IT Consultant Contracts in the South East

IT Consultant
England > South East

The median IT Consultant daily rate in the South East is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 204 257
Rank change year-on-year +15 +53 -46
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 2 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.036% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 7
10th Percentile £298 £143 £353
25th Percentile £369 £270 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +36.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £531
90th Percentile £723 £658 £580
England median daily rate £545 £518 £450
% change year-on-year +5.31% +15.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,116 5,468 7,452
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.67% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,095 3,815 5,051
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £617 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 242 333
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.86 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.72 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £61.20
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Buckinghamshire +26 1 £750 +15.38%
Thames Valley +7 1 £750 +15.38% 2
Hampshire - 1 £250 - 1
IT Consultant
England

IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) VPN

IT Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware