Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 28 44
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1,209 1,646 2,337
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 6.85% 5.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.79% 7.19% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 915 1,366
10th Percentile £400 £419 £406
25th Percentile £463 £476 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.77%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £638
90th Percentile £720 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 54 28
10th Percentile £36.88 £26.33 £38.50
25th Percentile £52.82 £54.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £63.18 £66.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% +2.33% +26.47%
75th Percentile £67.52 £72.80 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.01 £86.45 £83.25
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.76% +28.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,751 22,907 42,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,270 16,259 30,881
10th Percentile £325 £357 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 527 569
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.70
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +70.19%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.20 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%

Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Consultant.

Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Consultant over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Consultant hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 293 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 279 (23.08%) Finance
3 278 (22.99%) SAP
4 187 (15.47%) Microsoft
5 161 (13.32%) Azure
6 144 (11.91%) Migration
7 140 (11.58%) Security Cleared
8 132 (10.92%) Oracle
9 125 (10.34%) Agile
10 122 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (9.59%) SAP S/4HANA
12 109 (9.02%) SC Cleared
13 104 (8.60%) Dynamics 365
14 100 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
15 98 (8.11%) SQL
16 97 (8.02%) DevOps
17 91 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
18 83 (6.87%) Public Sector
19 82 (6.78%) Degree
20 80 (6.62%) Power Platform
21 76 (6.29%) Business Intelligence
22 74 (6.12%) Data Migration
23 70 (5.79%) Retail
24 68 (5.62%) ERP
25 66 (5.46%) Requirements Gathering
26 62 (5.13%) AWS
26 62 (5.13%) Power BI
27 61 (5.05%) Project Management
28 57 (4.71%) ServiceNow
29 53 (4.38%) Analytics

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 26 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.99%) NetWeaver
3 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.74%) CMS
5 7 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 5 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.17%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.17%) Appian
8 2 (0.17%) Camunda
8 2 (0.17%) Captiva
8 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.083%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.083%) IIS
9 1 (0.083%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) Revit
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 116 (9.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (2.48%) SAP SD
3 28 (2.32%) Dynamics AX
4 24 (1.99%) SAP FI
5 20 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
5 20 (1.65%) SAP EWM
6 19 (1.57%) Workday HCM
7 17 (1.41%) SAP CO
8 16 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 16 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 15 (1.24%) NetSuite
10 14 (1.16%) Oracle EBS R12
10 14 (1.16%) SAP IBP
10 14 (1.16%) SAP MDG
11 12 (0.99%) SAP PP
12 11 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
13 10 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
14 9 (0.74%) SimCorp Dimension
15 8 (0.66%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 161 (13.32%) Azure
2 104 (8.60%) Dynamics 365
3 80 (6.62%) Power Platform
4 62 (5.13%) AWS
5 49 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (3.72%) Power Automate
7 39 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (2.89%) OCI
8 35 (2.89%) PowerApps
8 35 (2.89%) SuccessFactors
9 33 (2.73%) GCP
10 24 (1.99%) SaaS
11 17 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 16 (1.32%) IaaS
13 12 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.66%) Oracle Service Cloud
14 8 (0.66%) WhatsApp
15 7 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.65%) Firewall
2 13 (1.08%) Network Security
3 10 (0.83%) WAN
4 9 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 9 (0.74%) VPN
5 8 (0.66%) LAN
5 8 (0.66%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.58%) SSH
7 6 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (0.50%) Wireless
7 6 (0.50%) WLAN
8 5 (0.41%) 3G
8 5 (0.41%) 4G
8 5 (0.41%) 5G
8 5 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.33%) HTTP
9 4 (0.33%) MPLS
10 3 (0.25%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.13%) Power BI
2 30 (2.48%) Data Lake
3 27 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.82%) SAP HANA
5 17 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
6 14 (1.16%) SAP BW
7 12 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 10 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.83%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.66%) Big Data
10 7 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.50%) MySQL
11 6 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.41%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (0.41%) Siebel EIM
13 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 22 (1.82%) JIRA
2 10 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (0.58%) Git
4 6 (0.50%) Selenium
5 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.33%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.25%) Appium
7 3 (0.25%) eggPlant
7 3 (0.25%) JMeter
7 3 (0.25%) JUnit
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.25%) Postman
7 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.25%) SOAtest
7 3 (0.25%) TestNG
7 3 (0.25%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.17%) Maven
8 2 (0.17%) RStudio
8 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 293 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 279 (23.08%) Finance
3 100 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.79%) Retail
6 51 (4.22%) Manufacturing
7 36 (2.98%) Banking
8 31 (2.56%) Marketing
9 27 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.15%) General Ledger
10 26 (2.15%) Telecoms
11 21 (1.74%) Billing
12 20 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.08%) German Language
15 12 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.99%) Legal
16 11 (0.91%) Law
17 8 (0.66%) Automotive
17 8 (0.66%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.99%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (1.99%) Web Services
3 17 (1.41%) SailPoint
4 16 (1.32%) SAP Basis
5 15 (1.24%) EDI
5 15 (1.24%) HTML
6 12 (0.99%) CSS
6 12 (0.99%) XML
7 9 (0.74%) SAP TM
8 8 (0.66%) LDAP
8 8 (0.66%) Middleware
8 8 (0.66%) OpenID
8 8 (0.66%) REST
9 7 (0.58%) .NET
9 7 (0.58%) SAML
10 6 (0.50%) JSON
10 6 (0.50%) SOAP
11 5 (0.41%) RESTful
11 5 (0.41%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.32%) Onboarding
2 25 (2.07%) Data Structures
3 20 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 15 (1.24%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.16%) Mainframe
6 11 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 10 (0.83%) Replication
7 10 (0.83%) Security Posture
7 10 (0.83%) Virtual Team
8 9 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (0.66%) EMV
9 8 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (0.66%) Product Ownership
10 7 (0.58%) CMDB
10 7 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (0.58%) NHS
11 6 (0.50%) IoT
11 6 (0.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.14%) Linux
2 36 (2.98%) Windows
3 21 (1.74%) Unix
4 9 (0.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.41%) VMS
7 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.17%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.083%) AIX
10 1 (0.083%) Android
10 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.083%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.083%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.083%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.083%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (11.91%) Migration
2 125 (10.34%) Agile
3 122 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (8.02%) DevOps
5 91 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 76 (6.29%) Business Intelligence
7 74 (6.12%) Data Migration
8 68 (5.62%) ERP
9 66 (5.46%) Requirements Gathering
10 61 (5.05%) Project Management
11 53 (4.38%) Analytics
12 51 (4.22%) Roadmaps
13 50 (4.14%) Cybersecurity
14 46 (3.80%) CRM
15 42 (3.47%) Change Management
15 42 (3.47%) User Acceptance Testing
16 40 (3.31%) Use Case
17 39 (3.23%) Logistics
17 39 (3.23%) Requirements Workshops
18 37 (3.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 98 (8.11%) SQL
2 37 (3.06%) Python
3 28 (2.32%) ABAP
4 26 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.82%) Java
5 22 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.74%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.58%) C#
8 6 (0.50%) Bash
8 6 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.41%) Perl
10 4 (0.33%) C++
10 4 (0.33%) R
11 3 (0.25%) C
11 3 (0.25%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.17%) AWK
12 2 (0.17%) COBOL
12 2 (0.17%) Go
12 2 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 140 (11.58%) Security Cleared
2 109 (9.02%) SC Cleared
3 82 (6.78%) Degree
4 24 (1.99%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.90%) CISSP
5 23 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.08%) CISM
8 13 (1.08%) SAP Certification
9 12 (0.99%) CCNP
10 11 (0.91%) CCIE
10 11 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.58%) CRISC
14 6 (0.50%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 3 (0.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.32%) NIST
2 23 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.49%) QA
5 14 (1.16%) GDPR
6 12 (0.99%) GRC
7 11 (0.91%) PMO
7 11 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.83%) SLA
9 7 (0.58%) COBIT
10 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.33%) IFRS
11 4 (0.33%) NCSC
12 3 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.17%) COSO
13 2 (0.17%) EMIR
13 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 37 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 14 (1.16%) Docker
5 7 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.58%) vSphere
6 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.17%) KVM
8 2 (0.17%) QEMU
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.17%) XenApp
8 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.083%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (1.65%) Terraform
2 17 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.91%) Ansible
4 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.58%) SCCM
6 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.33%) VxRail
8 3 (0.25%) Grafana
8 3 (0.25%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.083%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.083%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.083%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.083%) SCOM
10 1 (0.083%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.083%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.083%) vRealize
Vendors
1 278 (22.99%) SAP
2 187 (15.47%) Microsoft
3 132 (10.92%) Oracle
4 57 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 36 (2.98%) VMware
5 36 (2.98%) Workday
6 22 (1.82%) Cisco
7 20 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.41%) Ariba
8 17 (1.41%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.24%) Adobe
10 12 (0.99%) Sage
11 11 (0.91%) OpenText
12 9 (0.74%) Dell
12 9 (0.74%) SimCorp
13 8 (0.66%) Google
13 8 (0.66%) Informatica
13 8 (0.66%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.58%) IBM
15 6 (0.50%) Siebel