Consultant Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 24 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 129 79 228
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 6.79% 6.91% 11.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.48% 7.51% 12.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 62 125
10th Percentile £429 £404 £455
25th Percentile £455 £496 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -9.09% -5.10%
75th Percentile £588 £605 £715
90th Percentile £655 £650 £771
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £583
% change year-on-year -4.55% -5.62% +6.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £52.90
25th Percentile - £85.75 £55.94
Median hourly rate £54.00 £86.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% +40.42% -4.75%
75th Percentile - £87.25 -
90th Percentile - - £65.64
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £78.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year -29.71% +27.03% -1.18%

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 1,724 1,052 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.96% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 649 929
10th Percentile £310 £313 £273
25th Percentile £410 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £725 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.57% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 39 129
10th Percentile £28.88 £14.75 £18.95
25th Percentile £41.25 £32.05 £42.00
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +1.48% +4.81%
75th Percentile £88.00 £78.60 £76.99
90th Percentile £105.95 £88.87 £87.53
South East median hourly rate £50.24 £31.00 £48.70
% change year-on-year +62.07% -36.34% -2.60%

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 30 June 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
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 30 June 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 0 86 £525 -6.67% 14
Wokingham -3 22 £575 +15.00% 4
Windsor +7 10 £500 - 1
Maidenhead - 4 £575 - 1
Bracknell +5 3 £400 -27.27%
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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 35 (27.13%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 22 (17.05%) SAP
4 21 (16.28%) Microsoft
5 15 (11.63%) Oracle
6 14 (10.85%) Migration
6 14 (10.85%) XML
7 13 (10.08%) SQL
8 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
9 11 (8.53%) Data Migration
9 11 (8.53%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (8.53%) T-SQL
10 10 (7.75%) Agile
11 9 (6.98%) Customer Service
11 9 (6.98%) DV Cleared
11 9 (6.98%) Fintech
11 9 (6.98%) JIRA
11 9 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.20%) Validation
13 7 (5.43%) Active Directory
13 7 (5.43%) DevOps
13 7 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 7 (5.43%) MS Visio
13 7 (5.43%) Workflow
14 6 (4.65%) Azure
14 6 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
14 6 (4.65%) Data Protection
14 6 (4.65%) Digital Engineering

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 3 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (5.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.55%) Lectora
4 1 (0.78%) CATIA
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.78%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.10%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (3.10%) SAP MM
2 4 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.33%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.55%) iTrent
4 2 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.55%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.55%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.55%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.55%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.78%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.78%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.78%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.78%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.53%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.65%) Azure
2 6 (4.65%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 4 (3.10%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.10%) GCP
3 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
3 4 (3.10%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (2.33%) OCI
5 2 (1.55%) AWS
6 1 (0.78%) Alation
6 1 (0.78%) Collibra
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.78%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.10%) BGP
2 3 (2.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (2.33%) FTP
2 3 (2.33%) VXLAN
3 2 (1.55%) LAN
4 1 (0.78%) Intranet
4 1 (0.78%) MPLS
4 1 (0.78%) SNMP
4 1 (0.78%) TACACS
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) WAN
4 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.55%) Power BI
2 2 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.78%) Metadata
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.98%) JIRA
2 3 (2.33%) Git
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.55%) Toad
General
1 25 (19.38%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.53%) Finance
4 6 (4.65%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.10%) General Ledger
5 4 (3.10%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.33%) Banking
7 2 (1.55%) Advertising
7 2 (1.55%) Legal
7 2 (1.55%) Marketing
7 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.85%) XML
2 3 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.33%) Web Services
2 3 (2.33%) XSLT
3 2 (1.55%) FIDO
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.78%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.78%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.78%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.78%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.55%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.55%) e-Learning
3 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.55%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.78%) PKI
4 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (10.85%) Migration
2 11 (8.53%) Data Migration
3 10 (7.75%) Agile
4 9 (6.98%) Customer Service
4 9 (6.98%) Fintech
4 9 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (6.20%) Validation
6 7 (5.43%) DevOps
6 7 (5.43%) Workflow
7 6 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (4.65%) Data Protection
7 6 (4.65%) Digital Engineering
7 6 (4.65%) ITIL
7 6 (4.65%) PLM
7 6 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (3.88%) AI
8 5 (3.88%) B2C
8 5 (3.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.08%) SQL
2 11 (8.53%) T-SQL
3 5 (3.88%) Python
4 3 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (27.13%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.98%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.33%) Degree
5 2 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.78%) CCIE
6 1 (0.78%) CISA
6 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.78%) JNCIE
6 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.10%) NIST
2 2 (1.55%) COBIT
2 2 (1.55%) NCSC
3 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) GRC
3 1 (0.78%) ITGC
3 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.10%) Ansible
1 4 (3.10%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (17.05%) SAP
2 21 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.63%) Oracle
4 6 (4.65%) Workday
5 3 (2.33%) Arista
5 3 (2.33%) Google
6 2 (1.55%) BMC
6 2 (1.55%) Concur
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco
7 1 (0.78%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) F5
7 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.78%) Informatica
7 1 (0.78%) Juniper
7 1 (0.78%) NetApp
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow