Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 52 77
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,024 926 967
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.03% 4.04% 3.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.44% 4.29% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 593 641
10th Percentile £381 £413 £385
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £643 £631
90th Percentile £725 £721 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 39 6
10th Percentile £26.25 £21.00 £23.10
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.94 £28.00
Median hourly rate £56.89 £65.00 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +66.67% -37.10%
75th Percentile £61.60 £86.88 £73.75
90th Percentile - £95.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £64.25
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.72% +23.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,835 21,601 29,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.28% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,498 15,031 20,385
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,097 1,445
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.40
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.72 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.64 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East +6 320 £587 +1.12% 185
North of England +16 245 £525 -2.33% 217
Midlands +15 168 £550 - 128
North West +18 153 £550 +3.29% 144
South West +15 117 £525 +5.00% 168
West Midlands +18 113 £550 - 90
East of England +44 91 £525 - 47
Yorkshire +23 85 £463 -15.91% 63
Scotland +55 72 £500 - 66
East Midlands +19 48 £550 -4.35% 38
Wales +30 19 £594 +13.10% 10
North East +6 7 £520 +0.48% 12
Northern Ireland 0 3 £488 - 15
South Coast - 1 - -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 273 (26.66%) SAP
2 250 (24.41%) Security Cleared
3 244 (23.83%) Social Skills
4 168 (16.41%) SC Cleared
5 146 (14.26%) Finance
6 129 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 124 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (11.52%) Microsoft
9 103 (10.06%) SAP S/4HANA
10 98 (9.57%) Oracle
11 96 (9.38%) Public Sector
12 95 (9.28%) Migration
13 87 (8.50%) DV Cleared
14 84 (8.20%) Agile
15 80 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
16 79 (7.71%) Azure
17 74 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
18 58 (5.66%) Roadmaps
19 57 (5.57%) Power Platform
19 57 (5.57%) Dynamics 365
20 51 (4.98%) Data Migration
21 49 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
21 49 (4.79%) DevOps
22 48 (4.69%) User Acceptance Testing
23 42 (4.10%) ERP
24 40 (3.91%) Workshop Facilitation
24 40 (3.91%) Requirements Gathering
25 39 (3.81%) ITIL
26 38 (3.71%) Risk Management
27 37 (3.61%) VMware

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 19 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.88%) NetWeaver
3 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.59%) CMS
5 4 (0.39%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.20%) Appian
7 2 (0.20%) Camunda
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.098%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.098%) SAS
8 1 (0.098%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.098%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.098%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.098%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 103 (10.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (3.13%) SAP EWM
3 28 (2.73%) SAP QM
4 23 (2.25%) SAP FI
5 22 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 18 (1.76%) Oracle EBS R12
7 17 (1.66%) NetSuite
8 14 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 14 (1.37%) SAP CO
8 14 (1.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 12 (1.17%) SAP PP
9 12 (1.17%) SAP SD
10 10 (0.98%) SAP IBP
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
12 7 (0.68%) Maximo
12 7 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
13 6 (0.59%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
14 5 (0.49%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (7.71%) Azure
2 57 (5.57%) Dynamics 365
2 57 (5.57%) Power Platform
3 31 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
4 26 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (2.44%) AWS
6 24 (2.34%) OCI
7 20 (1.95%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.17%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 7 (0.68%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.59%) GCP
13 6 (0.59%) SaaS
14 5 (0.49%) IaaS
15 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.39%) PaaS
15 4 (0.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.34%) Network Security
2 20 (1.95%) Firewall
3 16 (1.56%) Ethernet
4 15 (1.46%) Radio Access Network
5 13 (1.27%) VPN
6 12 (1.17%) 4G
6 12 (1.17%) 5G
7 10 (0.98%) DNS
8 9 (0.88%) 3G
8 9 (0.88%) WAN
9 8 (0.78%) LAN
10 7 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (0.39%) NX-OS
13 4 (0.39%) VSAN
13 4 (0.39%) Wireless
14 3 (0.29%) FTP
14 3 (0.29%) Internet
14 3 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.61%) Power BI
2 22 (2.15%) SAP HANA
3 20 (1.95%) SAP BW
4 19 (1.86%) Oracle Database
5 12 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
6 8 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (0.78%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.49%) Big Data
7 5 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (0.29%) Power Query
10 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects XI
10 2 (0.20%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.20%) Metadata
10 2 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.15%) JIRA
2 18 (1.76%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.39%) Git
5 3 (0.29%) JMeter
5 3 (0.29%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.20%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.20%) Maven
6 2 (0.20%) Selenium
7 1 (0.098%) CA Gen
7 1 (0.098%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.098%) NWDI
7 1 (0.098%) NWDS
7 1 (0.098%) RStudio
General
1 244 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 146 (14.26%) Finance
3 96 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 80 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 29 (2.83%) Telecoms
7 28 (2.73%) Marketing
8 24 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.05%) Electronics
10 20 (1.95%) Retail
11 18 (1.76%) Banking
12 16 (1.56%) Law
12 16 (1.56%) Local Government
12 16 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.46%) Billing
14 12 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.68%) Legal
17 6 (0.59%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.44%) SAP Basis
2 24 (2.34%) SAP Fiori
3 16 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (1.56%) Web Services
4 9 (0.88%) HTML
5 7 (0.68%) REST
5 7 (0.68%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.59%) CSS
6 6 (0.59%) XML
7 5 (0.49%) IDoc
7 5 (0.49%) JSON
7 5 (0.49%) Middleware
7 5 (0.49%) SOAP
8 4 (0.39%) .NET
8 4 (0.39%) LDAP
8 4 (0.39%) OAuth
8 4 (0.39%) OpenID
8 4 (0.39%) SAML
8 4 (0.39%) Visualforce
9 3 (0.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 23 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (1.95%) Operational Technology
3 19 (1.86%) Robotics
4 17 (1.66%) Data Centre
4 17 (1.66%) Mainframe
5 16 (1.56%) Analogue Electronics
6 14 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 11 (1.07%) Life Science
10 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.78%) Replication
12 7 (0.68%) CMDB
12 7 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.59%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.22%) Linux
2 31 (3.03%) Windows
3 14 (1.37%) Unix
4 8 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.20%) zOS
8 1 (0.098%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.098%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.098%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
2 124 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (9.28%) Migration
4 84 (8.20%) Agile
5 74 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (5.66%) Roadmaps
7 51 (4.98%) Data Migration
8 49 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
8 49 (4.79%) DevOps
9 48 (4.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 42 (4.10%) ERP
11 40 (3.91%) Requirements Gathering
11 40 (3.91%) Workshop Facilitation
12 39 (3.81%) ITIL
13 38 (3.71%) Risk Management
14 36 (3.52%) Project Management
14 36 (3.52%) Service Management
15 35 (3.42%) Analytics
16 34 (3.32%) Change Management
17 33 (3.22%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 37 (3.61%) SQL
2 28 (2.73%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.76%) ABAP
4 16 (1.56%) Python
5 10 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.88%) Bash
6 9 (0.88%) Java
7 6 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.39%) C#
10 2 (0.20%) Ada
10 2 (0.20%) C
10 2 (0.20%) Groovy
10 2 (0.20%) JCL
10 2 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.098%) CLIST
11 1 (0.098%) SOQL
11 1 (0.098%) X++
Qualifications
1 250 (24.41%) Security Cleared
2 168 (16.41%) SC Cleared
3 87 (8.50%) DV Cleared
4 30 (2.93%) Degree
5 17 (1.66%) CISSP
6 15 (1.46%) SAP Certification
7 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.88%) CISM
9 8 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.49%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (0.49%) CLAS
11 5 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.49%) CRISC
12 4 (0.39%) CCNP
12 4 (0.39%) CISA
12 4 (0.39%) ISACA
12 4 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.93%) NIST
2 24 (2.34%) GDPR
2 24 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.07%) COBIT
3 11 (1.07%) GRC
4 10 (0.98%) PMO
4 10 (0.98%) RMADS
5 9 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.78%) QA
6 8 (0.78%) SLA
7 7 (0.68%) IFRS
8 6 (0.59%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.49%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.20%) COSO
11 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.20%) GxP
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 28 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.37%) VMware NSX
3 8 (0.78%) vSphere
4 7 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.49%) Docker
6 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.20%) GPFS
7 2 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.20%) Microcode
7 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.20%) XenApp
7 2 (0.20%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.098%) Firmware
8 1 (0.098%) KVM
8 1 (0.098%) NFS
8 1 (0.098%) QEMU
8 1 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (0.98%) Ansible
2 9 (0.88%) VxRail
3 8 (0.78%) Terraform
4 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.49%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.49%) vRealize
6 4 (0.39%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.20%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.20%) Puppet
8 2 (0.20%) SCCM
9 1 (0.098%) Grafana
9 1 (0.098%) Graylog
9 1 (0.098%) Nagios
9 1 (0.098%) Nessus
9 1 (0.098%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.098%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 273 (26.66%) SAP
2 118 (11.52%) Microsoft
3 98 (9.57%) Oracle
4 37 (3.61%) VMware
5 31 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.46%) Cisco
7 13 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.17%) Ariba
9 10 (0.98%) ArcSight
9 10 (0.98%) Dell
10 9 (0.88%) EMC
10 9 (0.88%) Informatica
11 8 (0.78%) IFS
12 7 (0.68%) Concur
12 7 (0.68%) OpenText
13 6 (0.59%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.59%) Google
13 6 (0.59%) Splunk
14 5 (0.49%) AVEVA
14 5 (0.49%) Pega