Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 34 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 111 124 145
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.53% 5.30% 5.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.92% 5.72% 5.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 74 106
10th Percentile £413 £408 £388
25th Percentile £469 £513 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £548
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +5.02% -8.75%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £675
90th Percentile £702 £738 £731
London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £40.20 - -
25th Percentile £41.06 £40.75 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% - -
75th Percentile £50.63 £42.25 -
90th Percentile £52.50 - -
London median hourly rate £45.00 £63.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year -28.57% -25.66% +21.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,876 2,168 2,571
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 92.73% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,303 1,369 1,855
10th Percentile £329 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 20
10th Percentile £19.42 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £20.67
Median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% +40.08% -23.12%
75th Percentile £35.75 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £112.00 £65.88
London median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.30% - -

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -3 104 £536 -6.74% 86
West End of London +4 2 - - 3
Southwark +1 1 - -
City of Westminster 0 1 - - 3
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 24 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 19 (17.12%) Oracle
3 18 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 18 (16.22%) Security Cleared
4 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (15.32%) SAP
5 16 (14.41%) Azure
5 16 (14.41%) SC Cleared
6 14 (12.61%) Migration
6 14 (12.61%) SQL
7 13 (11.71%) Agile
8 12 (10.81%) ERP
8 12 (10.81%) Power Platform
9 11 (9.91%) SharePoint
9 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (9.91%) Workshop Facilitation
10 10 (9.01%) Analytics
10 10 (9.01%) Power BI
10 10 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (8.11%) AWS
11 9 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (8.11%) PowerShell
11 9 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
12 8 (7.21%) Degree
12 8 (7.21%) Knowledge Transfer
12 8 (7.21%) Oracle EBS
12 8 (7.21%) Oracle Financials
12 8 (7.21%) Oracle Payables

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 11 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.90%) Apache
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.90%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (7.21%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (7.21%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (7.21%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (3.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (3.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (2.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (2.70%) SAP CO
5 3 (2.70%) SAP FI
5 3 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (2.70%) SAP MM
6 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.90%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 1 (0.90%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.90%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.90%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.90%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.41%) Azure
2 12 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.11%) AWS
3 9 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.31%) Power Automate
5 6 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.41%) GCP
5 6 (5.41%) PowerApps
6 5 (4.50%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.70%) OCI
8 3 (2.70%) SaaS
9 2 (1.80%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.80%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.90%) GitHub
10 1 (0.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Firewall
2 3 (2.70%) BGP
2 3 (2.70%) DHCP
2 3 (2.70%) DNS
2 3 (2.70%) MPLS
2 3 (2.70%) VPN
3 2 (1.80%) HTTP
3 2 (1.80%) OSPF
3 2 (1.80%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.80%) WAN
4 1 (0.90%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.90%) Internet
4 1 (0.90%) Intranet
4 1 (0.90%) IPsec
4 1 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.90%) PSTN
4 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.90%) VLAN
4 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.01%) Power BI
2 3 (2.70%) Tableau
3 2 (1.80%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.80%) Looker
4 1 (0.90%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.90%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (4.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.90%) Git
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.90%) Selenium
2 1 (0.90%) Snyk
General
1 37 (33.33%) Finance
2 29 (26.13%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.91%) Banking
5 9 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.60%) Law
7 4 (3.60%) Legal
8 3 (2.70%) Billing
8 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.80%) Advertising
9 2 (1.80%) Back Office
9 2 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.80%) Retail
9 2 (1.80%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Front Office
10 1 (0.90%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.90%) International Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.60%) WSE
3 2 (1.80%) REST
4 1 (0.90%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.90%) CSS
4 1 (0.90%) HTML
4 1 (0.90%) JSON
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.90%) RESTful
4 1 (0.90%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.90%) SPFx
4 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.80%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.80%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.90%) CMDB
4 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.90%) Life Science
4 1 (0.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.90%) NHS
4 1 (0.90%) PACS
4 1 (0.90%) Pricing Data
4 1 (0.90%) SCADA
4 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.61%) Migration
4 13 (11.71%) Agile
5 12 (10.81%) ERP
6 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (9.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (9.01%) Analytics
7 10 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (7.21%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (7.21%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.31%) Data Modelling
10 7 (6.31%) Project Management
11 6 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.41%) Data Migration
11 6 (5.41%) ITIL
11 6 (5.41%) Test Scripting
11 6 (5.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.61%) SQL
2 9 (8.11%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.21%) Python
4 7 (6.31%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.60%) Go
5 4 (3.60%) Java
6 3 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.90%) ABAP
7 1 (0.90%) Bash
7 1 (0.90%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.90%) C#
7 1 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.90%) Korn
7 1 (0.90%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.90%) ProC
7 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.21%) Degree
4 3 (2.70%) CISSP
4 3 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (1.80%) CCNA
5 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.80%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.80%) GIAC
5 2 (1.80%) ISACA
5 2 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.90%) CRISC
6 1 (0.90%) CSSLP
6 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) NIST
3 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.90%) COBIT
5 1 (0.90%) COSO
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.90%) DICOM
5 1 (0.90%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.90%) GDPR
5 1 (0.90%) HL7
5 1 (0.90%) NCSC
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.90%) PMO
5 1 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) Docker
3 1 (0.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.90%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.90%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Terraform
1 4 (3.60%) vRealize
2 3 (2.70%) Ansible
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.80%) SCCM
4 1 (0.90%) CASB
4 1 (0.90%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.90%) Packer
4 1 (0.90%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 19 (17.12%) Oracle
2 18 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 17 (15.32%) SAP
4 7 (6.31%) VMware
5 5 (4.50%) Google
6 4 (3.60%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.70%) Databricks
7 3 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.80%) Adobe
8 2 (1.80%) Cisco
8 2 (1.80%) Dell
8 2 (1.80%) Remedy
8 2 (1.80%) Tenable
9 1 (0.90%) Ahrefs
9 1 (0.90%) AlgoSec
9 1 (0.90%) ForeScout
9 1 (0.90%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.90%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.90%) Screaming Frog