Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Consultant
London > Central London

The median Consultant daily rate in Central London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 41 29
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 155 108 151
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.96% 5.27% 6.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.33% 5.67% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 72 103
10th Percentile £371 £427 £432
25th Percentile £425 £513 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +8.70% +6.73%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £723 £836 £725
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 2,448 1,906 2,180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 92.93% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 1,257 1,493
10th Percentile £355 £327 £363
25th Percentile £454 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -4.88%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 31 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.00 £21.40
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £23.80
Median hourly rate £23.08 £29.07 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% -11.91% -5.71%
75th Percentile £54.00 £50.46 £78.75
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.57 £137.50
London median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -14.48%

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 31 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 31 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 +12 148 £550 -15.38% 74
Southwark - 3 £600 -
City of Westminster -7 2 £513 - 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £525 -
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 36 (23.23%) Migration
2 32 (20.65%) Microsoft
3 25 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (15.48%) Oracle
5 22 (14.19%) Security Cleared
6 21 (13.55%) Azure
7 18 (11.61%) SAP
8 17 (10.97%) SQL
9 16 (10.32%) Data Migration
10 15 (9.68%) Oracle Fusion
11 14 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (8.39%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (8.39%) SC Cleared
12 13 (8.39%) Validation
13 12 (7.74%) Analytics
13 12 (7.74%) Oracle EBS
13 12 (7.74%) SharePoint
14 11 (7.10%) ERP
14 11 (7.10%) Power Automate
14 11 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 10 (6.45%) AI
15 10 (6.45%) Power Platform
16 9 (5.81%) AWS
16 9 (5.81%) Workshop Facilitation
17 8 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (5.16%) Databricks
17 8 (5.16%) Decision-Making
17 8 (5.16%) DevOps
17 8 (5.16%) Requirements Gathering

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 (7.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
2 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.74%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (4.52%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (3.87%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (3.87%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (3.87%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (2.58%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (1.29%) NEC Housing
7 2 (1.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (1.29%) SAP EWM
7 2 (1.29%) SAP GRC
7 2 (1.29%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.55%) Azure
2 13 (8.39%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (7.10%) Power Automate
4 10 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.81%) AWS
6 8 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.94%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.94%) SaaS
9 2 (1.29%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.29%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.29%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.29%) GCP
9 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.29%) OCI
9 2 (1.29%) ShareGate
9 2 (1.29%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.29%) VSAN
2 1 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.65%) DKIM
2 1 (0.65%) DMARC
2 1 (0.65%) MPLS
2 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.65%) WAN
2 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.23%) Power BI
3 2 (1.29%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.65%) Looker
4 1 (0.65%) Metadata
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) GitLab
2 1 (0.65%) PowerBuilder
General
1 43 (27.74%) Finance
2 23 (14.84%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.23%) Banking
4 5 (3.23%) Law
4 5 (3.23%) Legal
5 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.94%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.29%) Local Government
8 1 (0.65%) Advertising
8 1 (0.65%) Billing
8 1 (0.65%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.65%) Marketing
8 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.29%) EDI
2 2 (1.29%) Flash
2 2 (1.29%) IDoc
2 2 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.29%) YAML
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
3 1 (0.65%) BAPI
3 1 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) Middleware
3 1 (0.65%) Murex MxML
3 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.65%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.65%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.29%) CMDB
3 2 (1.29%) Market Risk
3 2 (1.29%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.65%) Derivative
4 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.65%) Equities
4 1 (0.65%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.65%) IoT
4 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.65%) PMI
4 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.94%) Solaris
2 2 (1.29%) Unix
2 2 (1.29%) Windows
3 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.23%) Migration
2 25 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (10.32%) Data Migration
4 14 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (8.39%) Validation
6 12 (7.74%) Analytics
7 11 (7.10%) ERP
7 11 (7.10%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (7.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (6.45%) AI
9 9 (5.81%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (5.16%) Decision-Making
10 8 (5.16%) DevOps
10 8 (5.16%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (4.52%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (4.52%) Translating Business Requirements
12 6 (3.87%) CRM
12 6 (3.87%) Customer Service
12 6 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (3.87%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.97%) SQL
2 5 (3.23%) Python
3 4 (2.58%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.58%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.94%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.65%) ABAP
5 1 (0.65%) C#
5 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.65%) Korn
5 1 (0.65%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 22 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.39%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.94%) Degree
5 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.65%) CISA
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.65%) CISM
5 1 (0.65%) CISSP
5 1 (0.65%) CRISC
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.23%) Data Quality
1 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.23%) NIST
1 5 (3.23%) QA
2 3 (1.94%) NCSC
3 2 (1.29%) GDPR
3 2 (1.29%) GRC
3 2 (1.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) IFRS
4 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.65%) MiFID
4 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.65%) PERC
4 1 (0.65%) PSD2
4 1 (0.65%) SLA
4 1 (0.65%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.29%) IAG
1 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.87%) SCCM
2 3 (1.94%) Terraform
3 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.65%) vRealize
4 1 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.48%) Oracle
3 18 (11.61%) SAP
4 8 (5.16%) Databricks
5 7 (4.52%) Citrix
6 5 (3.23%) Pure Storage
6 5 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.23%) VMware
7 3 (1.94%) Broadcom
7 3 (1.94%) Google
7 3 (1.94%) Murex
7 3 (1.94%) Okta
7 3 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.29%) Adobe
8 2 (1.29%) NEC
8 2 (1.29%) Workday
8 2 (1.29%) Xero
9 1 (0.65%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.65%) Zscaler