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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 2026 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates 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 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Operations Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Large HR Specialists; and Large IT Consulting Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 15 large US metro markets. (109 pages, 54 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 2025 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates 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 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro markets. (108 pages, 53 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 2024 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates 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 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro ma...More

2024 rates for the US and other global markets are now available for Monadnock Research clients. This includes management consulting and business advisory services rates for Strategy, Operations, HR and Marketing Consulting; Tax, Financial, Transaction, Accounting, Internal Audit, Risk, Regulatory, Governance, Legal and Forensic Advisory; and IT Consulting Rates, with breakouts for consulting in the areas of Analytics, AI and Big Data, Digital, Interactive Services, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Applications, Software Development, Systems Integration, Quality Assurance and Testing, Cloud and Communications, and Technology and Support Services....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 2023 Strategy Consulting rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated MSA rates 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 most common strategy project team types. Legacy firm category break-outs include: Large Strategy Specialists; McKinsey, Bain and BCG; Small and Midmarket Strategy Specialists; Large Operations Specialists; Small and Midmarket Ops Specialists; Large Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory Specialists; Big Four; Small and Midmarket Advisory Specialists; Large IT Consulting Specialists; and Large HR Specialists. The report also provides a section on frequently used strategy consulting terms and regional breakouts for 14 large US metro ma...More

This report discusses rate trends for 2023 and the ten levers of consulting and advisory services rate negotiations. The 2023 Consulting Rate Factors report helps organizations and their consulting and advisory service providers understand key elements that impact consulting rates from the perspective of client organization and its strategic service providers. (53 pages)...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Tax Advisory and Compliance rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: (Tax Advisory) International and Corporate Tax; Private Wealth Management; Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture Tax; Trade and Customs; Transfer Pricing; Property and Real Estate Tax; Indirect Tax; Tax Audits; Tax Investigations; Tax Management; Tax Risk Mitigation; and Tax Outsourcing. (Tax Compliance) Corporate Tax Return Preparation; Employee Income Tax Returns; Withholding Tax Returns; VAT Returns; Tax Compliance Process; Tax Compliance Control; Tax Compliance Technologies; Tax Authority Inquiry; Tax Authority Examination; and Tax Compliance Planning.The report includes rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Legal and Forensic Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Litigation support; Dispute resolution; Expert witness support; Fraud and financial misconduct investigations; Intellectual property and contract governance; Forensic analysis and technology support; Competition authority support; Domestic and international intelligence; Security; and Transaction forensics. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms providing related services, including large and small business advisory services firms, the Big Four; Operations; Strategy and Information Technology specialists. 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 ...More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Risk, Regulatory and Governance Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance. The report includes associated rate breakouts for firms with a legacy specialty in the areas of Financial, Legal and Risk Advisory, including the Big Four; Operations; HR services; Strategy and Information Technology. 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 professional level. We also include rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (104 Pages, 60 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Financial Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Financial management, Financial performance improvement, Finance strategy and policy, and Finance transformation. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy. 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 professional level. We also include Financial Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropolitan markets across the US (83 Pages, 45 Exhibits)....More

This report provides Monadnock Research estimates for 2022 Transaction Advisory rates in the US from our firm's continuous cross-industry consulting rate analysis of current negotiated master service agreements between clients and strategic firms. Services that fall within the scope of this report include: Pre-deal assessment; Operational assessment; Lead advisor; Deal structure; Debt advisory; Strategic and commercial intelligence; Vendor due diligence and assistance; Transaction due diligence; Contracts; and Post-transaction execution. The report includes rate breakouts for the Big Four and other Advisory Specialists, and other specialists with a legacy in Strategy, Operations, HR and IT consulting. 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 professional level. We also include Transaction Advisory rate differential break-outs for 14 large metropo...More