Management Consultant Contracts

Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 624 754
Rank change year-on-year +135 +130 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 95 73 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 32 48
10th Percentile £348 £325 £393
25th Percentile £500 £448 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% +2.27% +2.21%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £650
90th Percentile £720 £700 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £550 £578
% change year-on-year +8.14% -4.76% +15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Management Consultant over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +114 78 £590 +0.43% 42
London +102 54 £550 -8.33% 24
Work from Home +114 41 £600 +14.19% 14
UK excluding London +38 24 £595 +8.14% 12
South East +21 7 £675 +28.57% 5
North of England +20 5 £500 -20.00% 1
East of England +8 4 £375 -31.82% 5
Scotland +49 3 £272 -
West Midlands +19 3 £638 +10.87% 3
Midlands +18 3 £638 +10.87% 3
South West +1 2 £600 +19.90%
Yorkshire - 2 £350 -
North East - 2 £590 -
North West +14 1 £500 -20.00% 1

Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Management 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 featuring Management Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Finance
3 19 (20.00%) SAP
4 18 (18.95%) SC Cleared
4 18 (18.95%) Security Cleared
5 17 (17.89%) SAP S/4HANA
5 17 (17.89%) Microsoft
5 17 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (17.89%) Service Management
6 16 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.74%) ITIL
8 12 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (11.58%) ServiceNow
9 11 (11.58%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (11.58%) Privileged Access Management
9 11 (11.58%) Agile
9 11 (11.58%) Data Management
9 11 (11.58%) Project Management
10 10 (10.53%) ITSM
10 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
11 9 (9.47%) Data Quality
11 9 (9.47%) Management Information System
11 9 (9.47%) Information Security
12 7 (7.37%) Risk Management
12 7 (7.37%) Quality Management
12 7 (7.37%) Service Delivery
12 7 (7.37%) Oracle
12 7 (7.37%) SAP HANA
12 7 (7.37%) Azure
12 7 (7.37%) Presentation Skills

Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (3.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 3 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (17.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.32%) SAP Travel Management
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.05%) Primavera
4 1 (1.05%) SAP CCM
4 1 (1.05%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.05%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.37%) Azure
2 4 (4.21%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.16%) AWS
3 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.16%) IaaS
3 3 (3.16%) SaaS
4 2 (2.11%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.05%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.16%) Network Security
1 3 (3.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.37%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.16%) MySQL
3 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.11%) Power BI
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.05%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) JIRA
General
1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Finance
3 12 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.32%) Billing
7 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.16%) German Language
9 2 (2.11%) Agriculture
9 2 (2.11%) Automotive
9 2 (2.11%) Banking
9 2 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.11%) Front Office
9 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Legal
9 2 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.11%) Retail
9 2 (2.11%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.05%) Electronics
10 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) SAP TM
2 5 (5.26%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.11%) OpenID
3 2 (2.11%) SAML
4 1 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.32%) CMDB
2 6 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.32%) Replication
3 3 (3.16%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (3.16%) Solar Panel
4 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.11%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.05%) FMCG
5 1 (1.05%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.16%) Linux
1 3 (3.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.89%) Service Management
1 17 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (14.74%) ITIL
4 11 (11.58%) Agile
4 11 (11.58%) Data Management
4 11 (11.58%) Privileged Access Management
4 11 (11.58%) Project Management
4 11 (11.58%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (10.53%) ITSM
6 9 (9.47%) Information Security
7 7 (7.37%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (7.37%) Quality Management
7 7 (7.37%) Risk Management
7 7 (7.37%) Service Delivery
8 6 (6.32%) Coaching
8 6 (6.32%) Gantt Chart
8 6 (6.32%) Master Data Management
8 6 (6.32%) Roadmaps
8 6 (6.32%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.11%) PL/SQL
2 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.11%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (18.95%) SC Cleared
1 18 (18.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (5.26%) Degree
3 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.16%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.11%) PMP
5 1 (1.05%) ACCA
5 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.05%) CIMA
5 1 (1.05%) CISM
5 1 (1.05%) CISSP
5 1 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.26%) SLA
3 4 (4.21%) PMO
3 4 (4.21%) QA
4 1 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (6.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (20.00%) SAP
2 17 (17.89%) Microsoft
3 11 (11.58%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.37%) Oracle
5 3 (3.16%) Ariba
5 3 (3.16%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (3.16%) CheckPoint
5 3 (3.16%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.16%) Okta
6 1 (1.05%) Adobe
6 1 (1.05%) BMC
6 1 (1.05%) Salesforce