Consultant Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Consultant
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 53 37
Rank change year-on-year +25 -16 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 21 25 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 4.41% 2.96% 5.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.74% 3.15% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 36
10th Percentile - £465 £478
25th Percentile £425 £519 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £565 £606
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% -6.80% +21.86%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £650
90th Percentile £685 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £583 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -0.51% +6.55% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 443 793 848
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 93.96% 97.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 637 638
10th Percentile £228 £250 £205
25th Percentile £397 £400 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £570
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £493
% change year-on-year - +1.42% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 5 44
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.96 £10.37
25th Percentile £17.64 £13.16 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.22 £17.50 £12.28
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% +42.57% -12.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £19.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.05 £32.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +137.50% -19.19%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Milton Keynes +25 13 £450 -25.00% 9
High Wycombe +5 4 - - 2
Amersham - 2 £550 -
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (28.57%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) SAP
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Certification
3 4 (19.05%) SAP BW
3 4 (19.05%) NetWeaver
3 4 (19.05%) Unix
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Basis
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Security
3 4 (19.05%) SAP HANA
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
3 4 (19.05%) SAP IBP
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
4 3 (14.29%) Power BI
4 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) VMware
5 2 (9.52%) Security Testing
5 2 (9.52%) BusinessObjects XI
5 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) Windows
5 2 (9.52%) SQL
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.52%) SharePoint

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) NetWeaver
2 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) SAP IBP
2 2 (9.52%) iTrent
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (4.76%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.76%) IaaS
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) PaaS
2 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SAP BW
1 4 (19.05%) SAP HANA
2 3 (14.29%) Power BI
3 2 (9.52%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (9.52%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.76%) Tableau
General
1 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Advertising
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
3 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) SAP Basis
1 4 (19.05%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) IoT
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Unix
3 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) Incident Response
2 4 (19.05%) Migration
2 4 (19.05%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
2 4 (19.05%) SAP Security
3 2 (9.52%) API Design
3 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
3 2 (9.52%) DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) DevSecOps
3 2 (9.52%) Functional Testing
3 2 (9.52%) OWASP
3 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
3 2 (9.52%) SDLC
3 2 (9.52%) Security Testing
3 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
3 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SAP Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) VMware
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.76%) ScienceLogic