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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 135 79 183
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.39% 7.06% 9.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.17% 7.64% 10.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 64 98
10th Percentile £366 £454 £455
25th Percentile £450 £500 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £634
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -9.34% -2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £650 £650 £765
South East median daily rate £530 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -3.64% -6.78% +2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £52.90
25th Percentile - - £55.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £61.60
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £54.50 £76.25 £60.80
% change year-on-year -28.52% +25.41% -5.99%

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 1,652 1,034 1,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 92.40% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 655 951
10th Percentile £306 £313 £243
25th Percentile £401 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 25 114
10th Percentile £28.11 £30.97 £18.65
25th Percentile £54.88 £48.00 £41.31
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +9.34% +0.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £70.39
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.32 £86.59
South East median hourly rate £52.21 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +60.65% -31.58% -3.06%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -3 88 £525 -11.58% 31
Wokingham -3 24 £483 -3.50% 2
Windsor +6 11 £500 - 4
Maidenhead - 4 £575 - 5
Bracknell +1 3 £400 -27.27% 1
Slough +1 2 £401 -13.30% 1
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 38 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 29 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 19 (14.07%) SAP
4 18 (13.33%) Oracle
5 17 (12.59%) Microsoft
6 16 (11.85%) Migration
7 14 (10.37%) XML
8 12 (8.89%) Data Migration
8 12 (8.89%) Oracle EBS
8 12 (8.89%) SQL
9 11 (8.15%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
9 11 (8.15%) Oracle Payables
9 11 (8.15%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.15%) T-SQL
10 10 (7.41%) ITSM
11 9 (6.67%) Accounts Payable
11 9 (6.67%) Accounts Receivable
11 9 (6.67%) Customer Service
11 9 (6.67%) DV Cleared
11 9 (6.67%) Fintech
11 9 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
12 8 (5.93%) Agile
12 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (5.93%) Oracle EBS R12
13 7 (5.19%) Active Directory
13 7 (5.19%) Azure
13 7 (5.19%) Cash Management

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 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.48%) Lectora
5 1 (0.74%) CATIA
5 1 (0.74%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (8.15%) Oracle Payables
2 11 (8.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (5.93%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (5.19%) Oracle Cash Management
6 6 (4.44%) Oracle AGIS
6 6 (4.44%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (4.44%) Workday HCM
7 5 (3.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (2.96%) SAP MM
8 4 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (2.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 3 (2.22%) SAP EWM
10 2 (1.48%) iTrent
10 2 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (1.48%) SAP Payroll
11 1 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
11 1 (0.74%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.15%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (5.19%) Azure
3 6 (4.44%) GCP
4 4 (2.96%) AWS
5 3 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.22%) OCI
6 2 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.48%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.48%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.74%) Canva
7 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.22%) FTP
2 2 (1.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.74%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (1.48%) Power BI
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.74%) Postman
2 1 (0.74%) Toad
General
1 23 (17.04%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.81%) Finance
3 15 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.93%) General Ledger
5 6 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.96%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.22%) Banking
7 3 (2.22%) Marketing
8 2 (1.48%) Advertising
8 2 (1.48%) Legal
8 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.37%) XML
2 4 (2.96%) Web Services
3 3 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.22%) XSLT
4 1 (0.74%) FIDO
4 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.48%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.48%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.74%) CMDB
4 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.74%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.74%) PKI
4 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (11.85%) Migration
2 12 (8.89%) Data Migration
3 11 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (7.41%) ITSM
5 9 (6.67%) Accounts Payable
5 9 (6.67%) Accounts Receivable
5 9 (6.67%) Customer Service
5 9 (6.67%) Fintech
6 8 (5.93%) Agile
6 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (5.19%) Cash Management
8 6 (4.44%) Data Protection
8 6 (4.44%) ITIL
8 6 (4.44%) Logistics
8 6 (4.44%) PLM
8 6 (4.44%) Project Governance
8 6 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (4.44%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (4.44%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.89%) SQL
2 11 (8.15%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.74%) Python
4 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 29 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) Degree
5 1 (0.74%) CEH
5 1 (0.74%) CISA
5 1 (0.74%) CISM
5 1 (0.74%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (2.96%) NIST
2 3 (2.22%) NCSC
3 2 (1.48%) COBIT
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (14.07%) SAP
2 18 (13.33%) Oracle
3 17 (12.59%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.44%) BMC
4 6 (4.44%) Workday
5 5 (3.70%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe
6 1 (0.74%) Concur
6 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.74%) NetApp
6 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.74%) Remedy
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow