Consultant Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 27 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 141 82 224
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.22% 6.75% 11.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.88% 7.31% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 65 123
10th Percentile £431 £407 £455
25th Percentile £496 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -9.09% +0.83%
75th Percentile £637 £600 £716
90th Percentile £757 £650 £775
South East median daily rate £530 £550 £594
% change year-on-year -3.64% -7.37% +11.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile £64.00 - £54.12
25th Percentile £79.00 £85.75 £56.30
Median hourly rate £104.00 £86.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +40.42% -4.75%
75th Percentile - £87.25 -
90th Percentile - - £66.45
South East median hourly rate £80.00 £78.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +2.24% +27.03% -4.75%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,789 1,122 1,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.35% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,079 698 928
10th Percentile £325 £316 £281
25th Percentile £413 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% -4.38% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 44 123
10th Percentile £25.33 £14.75 £20.17
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.00 £45.34
Median hourly rate £83.00 £49.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +67.68% -19.64% +6.54%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £80.95
90th Percentile £105.30 £87.43 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £27.88 £54.88
% change year-on-year +88.04% -49.19% +9.75%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Berkshire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Berkshire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in Berkshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Reading -2 98 £545 -2.02% 44
Wokingham -6 19 £500 -
Windsor +5 10 £500 -
Bracknell +5 4 £400 -27.27% 4
Maidenhead - 4 £575 -
Slough 0 1 £600 +26.32% 6
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 47 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 31 (21.99%) SAP
3 27 (19.15%) SC Cleared
4 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
5 17 (12.06%) DV Cleared
6 16 (11.35%) Oracle
7 15 (10.64%) Migration
8 14 (9.93%) XML
9 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
9 13 (9.22%) SQL
10 11 (7.80%) Agile
10 11 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (7.80%) Data Migration
10 11 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (7.80%) T-SQL
11 10 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (6.38%) Customer Service
12 9 (6.38%) Fintech
12 9 (6.38%) JIRA
13 8 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (5.67%) MS Visio
13 8 (5.67%) Validation
13 8 (5.67%) Workshop Facilitation
14 7 (4.96%) Active Directory
14 7 (4.96%) DevOps
14 7 (4.96%) PLM
14 7 (4.96%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (4.96%) Workflow
15 6 (4.26%) Azure

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.42%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (5.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.42%) Lectora
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.71%) CATIA
4 1 (0.71%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) SAP EWM
1 6 (4.26%) Workday HCM
2 5 (3.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (3.55%) SAP MM
2 5 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.84%) SAP PP
3 4 (2.84%) Teamcenter
4 2 (1.42%) iTrent
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.42%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.71%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.71%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.71%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.71%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.26%) Azure
2 6 (4.26%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 4 (2.84%) Entra ID
3 4 (2.84%) Power Automate
3 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.84%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (2.13%) GCP
4 3 (2.13%) OCI
5 2 (1.42%) AWS
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.42%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.71%) Alation
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (0.71%) Collibra
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.71%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) BGP
2 3 (2.13%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (2.13%) FTP
2 3 (2.13%) LAN
2 3 (2.13%) VXLAN
3 2 (1.42%) MPLS
3 2 (1.42%) SNMP
3 2 (1.42%) TACACS
3 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.42%) WAN
3 2 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.42%) Power BI
2 2 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.71%) Metadata
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (6.38%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.42%) Toad
General
1 28 (19.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.51%) Finance
4 8 (5.67%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.55%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.84%) General Ledger
6 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.13%) Banking
8 2 (1.42%) Advertising
8 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Legal
8 2 (1.42%) Marketing
8 2 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.93%) XML
2 3 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.13%) SAP PI
2 3 (2.13%) Web Services
2 3 (2.13%) XSLT
3 2 (1.42%) FIDO
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.42%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.42%) OpenConfig
3 2 (1.42%) RESTCONF
3 2 (1.42%) YANG
4 1 (0.71%) JWT
4 1 (0.71%) OAuth
4 1 (0.71%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.71%) REST
4 1 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.42%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.42%) CMDB
3 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.42%) e-Learning
3 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.42%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.42%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.42%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (10.64%) Migration
2 11 (7.80%) Agile
2 11 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (7.80%) Data Migration
3 10 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (6.38%) Customer Service
4 9 (6.38%) Fintech
5 8 (5.67%) Validation
5 8 (5.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (4.96%) DevOps
6 7 (4.96%) PLM
6 7 (4.96%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (4.96%) Workflow
7 6 (4.26%) Data Protection
7 6 (4.26%) Digital Engineering
8 5 (3.55%) AI
8 5 (3.55%) B2C
8 5 (3.55%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (3.55%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.22%) SQL
2 11 (7.80%) T-SQL
3 6 (4.26%) Python
4 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.42%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 27 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.06%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.13%) Degree
6 2 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.42%) CCIE
6 2 (1.42%) CISM
6 2 (1.42%) CISSP
6 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (1.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (1.42%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.71%) CISA
7 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (4.26%) NIST
2 2 (1.42%) COBIT
2 2 (1.42%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.42%) NCSC
2 2 (1.42%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.71%) GDPR
3 1 (0.71%) GRC
3 1 (0.71%) ITGC
3 1 (0.71%) QA
3 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Ansible
1 5 (3.55%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (21.99%) SAP
2 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.35%) Oracle
4 6 (4.26%) Workday
5 3 (2.13%) Arista
5 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.42%) Cisco
6 2 (1.42%) Concur
6 2 (1.42%) F5
6 2 (1.42%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.42%) Google
6 2 (1.42%) Juniper
6 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.71%) Databricks
7 1 (0.71%) Informatica
7 1 (0.71%) NetApp