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This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2026 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and mid-market IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (82 Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2026 Operations Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 common operations project team types. The legacy firm specialty break-outs include: Large Operations Specialists; Large HR Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Strategy Specialists; MBB; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (110 pages, 58 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2025 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 11 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (81Pages, 37 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2025 Operations Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 common operations project team types. The legacy firm specialty break-outs include: Large Operations Specialists; Large HR Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Strategy Specialists; MBB; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (109 pages, 58 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2024 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropolitan areas and 9 IT Consulting practice area sub-categories. (73Pages, 36 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2024 Operations Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 common operations project team types. The legacy firm specialty break-outs include: Large Operations Specialists; Large HR Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Strategy Specialists; MBB; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (108 pages, 58 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates for Systems Integration Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates for Software Development Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (67 Pages, 27 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates for Enterprise Applications from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (67 Pages, 27 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates in Digital Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; and operations specialists. (68 Pages, 27 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates in Analytics, AI and Big Data from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; and operations specialists. (67 Pages, 27 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 US IT Consulting rates in CyberSecurity Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; and operations specialists. (67 Pages, 27 Exhibits)...More

This overview report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. We will soon publish breakout reports for 9 sub-categories of IT consulting rates. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropol...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2023 Operations Consulting rates in the USA from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for 15 categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report also provides weekly team-based rates for the 10 common operations project team types. The legacy firm specialty break-outs include: Large Operations Specialists; Large HR Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Strategy Specialists; MBB; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (108 pages, 58 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates for Enterprise Applications from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates for Systems Integration Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates for Software Development Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates for Quality Assurance & Testing Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates in Digital Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates in Cloud, Internet & Communication Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates in CyberSecurity Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates in Technology and Support Services from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 US IT Consulting rates in Analytics, AI and Big Data from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report include mean and median rates for IT consulting work across these practice specialty areas. The report includes hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. Rate break-outs are also provided for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services; large IT specialists; small and midmarket specialists; India IT majors; aerospace, defense and public sector IT specialists; the Big Four; financial and business advisory specialists; and operations specialists. (70 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This overview report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Consulting rates in this report cover mean and median rates for IT consulting work across all service areas. We will soon publish breakout reports for 9 sub-categories of IT consulting rates. This report includes mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. The report includes rate break-outs for the following service provider specialist categories: All providers of IT services, large IT specialists, small and midmarket IT specialists, Indian IT majors, public sector defense and aerospace IT specialists and operations specialists. We also include IT Consulting rate break-outs for 14 large US metropol...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2020 IT Consulting rates in the United Kingdom from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. We also provide rate differential break-outs for 11 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the UK. The report also includes rate break-outs for 9 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists; the Big Four; and Operations Specialists. (66 Pages, 30 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2019-2020 IT Consulting rates in the United States from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate break-outs for 9 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Large Commercial IT Consultant Specialists, Large Public Sector and Defense Specialists, Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists, the Big Four and Operations Specialists. (69 Pages, 35 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Saudi Authorities Release Cofounders of McKinsey's Elixir Subsidiary; (2) IMF Chief Warns Some Nations Not to Hire Global Consulting Firms for Economic Development Work; (3) Port of Delaware Disputes $10.5 Million Seabury PFRA Success Fee; (4) SAIC Completes Acquisition of Engility; (5) Accenture Completes Knowledgent and Adaptly Transactions; To Acquire Orbium; (6) A.T. Kearney Acquires Analytics Consultancy, Cervello; (7) Segal Group Acquires Benz Communications; (8) Bain Capital Acquires Controlling Stake in Digital Services Firm, Brillio; (9) Consulting Leadership: Accenture; and (10) Thought Leadership: Accenture and McKinsey. (2,025 words)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 IT Consulting rates in the United Kingdom from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level. We also provide rate differential break-outs for 11 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the UK. The report also includes rate break-outs for 8 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists; the Big Four; and Operations Specialists. (74 Pages, 28 Exhibits)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2018-2019 IT Consulting rates in the United States of America from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Mean and median hourly, daily and weekly rates are provided for the 15 most common categories of professional, with full detail on experience, education and customary titles for each level, along with rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan IT Consulting markets in the US. The report also includes rate break-outs for 9 IT consulting service sub-categories, as well as a firm category break-out for Large IT Consulting Specialists; Small and Mid-Market IT Consulting Specialists; the Big Four; and Operations Specialists. (65 Pages, 33 Exhibits)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Big Four Fiscal 2016 Consulting Rankings and Audit Conflict Risk Metrics (MR Research Note Vol X, No 2); (2) CSC Shareholders Approve HP Enterprise Merger; (3)Oracle Performing Due Diligence on Accenture Acquisition?; (4) Deloitte Acquires Cloud Consultancy, Day 1; Plans to Expand Cloud Capabilities; (5) Accenture Completes First Annapolis, OCTO, Seabury, Focus Group Europe and Davies Transactions; (6) CRA Closes Acquisition of Life Sciences Strategy Specialist, C1 Consulting; (7) BearingPoint Expands Operations Consulting Capabilities with UK and Italy Acquisitions; (8) Ethisphere Honors Accenture, Capgemini and Wipro as 2017 Most Ethical Companies; (9) Consulting Leadership: KPMG, Deloitte, CRA, Marakon, BDO and FTI; and (10) Thought Leadership: Strategy&, L.E.K. and PwC. (2,785 words, 1 Graphic)...More

