Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 158 114 158
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.95% 5.56% 6.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.34% 5.99% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 77 110
10th Percentile £389 £447 £438
25th Percentile £431 £513 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £725 £665
90th Percentile £713 £830 £772
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £61.25 £40.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £62.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +50.60% -
75th Percentile £38.75 £63.75 £42.25
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £50.75 £42.82 £63.36
% change year-on-year +18.53% -32.42% +15.19%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,494 1,903 2,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 92.78% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 1,238 1,568
10th Percentile £350 £346 £350
25th Percentile £450 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 30 25
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.51 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £51.31 £40.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £67.89 £47.65
London median hourly rate £39.00 £31.75 £27.81
% change year-on-year +22.83% +14.17% -28.69%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Central London

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Central London over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Central London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Central London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +16 153 £550 -15.38% 115
City of Westminster -5 2 £513 -10.87% 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £525 -
Southwark - 1 £650 - 4
Consultant
London

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, 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 job ads across the Central London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 37 (23.42%) Migration
2 35 (22.15%) Microsoft
3 26 (16.46%) Azure
4 25 (15.82%) Security Cleared
5 24 (15.19%) Oracle
6 19 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (10.76%) SAP
8 16 (10.13%) Data Migration
8 16 (10.13%) SC Cleared
9 15 (9.49%) AI
9 15 (9.49%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (8.86%) Analytics
11 13 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (8.23%) Power Automate
11 13 (8.23%) SQL
11 13 (8.23%) Validation
12 12 (7.59%) ERP
12 12 (7.59%) Oracle EBS
12 12 (7.59%) SharePoint
13 11 (6.96%) Power Platform
13 11 (6.96%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (5.70%) AWS
14 9 (5.70%) Databricks
14 9 (5.70%) Decision-Making
14 9 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (5.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 8 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (5.06%) DevOps
15 8 (5.06%) Requirements Gathering
16 7 (4.43%) Actionable Insight

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.63%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.63%) CMS
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.63%) SAS
2 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.59%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (4.43%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.80%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (3.80%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (3.80%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (3.16%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (3.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.27%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.27%) SAP GRC
6 2 (1.27%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.63%) iTrent
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.63%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.46%) Azure
2 13 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (8.23%) Power Automate
3 11 (6.96%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.70%) AWS
5 8 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.90%) GCP
7 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.90%) SaaS
8 2 (1.27%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.27%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.27%) OCI
8 2 (1.27%) ShareGate
8 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.27%) MPLS
1 2 (1.27%) VSAN
2 1 (0.63%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.63%) DKIM
2 1 (0.63%) DMARC
2 1 (0.63%) Firewall
2 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.63%) VPN
2 1 (0.63%) WAN
2 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.80%) Power BI
1 6 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.27%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.63%) Looker
4 1 (0.63%) Metadata
4 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Git
2 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 41 (25.95%) Finance
2 21 (13.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.80%) Law
5 5 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.16%) Legal
6 4 (2.53%) Banking
6 4 (2.53%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.90%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Automotive
9 1 (0.63%) Billing
9 1 (0.63%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.63%) Marketing
9 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.27%) EDI
2 2 (1.27%) Flash
2 2 (1.27%) IDoc
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.27%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.27%) YAML
3 1 (0.63%) .NET
3 1 (0.63%) BAPI
3 1 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.63%) HTML
3 1 (0.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.63%) Murex MxML
3 1 (0.63%) OAuth
3 1 (0.63%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.63%) SAML
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.63%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.63%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.43%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.16%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.27%) CMDB
3 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.27%) Market Risk
3 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.63%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.63%) Derivative
4 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.63%) Equities
4 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.63%) IoT
4 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.63%) PMI
4 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.90%) Solaris
2 2 (1.27%) Unix
2 2 (1.27%) Windows
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.42%) Migration
2 19 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (10.13%) Data Migration
4 15 (9.49%) AI
5 14 (8.86%) Analytics
6 13 (8.23%) Validation
7 12 (7.59%) ERP
8 11 (6.96%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (5.70%) Decision-Making
9 9 (5.70%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (5.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (5.06%) DevOps
10 8 (5.06%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (4.43%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (4.43%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (4.43%) Translating Business Requirements
11 7 (4.43%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (3.80%) CRM
12 6 (3.80%) Customer Service
12 6 (3.80%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.23%) SQL
2 6 (3.80%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.80%) Python
3 4 (2.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.53%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.63%) ABAP
5 1 (0.63%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.63%) C#
5 1 (0.63%) JCL
5 1 (0.63%) Korn
5 1 (0.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 25 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.16%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.90%) Degree
5 2 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.63%) CISA
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.63%) CISM
6 1 (0.63%) CISSP
6 1 (0.63%) CRISC
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.43%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.16%) NIST
3 4 (2.53%) QA
4 3 (1.90%) NCSC
5 2 (1.27%) GDPR
5 2 (1.27%) GRC
5 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.63%) GAAP
6 1 (0.63%) IFRS
6 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.63%) MiFID
6 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.63%) PERC
6 1 (0.63%) SLA
6 1 (0.63%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.27%) IAG
3 1 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.63%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 6 (3.80%) SCCM
2 3 (1.90%) Terraform
3 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.27%) vRealize
4 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.19%) Oracle
3 17 (10.76%) SAP
4 9 (5.70%) Databricks
5 7 (4.43%) Citrix
6 6 (3.80%) VMware
7 5 (3.16%) Pure Storage
7 5 (3.16%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.53%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.53%) Google
8 4 (2.53%) Okta
9 3 (1.90%) Murex
9 3 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.27%) Adobe
10 2 (1.27%) Xero
11 1 (0.63%) Amplitude
11 1 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.63%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.63%) Workday
11 1 (0.63%) Zscaler