Consultant Contracts in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 47 59
Rank change year-on-year +19 +12 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2,159 2,235 2,817
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.93% 4.64% 4.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 4.90% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 1,352 1,750
10th Percentile £400 £413 £405
25th Percentile £463 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 50 14
10th Percentile £26.88 £21.00 £32.00
25th Percentile £50.73 £55.94 £53.25
Median hourly rate £60.80 £65.50 £70.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% -6.76% +22.17%
75th Percentile £61.60 £81.81 £84.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £93.88 £86.75
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.76% +17.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +21 1,077 £550 -4.35% 537
South East +8 318 £595 +2.06% 184
North of England +24 257 £525 - 235
Midlands +16 167 £550 -3.08% 113
North West +19 159 £550 +6.18% 155
West Midlands +20 113 £550 -0.45% 79
South West +11 106 £500 - 150
East of England +49 93 £525 - 41
Yorkshire +20 90 £475 -13.64% 65
East Midlands +20 48 £550 -4.35% 34
North East +6 8 £450 -13.04% 17
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 585 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 548 (25.38%) SAP
3 469 (21.72%) Finance
4 370 (17.14%) Security Cleared
5 300 (13.90%) Microsoft
6 254 (11.76%) SC Cleared
7 241 (11.16%) Migration
7 241 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
8 234 (10.84%) Azure
9 228 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 209 (9.68%) Oracle
10 209 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
11 199 (9.22%) Public Sector
12 197 (9.12%) SAP S/4HANA
13 164 (7.60%) Agile
14 155 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
15 144 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
16 140 (6.48%) Degree
17 135 (6.25%) DevOps
18 124 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
19 123 (5.70%) SQL
20 119 (5.51%) DV Cleared
21 117 (5.42%) Data Migration
22 114 (5.28%) Power Platform
23 105 (4.86%) Project Management
24 103 (4.77%) Requirements Gathering
25 95 (4.40%) Roadmaps
26 94 (4.35%) ERP
27 93 (4.31%) AWS
28 90 (4.17%) Power BI

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (1.62%) SharePoint
2 15 (0.69%) NetWeaver
3 14 (0.65%) CMS
4 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.42%) Confluence
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.14%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.14%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.14%) IIS
9 2 (0.093%) Apache
9 2 (0.093%) Drupal
9 2 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.093%) GroupWise
9 2 (0.093%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.093%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.093%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.093%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.093%) Revit
6 2 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.046%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.046%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 197 (9.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (2.50%) SAP EWM
3 43 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 41 (1.90%) SAP FI
5 33 (1.53%) Dynamics AX
5 33 (1.53%) SAP QM
5 33 (1.53%) SAP SD
6 30 (1.39%) SAP CO
7 28 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
8 26 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
9 25 (1.16%) Oracle EBS R12
10 23 (1.07%) NetSuite
10 23 (1.07%) SAP MDG
11 20 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 20 (0.93%) Workday HCM
12 17 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
13 15 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
13 15 (0.69%) SAP IBP
14 13 (0.60%) SAP PP
15 12 (0.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 234 (10.84%) Azure
2 144 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 114 (5.28%) Power Platform
4 93 (4.31%) AWS
5 65 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (2.32%) OCI
8 49 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.27%) Power Automate
9 48 (2.22%) GCP
10 47 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
11 40 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 23 (1.07%) SaaS
13 21 (0.97%) WhatsApp
14 18 (0.83%) IaaS
15 12 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (0.51%) Serverless
17 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
18 8 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.90%) Firewall
2 29 (1.34%) Network Security
3 25 (1.16%) WAN
4 18 (0.83%) Ethernet
5 17 (0.79%) DNS
5 17 (0.79%) VPN
6 16 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
7 14 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.60%) 4G
8 13 (0.60%) 5G
9 11 (0.51%) Wireless
10 10 (0.46%) LAN
11 9 (0.42%) 3G
11 9 (0.42%) SSH
11 9 (0.42%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (0.32%) DHCP
13 7 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.23%) Internet
14 5 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.17%) Power BI
2 53 (2.45%) SAP HANA
3 45 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 42 (1.95%) Data Lake
5 26 (1.20%) SAP BW
6 21 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 20 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.83%) Big Data
9 15 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (0.65%) Metadata
11 12 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (0.46%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.37%) MySQL
15 7 (0.32%) EDRMS
15 7 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
15 7 (0.32%) Siebel EIM
15 7 (0.32%) Tableau
16 6 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.39%) JIRA
2 21 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
3 19 (0.88%) Git
4 12 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.23%) Postman
6 5 (0.23%) Selenium
7 4 (0.19%) Appium
7 4 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.19%) eggPlant
7 4 (0.19%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) JUnit
7 4 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.19%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.19%) SOAtest
7 4 (0.19%) TestNG
7 4 (0.19%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.14%) Maven
8 3 (0.14%) Protractor
General
1 585 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 469 (21.72%) Finance
3 209 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 84 (3.89%) Banking
6 77 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 75 (3.47%) Retail
8 72 (3.33%) Marketing
9 66 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 36 (1.67%) General Ledger
12 35 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
13 32 (1.48%) Law
14 31 (1.44%) Electronics
15 24 (1.11%) German Language
15 24 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 23 (1.07%) Billing
16 23 (1.07%) Legal
17 21 (0.97%) Local Government
18 18 (0.83%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 45 (2.08%) Web Services
2 39 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
3 37 (1.71%) SAP Basis
4 28 (1.30%) SailPoint
5 22 (1.02%) XML
6 20 (0.93%) HTML
7 19 (0.88%) LDAP
8 18 (0.83%) EDI
9 14 (0.65%) SAML
10 13 (0.60%) CSS
10 13 (0.60%) JSON
10 13 (0.60%) REST
10 13 (0.60%) RESTful
11 12 (0.56%) .NET
11 12 (0.56%) OpenID
12 11 (0.51%) Middleware
13 10 (0.46%) SOAP
14 9 (0.42%) OAuth
14 9 (0.42%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 39 (1.81%) Data Structures
2 37 (1.71%) Management Information System
3 35 (1.62%) Onboarding
4 33 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 29 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (1.25%) CMDB
7 24 (1.11%) Operational Technology
8 22 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 22 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (0.93%) Robotics
9 20 (0.93%) Security Posture
10 18 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (0.83%) Mainframe
11 17 (0.79%) Life Science
11 17 (0.79%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (0.74%) Product Ownership
12 16 (0.74%) Replication
13 15 (0.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 65 (3.01%) Windows
2 57 (2.64%) Linux
3 32 (1.48%) Unix
4 12 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.093%) NetWare
8 2 (0.093%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.093%) VMS
8 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.093%) zOS
9 1 (0.046%) Android
9 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (11.16%) Migration
1 241 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
2 228 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 164 (7.60%) Agile
4 155 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
5 135 (6.25%) DevOps
6 124 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
7 117 (5.42%) Data Migration
8 105 (4.86%) Project Management
9 103 (4.77%) Requirements Gathering
10 95 (4.40%) Roadmaps
11 94 (4.35%) ERP
12 84 (3.89%) User Acceptance Testing
13 79 (3.66%) Analytics
14 78 (3.61%) Information Security
14 78 (3.61%) Workshop Facilitation
15 76 (3.52%) Risk Management
16 75 (3.47%) CRM
17 64 (2.96%) Data Modelling
18 62 (2.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.70%) SQL
2 66 (3.06%) ABAP
3 62 (2.87%) Python
4 51 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 50 (2.32%) Java
6 33 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 20 (0.93%) C#
8 13 (0.60%) Bash
9 12 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 10 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.32%) Perl
12 6 (0.28%) C++
12 6 (0.28%) Groovy
13 5 (0.23%) C
13 5 (0.23%) R
14 4 (0.19%) AWK
14 4 (0.19%) Go
14 4 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 370 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 254 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 140 (6.48%) Degree
4 119 (5.51%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.71%) CISSP
6 28 (1.30%) CISM
6 28 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (0.88%) SAP Certification
10 16 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.69%) CRISC
12 14 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.60%) CISA
14 11 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.51%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.42%) CCNP
16 7 (0.32%) ACCA
16 7 (0.32%) CISMP
17 6 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.15%) NIST
2 54 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 40 (1.85%) QA
4 36 (1.67%) GDPR
5 26 (1.20%) GRC
6 20 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 19 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (0.74%) COBIT
8 16 (0.74%) SLA
9 14 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (0.60%) NCSC
11 12 (0.56%) PMO
12 9 (0.42%) RMADS
13 8 (0.37%) IFRS
13 8 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.23%) ISO 31000
14 5 (0.23%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 62 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (0.88%) VMware NSX
4 15 (0.69%) Docker
5 10 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.37%) vSphere
7 7 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.19%) XenApp
8 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.14%) Firmware
10 2 (0.093%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 2 (0.093%) GPFS
10 2 (0.093%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 2 (0.093%) KVM
10 2 (0.093%) Microcode
10 2 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.093%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.093%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.093%) UAG
10 2 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (1.25%) Terraform
2 17 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.74%) Ansible
4 14 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.42%) SCCM
7 8 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (0.32%) VxRail
9 6 (0.28%) Grafana
9 6 (0.28%) vRealize
10 5 (0.23%) EnCase
10 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.19%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.19%) Puppet
12 3 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
12 3 (0.14%) Nessus
12 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.093%) McAfee ePO
13 2 (0.093%) SCOM
Vendors
1 548 (25.38%) SAP
2 300 (13.90%) Microsoft
3 209 (9.68%) Oracle
4 60 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.36%) VMware
6 31 (1.44%) Workday
7 26 (1.20%) Adobe
7 26 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.07%) Cisco
9 22 (1.02%) CyberArk
10 21 (0.97%) Ariba
11 20 (0.93%) Google
12 18 (0.83%) Informatica
13 14 (0.65%) EMC
14 13 (0.60%) Dell
14 13 (0.60%) Palantir
14 13 (0.60%) Sage
15 12 (0.56%) Citrix
15 12 (0.56%) Foundry
15 12 (0.56%) Splunk