Support Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Support Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Support Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £400, 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 299 327 451
Rank change year-on-year +28 +124 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Support Consultant 5 18 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 17
10th Percentile £315 £363 £310
25th Percentile £338 £399 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £481 £488 £599
90th Percentile £515 £496 £600
UK median daily rate £406 £475 £515
% change year-on-year -14.47% -7.77% +4.04%

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%

Support Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Support 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 Support Consultant.

Support Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Support Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Support 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 Support Consultant.

Support Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (20.00%) SimCorp
3 1 (20.00%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (20.00%) Cash Management
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos

Support 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (20.00%) SimCorp Dimension
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Fund Accounting
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleCode
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ariba
1 1 (20.00%) Cognos
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) SimCorp