Software Consultant Contracts in England

Software Consultant
UK > England

The median Software Consultant daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 656 759
Rank change year-on-year +126 +103 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Software Consultant 11 5 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.010% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.011% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 14
10th Percentile £494 £550 £474
25th Percentile £541 £622 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £738 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% +22.92% +34.83%
75th Percentile £597 £800 -
90th Percentile £681 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £738 £600
% change year-on-year -25.42% +22.92% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - £45.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Consultant in England

Software Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Consultant in England

Software Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Consultant in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Consultant in England

Software Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Consultant in England

Software Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +117 7 £550 -31.25% 10
South East +23 2 £575 -14.81% 7
South West +23 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £750 -
Midlands - 1 £750 - 1
Software Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Software 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 England region featuring Software Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
3 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Ada
5 2 (18.18%) C
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Software Assurance
5 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 1 (9.09%) QinetiQ
6 1 (9.09%) Aviation
6 1 (9.09%) InfluxDB
6 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Grafana
6 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) AWS IoT
6 1 (9.09%) Edge Computing
6 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
6 1 (9.09%) Docker
6 1 (9.09%) IoT
6 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
6 1 (9.09%) Safety Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Java
6 1 (9.09%) Linux
6 1 (9.09%) Python

Software Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aviation
2 1 (9.09%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Software Assurance
3 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
3 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (9.09%) Edge Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (9.09%) HOOD
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Safety Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Software Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
3 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Ada
1 2 (18.18%) C
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
1 1 (9.09%) DO-178B
1 1 (9.09%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
1 1 (9.09%) IBM
1 1 (9.09%) QinetiQ