Consultant Contracts in London

Consultant
England > London

The median Consultant daily rate in London 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 31 52 68
Rank change year-on-year +21 +16 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,077 1,159 1,479
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.17% 4.48% 3.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.60% 4.70% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 695 711 984
10th Percentile £402 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £486 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £45.34 £19.60 £52.60
25th Percentile £51.46 £37.00 £56.50
Median hourly rate £63.36 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% -12.70% +9.57%
75th Percentile £70.02 £57.50 £79.00
90th Percentile £73.01 £79.25 £88.60
England median hourly rate £60.80 £65.50 £70.25
% change year-on-year -7.18% -6.76% +22.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,306 24,641 36,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 95.23% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,788 17,910 26,919
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 439
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.63 £22.94
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £62.68 £49.92
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.00 £67.63
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +34 170 £575 +5.50% 98
East London +8 26 £625 -16.67% 17
West London +30 18 £589 +14.83% 11
South London +4 3 £575 +4.55% 6
Consultant
England

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

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 London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 331 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 309 (28.69%) Finance
3 223 (20.71%) SAP
4 182 (16.90%) Microsoft
5 159 (14.76%) Azure
6 135 (12.53%) Migration
7 124 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
8 111 (10.31%) Degree
9 110 (10.21%) Public Sector
10 109 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (10.12%) Oracle
11 108 (10.03%) Security Cleared
12 97 (9.01%) Agile
13 95 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 90 (8.36%) SQL
15 86 (7.99%) SAP S/4HANA
16 85 (7.89%) SC Cleared
17 84 (7.80%) DevOps
18 79 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
19 77 (7.15%) Dynamics 365
20 72 (6.69%) Project Management
20 72 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
21 69 (6.41%) Power Platform
22 67 (6.22%) Banking
23 62 (5.76%) Requirements Gathering
24 61 (5.66%) Data Migration
25 60 (5.57%) AWS
26 59 (5.48%) Power BI
27 57 (5.29%) ERP
28 46 (4.27%) Azure DevOps

