Consultant Contracts in the South West

Consultant
England > South West

The median Consultant daily rate in the South West is £525 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 66 75 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 95 112 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.00% 3.08% 3.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.21% 3.32% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 72 88
10th Percentile £256 £416 £351
25th Percentile £419 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £613
90th Percentile £725 £675 £681
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 0
10th Percentile £50.88 £60.30 -
25th Percentile £52.19 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £56.25 £78.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% - -
75th Percentile £62.19 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £64.63 £93.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.80 £66.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -7.88% -6.38% +22.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,957 3,370 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.56% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,526 2,536
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 273 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.17 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%
75th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.36
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Wiltshire -11 27 £625 +16.28% 10
Bristol -2 25 £519 -1.19% 76
Gloucestershire +14 16 £505 -10.62% 17
Somerset +9 11 £250 -42.03% 3
Devon - 5 £550 - 10
Dorset -1 1 - - 7
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
3 24 (25.26%) DV Cleared
4 21 (22.11%) Microsoft
5 17 (17.89%) Finance
6 15 (15.79%) Public Sector
7 14 (14.74%) SC Cleared
8 13 (13.68%) Migration
8 13 (13.68%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (11.58%) Oracle
9 11 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (10.53%) SAP
10 10 (10.53%) Azure
10 10 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (9.47%) Risk Management
12 8 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (8.42%) Analytics
12 8 (8.42%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (8.42%) Data Migration
12 8 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (7.37%) NIST
13 7 (7.37%) Power Platform
13 7 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
13 7 (7.37%) RMADS
13 7 (7.37%) Information Assurance
13 7 (7.37%) DevOps
13 7 (7.37%) Agile
13 7 (7.37%) Supply Chain Management
14 6 (6.32%) Project Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.11%) CMS
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.05%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle Payroll
1 3 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.11%) SAP HCM
2 2 (2.11%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.05%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.05%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.05%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.05%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.05%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.53%) Azure
2 8 (8.42%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.21%) AWS
6 4 (4.21%) OCI
7 3 (3.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.16%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (3.16%) IaaS
7 3 (3.16%) PaaS
8 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.11%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.05%) GCP
9 1 (1.05%) Intacct
9 1 (1.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.21%) DNS
3 3 (3.16%) VPN
4 2 (2.11%) Firewall
4 2 (2.11%) LAN
4 2 (2.11%) WAN
4 2 (2.11%) WLAN
5 1 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.05%) Network Security
5 1 (1.05%) SAN
5 1 (1.05%) SSL
5 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.32%) Power BI
2 2 (2.11%) Big Data
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (2.11%) Power Query
3 1 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) HP UFT
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
1 2 (2.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 26 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.89%) Finance
3 15 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.21%) Electronics
6 4 (4.21%) Marketing
6 4 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.11%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.11%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Law
7 2 (2.11%) Local Government
7 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Banking
8 1 (1.05%) Billing
8 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.05%) Legal
8 1 (1.05%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.05%) .NET
2 1 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.05%) JSON
2 1 (1.05%) Lucene
2 1 (1.05%) REST
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.16%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (3.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.11%) CMDB
2 2 (2.11%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.05%) Blog
3 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.05%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.05%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.05%) Replication
3 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.05%) Windows
2 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.68%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.68%) Migration
2 11 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (9.47%) Risk Management
5 8 (8.42%) Analytics
5 8 (8.42%) Data Migration
5 8 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (7.37%) Agile
6 7 (7.37%) DevOps
6 7 (7.37%) Information Assurance
6 7 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (7.37%) Supply Chain Management
7 6 (6.32%) Project Management
8 5 (5.26%) ERP
8 5 (5.26%) Protective Monitoring
8 5 (5.26%) Requirements Workshops
8 5 (5.26%) SIEM
9 4 (4.21%) Inventory Management
9 4 (4.21%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.32%) SQL
2 4 (4.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (2.11%) Python
4 1 (1.05%) C#
4 1 (1.05%) Java
4 1 (1.05%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.05%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 24 (25.26%) DV Cleared
3 14 (14.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (5.26%) CISSP
4 5 (5.26%) CLAS
5 4 (4.21%) Degree
5 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.05%) CISM
6 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) NIST
1 7 (7.37%) RMADS
2 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.26%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.11%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.05%) Docker
4 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) vRealize
1 3 (3.16%) VxRail
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.05%) Ansible
3 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.58%) Oracle
3 10 (10.53%) SAP
4 6 (6.32%) VMware
5 2 (2.11%) FIS
5 2 (2.11%) OpenText
6 1 (1.05%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.05%) Cisco
6 1 (1.05%) Google
6 1 (1.05%) Infor
6 1 (1.05%) Sage
6 1 (1.05%) Thales