Consultant Contracts in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant daily rate in the South East is £578 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 35 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 331 323 341
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.00% 5.68% 4.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.50% 5.99% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 212 217
10th Percentile £425 £450 £379
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +7.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £687 £700 £638
90th Percentile £765 £750 £700
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 3
10th Percentile £52.90 £55.94 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.18 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% -19.16% +29.03%
75th Percentile - £72.80 £85.00
90th Percentile £62.88 £83.98 £86.50
England median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £70.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.38% +22.61%

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 5,089 5,391 7,377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 94.75% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,062 3,766 4,994
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £619 £606 £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 482 241 330
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.94 £16.03
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -18.37%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.50
90th Percentile £77.45 £75.00 £58.42
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the South East

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 Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley +8 211 £605 +0.12% 65
Berkshire +2 183 £625 -3.85% 30
Hampshire +8 73 £582 -1.59% 28
Buckinghamshire +22 21 £475 -20.83% 16
West Sussex +2 15 £515 +5.10% 1
Surrey +2 11 £528 -4.09% 21
Oxfordshire +11 7 £463 -11.90% 19
Kent +8 4 £540 +27.06% 13
East Sussex +6 4 £475 -20.83% 12
M4 Corridor - 2 £510 -
Home Counties +4 1 - -
Middlesex +2 1 - -
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 124 (37.46%) Security Cleared
2 121 (36.56%) SAP
3 80 (24.17%) SC Cleared
4 73 (22.05%) Social Skills
5 60 (18.13%) DV Cleared
6 47 (14.20%) Finance
7 44 (13.29%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (11.78%) Oracle
8 39 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (10.27%) Public Sector
10 29 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
11 27 (8.16%) SAP QM
12 26 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
13 25 (7.55%) Microsoft
13 25 (7.55%) Telecoms
13 25 (7.55%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.25%) Agile
14 24 (7.25%) PLM
14 24 (7.25%) Azure
15 21 (6.34%) Information Security
15 21 (6.34%) User Acceptance Testing
16 20 (6.04%) Migration
17 19 (5.74%) Stakeholder Management
18 18 (5.44%) GAP Analysis
18 18 (5.44%) Robotics
18 18 (5.44%) Rational DOORS
18 18 (5.44%) SAP S/4HANA
19 17 (5.14%) Oracle EBS R12
19 17 (5.14%) SAP EWM
19 17 (5.14%) Business Strategy

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.21%) NetWeaver
2 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (8.16%) SAP QM
2 18 (5.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (5.14%) Oracle EBS R12
3 17 (5.14%) SAP EWM
4 13 (3.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (3.93%) SAP PSCD
5 11 (3.32%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (2.42%) SAP BRIM
6 8 (2.42%) SAP Hybris
7 7 (2.11%) Maximo
8 6 (1.81%) SAP FI
9 4 (1.21%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.91%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.91%) SAP FI-CA
10 3 (0.91%) SAP PLM
11 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.25%) Azure
2 11 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (2.42%) AWS
3 8 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (2.42%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.21%) SaaS
7 3 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (0.91%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.91%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.60%) IaaS
8 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.83%) Ethernet
1 16 (4.83%) Network Security
2 15 (4.53%) Radio Access Network
3 11 (3.32%) Firewall
4 9 (2.72%) 3G
4 9 (2.72%) 4G
4 9 (2.72%) 5G
5 5 (1.51%) VPN
6 4 (1.21%) DNS
6 4 (1.21%) WAN
7 3 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.91%) FTP
7 3 (0.91%) Internet
7 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.60%) LAN
8 2 (0.60%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.60%) VSAN
9 1 (0.30%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.23%) Oracle Database
2 13 (3.93%) SAP HANA
3 7 (2.11%) Power BI
4 5 (1.51%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.21%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.60%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.30%) Power Query
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (5.44%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (3.02%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.21%) JIRA
4 1 (0.30%) NWDI
4 1 (0.30%) NWDS
General
1 73 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.20%) Finance
3 34 (10.27%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.55%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.83%) Electronics
7 10 (3.02%) Billing
8 8 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.11%) Retail
10 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.21%) French Language
11 4 (1.21%) German Language
12 3 (0.91%) Marketing
12 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Polish Language
14 1 (0.30%) Advertising
14 1 (0.30%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.53%) SAP Basis
2 11 (3.32%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.91%) Visualforce
4 2 (0.60%) CSS
4 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.60%) HTML
4 2 (0.60%) Web Services
4 2 (0.60%) XML
5 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.30%) IDoc
5 1 (0.30%) Kafka
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.30%) React
5 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.30%) REST
5 1 (0.30%) SOAP
5 1 (0.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.44%) Robotics
2 16 (4.83%) Analogue Electronics
3 12 (3.63%) Operational Technology
4 10 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.21%) IoT
7 4 (1.21%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.91%) CMDB
8 3 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (0.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.91%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.60%) iPad
9 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.53%) Linux
2 14 (4.23%) Windows
3 8 (2.42%) Unix
4 7 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (13.29%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (7.55%) Roadmaps
5 24 (7.25%) Agile
5 24 (7.25%) PLM
6 21 (6.34%) Information Security
6 21 (6.34%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (6.04%) Migration
8 19 (5.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (5.44%) GAP Analysis
10 17 (5.14%) Business Strategy
11 16 (4.83%) DevOps
11 16 (4.83%) Integration Testing
11 16 (4.83%) Prototyping
11 16 (4.83%) Requirements Management
11 16 (4.83%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (4.53%) Design for Manufacturing
12 15 (4.53%) Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (4.53%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.32%) SQL
2 9 (2.72%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.51%) ABAP
4 2 (0.60%) Ada
4 2 (0.60%) C
4 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.60%) Groovy
4 2 (0.60%) Java
4 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.30%) PHP
5 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (37.46%) Security Cleared
2 80 (24.17%) SC Cleared
3 60 (18.13%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.02%) CISSP
5 9 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.42%) CISM
7 7 (2.11%) CRISC
7 7 (2.11%) Degree
8 6 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (1.81%) CISA
8 6 (1.81%) CISMP
8 6 (1.81%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.21%) ISACA
10 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.60%) CCNP
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.30%) ACCA
11 1 (0.30%) CCIE
11 1 (0.30%) CCNA
11 1 (0.30%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.53%) NIST
2 13 (3.93%) GDPR
3 12 (3.63%) COBIT
4 10 (3.02%) GRC
4 10 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.51%) IFRS
6 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.91%) QA
7 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (1.51%) VMware NSX
2 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) vSphere
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.21%) VxRail
2 3 (0.91%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) Ansible
3 2 (0.60%) Grafana
3 2 (0.60%) Graylog
3 2 (0.60%) Nagios
3 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.60%) vRealize
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 121 (36.56%) SAP
2 39 (11.78%) Oracle
3 25 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.02%) ArcSight
4 10 (3.02%) VMware
5 6 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.51%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.21%) Concur
8 3 (0.91%) Cisco
8 3 (0.91%) EMC
8 3 (0.91%) Informatica
8 3 (0.91%) Juniper
8 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.91%) Sage
8 3 (0.91%) Splunk
9 2 (0.60%) IBM
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.30%) Okta
10 1 (0.30%) UiPath
10 1 (0.30%) Workday