Consultant Contracts in Basingstoke

Consultant
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Consultant daily rate in Basingstoke is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 52 23
Rank change year-on-year +32 -29 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 7 1 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 5.19% 0.23% 6.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.38% 0.24% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 11
10th Percentile £515 - £463
25th Percentile £556 - £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.11%
75th Percentile £688 - £719
90th Percentile £723 - £813
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £580 £591
% change year-on-year +3.45% -1.85% -1.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 130 422 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 98.60% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 238 133
10th Percentile £456 £421 £228
25th Percentile £519 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile £22.00 £13.64 £15.86
25th Percentile £22.92 £27.50 £16.84
Median hourly rate £24.70 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.01% +150.00% -15.56%
75th Percentile £26.72 £48.75 £21.50
90th Percentile £27.79 - £34.85
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Basingstoke

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Basingstoke

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Basingstoke

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Basingstoke

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Basingstoke region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) NIST 800
3 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (28.57%) IFS
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) Tenable
5 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Protective Monitoring
5 1 (14.29%) Boundary Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing Automation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Boundary Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
1 3 (42.86%) NIST 800
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) IFS
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Tenable