Technical Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £489, 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 267 274 371
Rank change year-on-year +7 +97 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 37 71 106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.49% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 54
10th Percentile £413 £463 £431
25th Percentile £438 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £622
90th Percentile £698 £805 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £556
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.12% +1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - £80.40
UK median hourly rate £42.82 £61.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year -30.50% -2.22% -4.55%

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%

Technical Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Consultant.

Technical Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Technical Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical 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 Technical Consultant.

Technical Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Agile
2 8 (21.62%) Oracle
3 7 (18.92%) SQL
3 7 (18.92%) SAP
3 7 (18.92%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Azure
4 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
5 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
5 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
5 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 5 (13.51%) ERP
6 4 (10.81%) Middleware
6 4 (10.81%) ITSM
6 4 (10.81%) Information Security
6 4 (10.81%) Security Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
6 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (10.81%) OWASP
6 4 (10.81%) Waterfall
6 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
6 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (10.81%) DevOps
6 4 (10.81%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (10.81%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps
6 4 (10.81%) NIST

Technical 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 (2.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.70%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (2.70%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.70%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (2.70%) SimCorp Dimension
2 1 (2.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Salsify
4 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) BGP
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) SAP HANA
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (2.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Artifactory
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Back Office
3 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Local Government
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Middleware
2 3 (8.11%) CSS
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (5.41%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Basis
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.70%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) FMCG
1 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) CMDB
2 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.70%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Unix
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Agile
2 7 (18.92%) Migration
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
4 5 (13.51%) ERP
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.81%) Application Security
5 4 (10.81%) CI/CD
5 4 (10.81%) DevOps
5 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps
5 4 (10.81%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Information Security
5 4 (10.81%) ITSM
5 4 (10.81%) OWASP
5 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
5 4 (10.81%) Security Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (10.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.11%) PL/SQL
3 2 (5.41%) ABAP
3 2 (5.41%) Java
3 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
1 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) CCIE
2 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) Basel III
2 1 (2.70%) IFRS
2 1 (2.70%) IFRS 17
2 1 (2.70%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) RACF
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Oracle
2 7 (18.92%) SAP
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.41%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.41%) IFS
6 1 (2.70%) Ariba
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco
6 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.70%) JDA
6 1 (2.70%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.70%) RedPrairie
6 1 (2.70%) SimCorp