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 21 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.74%) CMS
4 6 (0.56%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.46%) Confluence
5 5 (0.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 4 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.28%) IBM Domino
7 3 (0.28%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) Drupal
8 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.093%) GroupWise
9 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.19%) Revit
5 1 (0.093%) FileZilla
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 86 (7.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (2.14%) Dynamics AX
4 18 (1.67%) SAP EWM
4 18 (1.67%) Workday HCM
5 17 (1.58%) SAP SD
6 15 (1.39%) SAP MDG
7 13 (1.21%) SAP FI
8 12 (1.11%) SAP CO
8 12 (1.11%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
9 10 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
10 9 (0.84%) SimCorp Dimension
11 8 (0.74%) NetSuite
11 8 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
11 8 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
12 7 (0.65%) NEC Housing
12 7 (0.65%) Relativity
13 6 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 159 (14.76%) Azure
2 77 (7.15%) Dynamics 365
3 69 (6.41%) Power Platform
4 60 (5.57%) AWS
5 46 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (3.71%) Power Automate
7 37 (3.44%) GCP
8 32 (2.97%) OCI
9 31 (2.88%) PowerApps
10 29 (2.69%) Entra ID
11 20 (1.86%) WhatsApp
12 18 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.58%) SaaS
14 10 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.93%) IaaS
15 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (0.74%) GitHub
16 8 (0.74%) Serverless
17 7 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.23%) Firewall
2 16 (1.49%) WAN
3 12 (1.11%) SD-WAN
4 8 (0.74%) DNS
4 8 (0.74%) SSH
5 7 (0.65%) DHCP
6 6 (0.56%) Network Security
6 6 (0.56%) VPN
6 6 (0.56%) Wireless
7 5 (0.46%) LAN
7 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.46%) WebEx
8 3 (0.28%) WLAN
9 2 (0.19%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.19%) DKIM
9 2 (0.19%) DMARC
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) HTTP
9 2 (0.19%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.48%) Power BI
2 37 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 35 (3.25%) Data Lake
4 31 (2.88%) SAP HANA
5 17 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.30%) Big Data
7 11 (1.02%) Metadata
8 10 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (0.65%) MySQL
10 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.65%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.56%) Tableau
12 5 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.46%) EDRMS
12 5 (0.46%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.37%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 14 (1.30%) Git
2 13 (1.21%) JIRA
3 7 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.46%) Postman
4 5 (0.46%) Selenium
5 4 (0.37%) Appium
5 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.37%) eggPlant
5 4 (0.37%) GitLab
5 4 (0.37%) JUnit
5 4 (0.37%) REST Assured
5 4 (0.37%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.37%) SOAtest
5 4 (0.37%) TestNG
5 4 (0.37%) WebDriver
6 3 (0.28%) Maven
6 3 (0.28%) Protractor
6 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.19%) LSMW
General
1 331 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 309 (28.69%) Finance
3 124 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 67 (6.22%) Banking
6 43 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (3.90%) Retail
8 40 (3.71%) Marketing
9 35 (3.25%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.69%) General Ledger
11 18 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.49%) German Language
13 16 (1.49%) Law
13 16 (1.49%) Legal
14 14 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (0.93%) Billing
16 9 (0.84%) Automotive
16 9 (0.84%) Electronics
16 9 (0.84%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 29 (2.69%) Web Services
3 21 (1.95%) SailPoint
4 16 (1.49%) XML
5 15 (1.39%) EDI
6 14 (1.30%) LDAP
6 14 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
7 13 (1.21%) HTML
7 13 (1.21%) SAP Basis
8 11 (1.02%) .NET
9 9 (0.84%) CSS
10 8 (0.74%) JSON
10 8 (0.74%) SAML
10 8 (0.74%) SAP TM
11 7 (0.65%) OpenID
11 7 (0.65%) REST
12 6 (0.56%) Middleware
12 6 (0.56%) Node.js
12 6 (0.56%) SOAP
13 5 (0.46%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (2.79%) Data Structures
2 27 (2.51%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 19 (1.76%) CMDB
4 19 (1.76%) Data Centre
5 15 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.21%) Security Posture
7 12 (1.11%) PKI
7 12 (1.11%) Public Cloud
8 10 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (0.84%) IoT
9 9 (0.84%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (0.74%) EMV
10 8 (0.74%) Replication
11 7 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.44%) Windows
2 30 (2.79%) Linux
3 18 (1.67%) Unix
4 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.19%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
6 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.093%) Android
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.093%) NetWare
7 1 (0.093%) OS/390
7 1 (0.093%) Solaris
7 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (12.53%) Migration
2 109 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (9.01%) Agile
4 95 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 84 (7.80%) DevOps
6 79 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
7 72 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
7 72 (6.69%) Project Management
8 62 (5.76%) Requirements Gathering
9 61 (5.66%) Data Migration
10 57 (5.29%) ERP
11 43 (3.99%) Identity Access Management
12 42 (3.90%) Data Modelling
13 41 (3.81%) CRM
14 40 (3.71%) Analytics
15 38 (3.53%) Information Security
15 38 (3.53%) Target Operating Model
16 37 (3.44%) Risk Management
16 37 (3.44%) Use Case
17 36 (3.34%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (8.36%) SQL
2 44 (4.09%) ABAP
3 43 (3.99%) Python
4 38 (3.53%) Java
5 26 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 24 (2.23%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.49%) C#
8 10 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.56%) Perl
10 5 (0.46%) C++
10 5 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.46%) R
11 4 (0.37%) AWK
11 4 (0.37%) Bash
11 4 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.37%) Go
12 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.19%) DCL
13 2 (0.19%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 111 (10.31%) Degree
2 108 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.23%) DV Cleared
5 20 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.39%) CISSP
8 14 (1.30%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.21%) CISM
10 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.65%) CRISC
12 6 (0.56%) ACCA
12 6 (0.56%) CISA
13 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.46%) PhD
14 4 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.37%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.37%) CCNP
14 4 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.28%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.16%) Data Quality
1 34 (3.16%) NIST
2 32 (2.97%) QA
3 24 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (1.39%) SLA
5 12 (1.11%) GRC
6 11 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.84%) NCSC
9 8 (0.74%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.56%) GDPR
10 6 (0.56%) PMO
11 5 (0.46%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.28%) GAAP
13 3 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.093%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 35 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.93%) Docker
4 9 (0.84%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.56%) vSphere
6 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.19%) KVM
8 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.19%) UAG
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.19%) XenApp
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.093%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.093%) Firmware
9 1 (0.093%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (1.58%) Terraform
2 12 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.56%) Ansible
4 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.46%) EnCase
5 5 (0.46%) Grafana
5 5 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.46%) SCCM
6 3 (0.28%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.19%) Control-M
7 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.19%) Nessus
7 2 (0.19%) SCOM
7 2 (0.19%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.093%) Puppet
8 1 (0.093%) WSUS
Vendors
1 223 (20.71%) SAP
2 182 (16.90%) Microsoft
3 109 (10.12%) Oracle
4 40 (3.71%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.51%) Workday
6 25 (2.32%) VMware
7 24 (2.23%) Adobe
8 16 (1.49%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.39%) Cisco
10 14 (1.30%) Google
11 13 (1.21%) Palantir
12 12 (1.11%) Foundry
12 12 (1.11%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.84%) Ariba
13 9 (0.84%) Informatica
13 9 (0.84%) SimCorp
14 8 (0.74%) Dell
14 8 (0.74%) IBM
14 8 (0.74%) Sage
15 7 (0.65%) NEC