Consultant Contracts in Gloucestershire

Consultant
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Consultant daily rate in Gloucestershire is £505 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 56 40
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 16 8 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 3.76% 1.69% 4.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 1.81% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 23
10th Percentile £395 £465 £363
25th Percentile £431 £513 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £565 £478
Median % change year-on-year -10.62% +18.32% -2.00%
75th Percentile £604 £620 £613
90th Percentile £641 £670 £683
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +23.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
South West median hourly rate £56.25 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year -27.88% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 388 443 514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 93.46% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 309 416
10th Percentile £300 £320 £178
25th Percentile £425 £440 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £588
90th Percentile £738 £700 £657
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 36 14
10th Percentile £14.90 £35.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £15.75 £49.38 £13.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £71.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +138.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.33 £43.28
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.40 £53.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cheltenham +8 10 £450 -23.73% 7
Gloucester +16 2 £625 -10.71% 1
Filton - 1 - -
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 2 (12.50%) Azure
4 2 (12.50%) AWS
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle ODI
4 2 (12.50%) CMDB
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) CMS
4 2 (12.50%) OpenText
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (12.50%) LAN

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (12.50%) CMS
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (6.25%) SAP HCM
1 1 (6.25%) SAP HR
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Intacct
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
1 2 (12.50%) WLAN
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) HP UFT
1 2 (12.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CMDB
1 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Agile
1 2 (12.50%) Analytics
1 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
1 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
1 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
1 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
1 2 (12.50%) Migration
1 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
1 2 (12.50%) Service Management
1 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
1 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
1 2 (12.50%) Validation
2 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (6.25%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (6.25%) Log Correlation
2 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
1 1 (6.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) OpenText
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Infor
2 1 (6.25%) Sage
2 1 (6.25%) SAP