Consultant Contracts in Cheltenham

Consultant
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Consultant daily rate in Cheltenham is £450 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 25 33 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 5.59% 1.85% 4.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 1.91% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £378 £570 -
25th Percentile £413 £578 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £590 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +31.11% -22.41%
75th Percentile £508 £620 £475
90th Percentile £540 £638 £614
Gloucestershire median daily rate £505 £565 £478
% change year-on-year -10.62% +18.32% -2.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 162 157 113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 96.91% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 113 95
10th Percentile £363 £319 £170
25th Percentile £469 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £588
90th Percentile £743 £725 £670
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £42.75 £67.10 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.13 £67.25 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +535.29% -74.50%
75th Percentile £73.19 £96.00 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.38 £96.90 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £35.00 £71.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -51.05% +138.33% -40.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Cheltenham

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Cheltenham

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Cheltenham

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Cheltenham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) WLAN
3 2 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) HP UFT
3 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
3 2 (20.00%) CMS
3 2 (20.00%) OpenText
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) CMDB
3 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (10.00%) Intacct
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 2 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Intacct
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) HP UFT
1 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
1 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Agile
1 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (20.00%) Service Management
1 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) OpenText
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Sage