Project Consultant Contracts

Projects Consultant
UK

The median Projects Consultant daily rate in the UK is £623 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 674 804
Rank change year-on-year +120 +130 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 13 20 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.036% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.038% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 34
10th Percentile £463 £231 £383
25th Percentile £506 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.18% +4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £638 £576 £625
90th Percentile £643 £750 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +11.70%

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 39,897 53,039 83,562
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.59% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,852 37,038 58,857
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
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% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,824 1,465 1,978
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.15 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +90 12 £623 +13.18% 2
UK excluding London +35 8 £600 +33.33% 2
Work from Home +118 6 £623 +13.18% 3
South West - 5 £574 -
London +85 3 £625 +13.64%
South East +8 1 £600 -20.00% 1
East of England - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Project 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 Project Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) SAP PS
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
6 1 (7.69%) PMO
6 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Change Control
6 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.69%) Coaching

Project 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:

Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (23.08%) SAP PS
3 1 (7.69%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) Biotechnology
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
5 1 (7.69%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) ABAP
1 1 (7.69%) C++
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) PhD
4 1 (7.69%) PMP
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft