Software Consultant Contracts in London

Software Consultant
England > London

The median Software Consultant daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 474 581
Rank change year-on-year +80 +107 -110
Contract jobs requiring a Software Consultant 7 5 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.020% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.021% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile £480 £526 £506
25th Percentile £525 £563 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +41.18%
75th Percentile - £800 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +41.18%

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 16,437 23,997 37,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 95.07% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,848 17,496 27,320
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 279 412
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.57 £23.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +6.54%
75th Percentile £46.68 £63.75 £49.38
90th Percentile £67.40 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Consultant in London

Software Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Consultant in London

Software Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Consultant in London

Software 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 Software Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +39 1 - - 2
Software Consultant
England

Software Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Software 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 Software Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Grafana
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) AWS IoT
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) IoT
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) InfluxDB
3 1 (14.29%) Java

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) AWS IoT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) InfluxDB
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
1 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CyberArk