 (2.08%) REST Assured
3 1 (2.08%) Selenium
3 1 (2.08%) SpecFlow
General
1 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Banking
3 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Law
4 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Billing
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.08%) Playwright
2 12 (25.00%) GraphQL
2 12 (25.00%) Node.js
2 12 (25.00%) Vitest
3 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.08%) JSON
3 1 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.08%) OAuth
3 1 (2.08%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.08%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.08%) REST
3 1 (2.08%) SOAP
3 1 (2.08%) Swagger
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.17%) Market Risk
2 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.08%) SCADA
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (39.58%) Agile
3 17 (35.42%) DevOps
4 15 (31.25%) CI/CD
4 15 (31.25%) Mentoring
5 14 (29.17%) Test Automation
6 12 (25.00%) API Design
6 12 (25.00%) Coaching
6 12 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 12 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 12 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 12 (25.00%) Observability
6 12 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (25.00%) Process Improvement
7 7 (14.58%) Risk Management
8 6 (12.50%) Logistics
8 6 (12.50%) Migration
8 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (10.42%) Information Security
9 5 (10.42%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 6 (12.50%) Python
2 6 (12.50%) SQL
3 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.25%) Java
5 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.17%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.08%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) CISSP
4 2 (4.17%) CISA
4 2 (4.17%) CISM
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 2 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (4.17%) SANS
4 2 (4.17%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.08%) CRISC
5 1 (2.08%) CSSLP
5 1 (2.08%) GIAC
5 1 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) NIST
2 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.17%) COBIT
4 1 (2.08%) COSO
4 1 (2.08%) GRC
4 1 (2.08%) JSP 440
4 1 (2.08%) NCSC
4 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) Docker
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) SCCM
3 1 (2.08%) CASB
3 1 (2.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (20.83%) SAP
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (4.17%) Murex
4 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco
5 1 (2.08%) Databricks
5 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.08%) Qualys
5 1 (2.08%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.08%) Talend
5 1 (2.08%) Tenable
5 1 (2.08%) VMware