Table of Contents: (1) 2016-2017 Hong Kong Strategy Consulting Rates (Vol IX, No 14); (2) IBM to Acquire Promontory; (3) BCG Acquires German Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist, Inverto; (4) Accenture to Acquire MCG's Kurt Salmon, DayNine and Defense Point Security; (5) US Law Firms Focus on Cognizant After Disclosure of Indian Affiliate Improprieties; (6) WSP to Acquire Mouchel Consulting for £75 Million; (7) Consulting Leadership: Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture, Marakon, BCG and Segal; and (8) Thought Leadership: PwC. (2,260 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) IBM to Acquire Salesforce Consultancy Bluewolf; (2) Accenture to Buy Controlling Stake in Japan Digital Consultancy, IMJ Services; (3) SAIC Shareholder Fraud Case Dismissal Overturned on Appeal; (4) NTT Data Reaches $3 Billion Agreement to Acquire Dell Services; (5) Epic v. Tata Consultancy Services IP Theft Trial Starts in Wisconsin; (6) Consulting Leadership: Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro, BCG and SAIC; (7) Thought Leadership: BCG, Accenture and Deloitte. (2,350 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Monadnock Research Portal 2016 Subscription Price Increase; (2) Korn Ferry Completes $475 Million Hay Group Acquisition; (3) Willis Increases Cash Offer After Towers Watson Shareholders Fail to Approve Deal; (4) CSRA Completes Spinoff from CSC and Acquisition of SRA International; (5) CSC Reaches Agreement to Acquire Australia's UXC; (6) PwC Canada Acquires Salesforce Consultancy, Cinovate; (7) Wipro to Acquire German IT Consultancy, cellent; (8) 2015-16 HR Consulting Rate Report Series Published; (9) Consulting Leadership: Accenture and Huron; (10) Thought Leadership: BCG and Accenture; (11) Honors & Recognition: Accenture. (2,075 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) PwC Fiscal 2015 Advisory Revenues Up 12%+, Displacing Deloitte as World's Largest PS Firm; (2) CSC to Acquire Australia's UXC Limited for A$420 Million; (3) IBM Launches Cognitive Computing Consulting Practice; (4) ChemRisk May Think Twice About Suing for Defamation Next Time; (5) Consulting Leadership: Navigant and SAIC; (6) Thought Leadership: Accenture and PwC; (7) 2015-16 US, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand & Singapore HR Consulting Rates Reports Published. (1,677 words)...More

Table of Contents: (1) Accenture Confirms Strong Q3 2015 Results; (2) Roland Berger to Acquire German Restructuring Advisory, FMC Consultants; (3) KPMG Acquires UK-based Transformational Consultancy, Boxwood; (4) EY to Acquire Integrc; (5) Salesforce Reaches Agreement to Acquire French Consultancy, Kerensen Consulting; (6) AURELIUS Group Acquires Final Share of Getronics; (7) Accenture Acquires Swedish Digital Consultancy, Brightstep; (8) Next Week: Location-Based Consulting Rate Differentials and (9) Consulting Leadership: PwC, EY, BDO and Antworks; and (10) Thought Leadership: HBR Consulting, Deloitte and KPMG. (2,425 words)...More