Business Consultant Contracts in Reading

Business Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Business Consultant daily rate in Reading is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 84 98
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 7 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.58% 0.73% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.77% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £460 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% -16.36% -
Berkshire median daily rate £350 £555 £508
% change year-on-year -36.94% +9.36% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,124 1,036 1,288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.05% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 684 874
10th Percentile £213 £363 £190
25th Percentile £406 £453 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £499
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.28% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £594
90th Percentile £688 £721 £655
Berkshire median daily rate £503 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -4.19% +8.14% +6.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 11
10th Percentile £20.17 £17.80 £14.00
25th Percentile £51.86 £49.43 £23.38
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.84 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% +116.13% -31.03%
75th Percentile £75.83 £70.00 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £59.04
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £55.94 £21.05
% change year-on-year +4.21% +165.76% -2.09%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in Reading

Business Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Business Consultant in Reading

Business Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Consultant in Reading

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Business 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 Reading region featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Radio Access Network
1 6 (85.71%) User Stories
1 6 (85.71%) Storyboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Radio Access Network
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Storyboarding
1 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared