Associate Consultant Contracts

Associate Consultant
UK

The median Associate Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 683 848
Rank change year-on-year +109 +165 -125
Contract jobs requiring an Associate Consultant 13 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.011% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £430 £410 £359
25th Percentile £550 £564 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile £690 - £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 - £310

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,794 53,311 84,183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,730 37,248 59,348
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,844 1,473 1,970
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.37
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +6.20%

Associate Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Associate Consultant in the UK

Associate Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Associate Consultant in the UK

Associate Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Associate Consultant over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Associate Consultant in the UK

Associate Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Associate Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +95 9 £350 -46.15% 12
UK excluding London +51 5 £350 - 5
South East - 5 £350 -
Work from Home +122 4 £600 -7.69% 5
London +99 4 - - 7

Associate Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, Associate 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 Associate Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 5 (38.46%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (38.46%) User Stories
2 5 (38.46%) Storyboarding
3 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (23.08%) Requirements Workshops
4 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
4 3 (23.08%) Presales
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) WLAN
5 2 (15.38%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
5 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Network Design
6 1 (7.69%) Azure
6 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
6 1 (7.69%) SCCM
6 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (7.69%) ITIL
6 1 (7.69%) Windows
6 1 (7.69%) VPN
6 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation

Associate 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) WLAN
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Storyboarding
2 5 (38.46%) User Stories
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 3 (23.08%) Presales
3 3 (23.08%) Requirements Workshops
4 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft