Technical Consultant Contracts in Berkshire

Technical Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £455 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 109 120
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 10 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.51% 0.17% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.17% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 11
10th Percentile £422 £436 -
25th Percentile - £484 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £579 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +10.24% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £684 £538
90th Percentile £545 £739 £600
South East median daily rate £510 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -5.12% +2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £61.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year +2.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,863 1,720 2,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.82% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,102 1,476
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £376 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 56 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.61 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £22.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £79.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in Berkshire

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in Berkshire

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in Berkshire

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in Berkshire

Technical Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Reading -2 5 £400 - 2
Slough +13 1 £525 -9.29%
Technical Consultant
South East

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Technical 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
1 8 (80.00%) SAP
1 8 (80.00%) SAP Basis
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (70.00%) SAP HANA
2 7 (70.00%) Oracle Database
2 7 (70.00%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (50.00%) High Availability
4 5 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (40.00%) Change Management
5 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
7 2 (20.00%) Finance
8 1 (10.00%) ERP
8 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (10.00%) Military
8 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
8 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (10.00%) Kenna
8 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (70.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle Database
1 7 (70.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) SAP Basis
2 5 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (50.00%) High Availability
5 4 (40.00%) Change Management
5 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
6 1 (10.00%) ERP
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
1 8 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Kenna
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft