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 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 42 27
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 148 95 170
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.04% 4.82% 7.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 5.19% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 61 123
10th Percentile £399 £483 £430
25th Percentile £447 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £675
90th Percentile £785 £825 £771
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £40.78 - -
25th Percentile £42.53 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £46.64 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% - -
75th Percentile £50.80 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £52.57 - -
London median hourly rate £59.00 £53.50 £63.36
% change year-on-year +10.28% -15.56% +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 2,319 1,829 2,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 92.84% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,554 1,180 1,618
10th Percentile £350 £338 £340
25th Percentile £451 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 30
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £20.19
25th Percentile £19.13 £23.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £26.56 £28.61 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +11.65% -26.79%
75th Percentile £52.24 £35.00 £27.81
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +10.29% +25.93% -23.94%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +18 144 £550 -8.33% 147
Southwark +3 2 £650 +172.72% 2
West End of London +1 2 £575 +4.55% 5
Consultant
London

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 30 (20.27%) Migration
2 25 (16.89%) Azure
3 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
4 21 (14.19%) Oracle
5 18 (12.16%) Security Cleared
5 18 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (10.81%) SAP
7 14 (9.46%) Decision-Making
8 13 (8.78%) Power Automate
9 12 (8.11%) AI
9 12 (8.11%) ERP
9 12 (8.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (7.43%) Analytics
10 11 (7.43%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (7.43%) SQL
11 10 (6.76%) AWS
11 10 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (6.76%) DevOps
11 10 (6.76%) SC Cleared
12 9 (6.08%) Business Continuity
12 9 (6.08%) Power Platform
12 9 (6.08%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (6.08%) SharePoint
12 9 (6.08%) Validation
12 9 (6.08%) VMware
13 8 (5.41%) Data Migration
13 8 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (5.41%) User Acceptance Testing
14 7 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (4.73%) Citrix

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 9 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Dynamics AX
1 6 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.35%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.68%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.68%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.68%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.89%) Azure
2 13 (8.78%) Power Automate
3 11 (7.43%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (6.76%) AWS
4 10 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (6.08%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.70%) GCP
8 3 (2.03%) OCI
8 3 (2.03%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.35%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.35%) GitHub
9 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.35%) SaaS
9 2 (1.35%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.35%) MPLS
1 2 (1.35%) VSAN
2 1 (0.68%) Firewall
2 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.68%) VPN
2 1 (0.68%) WAN
2 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) Power BI
1 6 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.38%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.68%) Looker
3 1 (0.68%) Metadata
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) git-flow
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) GitLab
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 38 (25.68%) Finance
2 14 (9.46%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.38%) Banking
4 5 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.35%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.35%) Law
7 2 (1.35%) Publishing
8 1 (0.68%) Advertising
8 1 (0.68%) Automotive
8 1 (0.68%) Billing
8 1 (0.68%) French Language
8 1 (0.68%) International Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.35%) EDI
2 2 (1.35%) Flash
2 2 (1.35%) IDoc
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.35%) WSE
3 1 (0.68%) BAPI
3 1 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.68%) Middleware
3 1 (0.68%) OAuth
3 1 (0.68%) REST
3 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.68%) SAML
3 1 (0.68%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.68%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.68%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.68%) CMDB
5 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.68%) IoT
5 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.68%) PACS
5 1 (0.68%) PMI
5 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.38%) Windows
2 3 (2.03%) Solaris
3 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (20.27%) Migration
2 18 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (9.46%) Decision-Making
4 12 (8.11%) AI
4 12 (8.11%) ERP
5 11 (7.43%) Analytics
6 10 (6.76%) DevOps
7 9 (6.08%) Business Continuity
7 9 (6.08%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (6.08%) Validation
8 8 (5.41%) Data Migration
8 8 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (5.41%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (4.05%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (4.05%) Agile
10 6 (4.05%) Data Engineering
10 6 (4.05%) Data Modelling
10 6 (4.05%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (4.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.43%) SQL
2 7 (4.73%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.73%) Python
3 4 (2.70%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.35%) Go
6 1 (0.68%) ABAP
6 1 (0.68%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.68%) JCL
6 1 (0.68%) Korn
6 1 (0.68%) REXX
6 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (12.16%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.76%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.05%) Degree
4 5 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.68%) CCNA
7 1 (0.68%) CISM
7 1 (0.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.68%) CRISC
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) GIAC
7 1 (0.68%) ISACA
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.03%) QA
4 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.35%) NCSC
4 2 (1.35%) NIST
4 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) DICOM
5 1 (0.68%) HL7
5 1 (0.68%) MiFID
5 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.68%) UCITS
System Software
1 4 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.68%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 5 (3.38%) SCCM
2 4 (2.70%) vRealize
3 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.35%) Ansible
4 2 (1.35%) Terraform
5 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.68%) Packer
5 1 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.19%) Oracle
3 16 (10.81%) SAP
4 9 (6.08%) VMware
5 7 (4.73%) Citrix
5 7 (4.73%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.05%) Databricks
7 5 (3.38%) Pure Storage
8 4 (2.70%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.70%) Google
9 3 (2.03%) Adobe
10 2 (1.35%) Charles River
11 1 (0.68%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.68%) BMC
11 1 (0.68%) ESRI
11 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.68%) IBM
11 1 (0.68%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.68%) Workday