Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 41 23
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 142 99 181
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.14% 5.03% 7.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.52% 5.42% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 69 133
10th Percentile £416 £474 £430
25th Percentile £478 £525 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +3.37%
75th Percentile £655 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £753 £755
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £40.20 - -
25th Percentile £41.06 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - -
75th Percentile £50.63 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £52.50 - -
London median hourly rate £59.00 £58.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +1.72% -31.36% +53.64%

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 2,179 1,827 2,425
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 92.74% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,191 1,719
10th Percentile £350 £363 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £677
90th Percentile £775 £763 £793
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 33
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.88 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +13.08% -24.11%
75th Percentile £42.65 £35.00 £33.00
90th Percentile £59.48 £56.25 £49.95
London median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +14 138 £550 -8.33% 150
West End of London +3 2 £575 +4.55% 7
Southwark +1 2 £650 +172.72%
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 2 April 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 26 (18.31%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) Microsoft
3 22 (15.49%) Migration
4 19 (13.38%) Oracle
4 19 (13.38%) Security Cleared
5 18 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (11.97%) SQL
7 15 (10.56%) SAP
8 14 (9.86%) Analytics
9 13 (9.15%) Decision-Making
9 13 (9.15%) SC Cleared
10 12 (8.45%) ERP
11 11 (7.75%) Agile
11 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
11 11 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (7.04%) AI
12 10 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (7.04%) Oracle Fusion
12 10 (7.04%) PowerShell
12 10 (7.04%) Python
12 10 (7.04%) VMware
13 9 (6.34%) Business Continuity
13 9 (6.34%) Degree
13 9 (6.34%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (6.34%) Power Automate
13 9 (6.34%) Power BI
13 9 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (6.34%) Validation
14 8 (5.63%) AWS
14 8 (5.63%) Databricks

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 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) Apache
2 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.70%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.52%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.82%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.11%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (2.11%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.70%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.70%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.70%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.70%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.70%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.31%) Azure
2 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
3 9 (6.34%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (6.34%) Power Automate
4 8 (5.63%) AWS
5 7 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.93%) GCP
5 7 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (3.52%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.52%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.11%) OCI
7 3 (2.11%) SaaS
8 2 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.41%) GitHub
8 2 (1.41%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.41%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.82%) Firewall
2 3 (2.11%) MPLS
3 2 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.41%) VPN
3 2 (1.41%) VSAN
3 2 (1.41%) WAN
4 1 (0.70%) BGP
4 1 (0.70%) HTTP
4 1 (0.70%) Internet
4 1 (0.70%) Network Security
4 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) Power BI
2 5 (3.52%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.11%) Tableau
4 2 (1.41%) Looker
4 2 (1.41%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.70%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (1.41%) git-flow
1 2 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) GitLab
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 35 (24.65%) Finance
2 20 (14.08%) Social Skills
3 11 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.93%) Banking
5 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Advertising
7 2 (1.41%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Law
7 2 (1.41%) Legal
7 2 (1.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.41%) Publishing
7 2 (1.41%) Retail
8 1 (0.70%) International Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.70%) Marketing
8 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.11%) WSE
3 2 (1.41%) EDI
3 2 (1.41%) Flash
3 2 (1.41%) IDoc
3 2 (1.41%) REST
3 2 (1.41%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.70%) BAPI
4 1 (0.70%) CSS
4 1 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) Middleware
4 1 (0.70%) OAuth
4 1 (0.70%) RESTful
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
4 1 (0.70%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.70%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.70%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.70%) CMDB
4 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.70%) IoT
4 1 (0.70%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.70%) PACS
4 1 (0.70%) PMI
4 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Solaris
2 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.49%) Migration
2 18 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (9.86%) Analytics
4 13 (9.15%) Decision-Making
5 12 (8.45%) ERP
6 11 (7.75%) Agile
6 11 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (7.04%) AI
7 10 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (6.34%) Business Continuity
8 9 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (6.34%) Validation
9 8 (5.63%) DevOps
10 7 (4.93%) Data Engineering
10 7 (4.93%) Data Modelling
10 7 (4.93%) GAP Analysis
10 7 (4.93%) ITIL
10 7 (4.93%) Project Management
10 7 (4.93%) Roadmaps
10 7 (4.93%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.97%) SQL
2 10 (7.04%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.04%) Python
3 5 (3.52%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.52%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.11%) Go
5 2 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.41%) Java
5 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.70%) ABAP
6 1 (0.70%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.70%) Bash
6 1 (0.70%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.70%) C#
6 1 (0.70%) JCL
6 1 (0.70%) Korn
6 1 (0.70%) ProC
6 1 (0.70%) REXX
6 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.15%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) Degree
4 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.41%) CISM
6 2 (1.41%) CISSP
6 2 (1.41%) GIAC
6 2 (1.41%) ISACA
6 2 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) CRISC
7 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.23%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.82%) QA
4 3 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.41%) NCSC
5 2 (1.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.70%) DICOM
6 1 (0.70%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.70%) GDPR
6 1 (0.70%) HL7
6 1 (0.70%) MiFID
6 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
6 1 (0.70%) UCITS
System Software
1 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.52%) Terraform
1 5 (3.52%) vRealize
2 4 (2.82%) Ansible
2 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.82%) SCCM
3 2 (1.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.70%) CASB
4 1 (0.70%) Packer
4 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.38%) Oracle
3 15 (10.56%) SAP
4 10 (7.04%) VMware
5 8 (5.63%) Databricks
6 6 (4.23%) Google
6 6 (4.23%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.52%) Pure Storage
8 4 (2.82%) Broadcom
9 3 (2.11%) Adobe
10 2 (1.41%) Charles River
10 2 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.70%) Amplitude
11 1 (0.70%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.70%) Citrix
11 1 (0.70%) Concur
11 1 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.70%) Okta
11 1 (0.70%) Remedy