Consultant Contracts in Berkshire

Consultant
South East > Berkshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Berkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 11 24
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 79 228 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.59% 11.55% 8.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.16% 12.40% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 124 95
10th Percentile £404 £455 £455
25th Percentile £496 £545 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £609 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +1.46% +4.35%
75th Percentile £605 £716 £721
90th Percentile £650 £775 £750
South East median daily rate £550 £590 £536
% change year-on-year -6.78% +10.13% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 9
10th Percentile - £52.90 £55.45
25th Percentile £85.75 £55.94 £55.94
Median hourly rate £86.50 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% -4.75% -21.61%
75th Percentile £87.25 - £66.21
90th Percentile - £65.64 £67.75
South East median hourly rate £78.25 £61.60 £64.68
% change year-on-year +27.03% -4.75% -19.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,104 1,838 1,787
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 93.11% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 934 1,110
10th Percentile £313 £280 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £626
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 130 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.98 £17.42
25th Percentile £26.23 £42.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £56.25 £61.33 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% +4.39% +179.76%
75th Percentile £75.92 £76.55 £73.80
90th Percentile £88.46 £87.53 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Berkshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Berkshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Berkshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 2025. 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 -10 48 £563 -13.96% 60
Slough -3 9 £475 - 6
Windsor -2 7 £500 -16.67%
Wokingham -9 4 £500 -5.66% 5
Bracknell +7 1 £550 - 1
Thatcham - 1 £600 -
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 Berkshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (25.32%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.25%) Oracle
4 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
4 13 (16.46%) Azure
5 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.92%) Agile
7 10 (12.66%) Oracle EBS
7 10 (12.66%) Finance
8 9 (11.39%) SQL
8 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (10.13%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (10.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (10.13%) SAP
9 8 (10.13%) Migration
9 8 (10.13%) NIST
10 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.86%) Risk Management
10 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
10 7 (8.86%) PL/SQL
10 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (8.86%) DV Cleared
10 7 (8.86%) Oracle EBS R12
11 6 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (7.59%) Splunk
11 6 (7.59%) SOAP
11 6 (7.59%) Cisco

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) CPLEX
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (10.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 7 (8.86%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (5.06%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (3.80%) SAP EWM
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle AGIS
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (1.27%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (1.27%) SAP GTS
8 1 (1.27%) SAP MDG
8 1 (1.27%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (1.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.27%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.46%) Azure
2 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.80%) AWS
5 3 (3.80%) PaaS
6 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.53%) IaaS
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.53%) OCI
6 2 (2.53%) SaaS
7 1 (1.27%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.27%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) Network Security
2 2 (2.53%) ATM
2 2 (2.53%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.53%) Frame Relay
2 2 (2.53%) GPRS
2 2 (2.53%) GSM
2 2 (2.53%) LAN
2 2 (2.53%) LTE
2 2 (2.53%) MPLS
2 2 (2.53%) SAN
2 2 (2.53%) SDH
2 2 (2.53%) UMTS
2 2 (2.53%) VPN
2 2 (2.53%) WAN
2 2 (2.53%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.27%) NGN
3 1 (1.27%) PuTTY
3 1 (1.27%) VSAN
3 1 (1.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) GIS
2 3 (3.80%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.53%) Power BI
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Postman
2 2 (2.53%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Maven
3 1 (1.27%) Selenium
3 1 (1.27%) Toad
General
1 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.66%) Finance
3 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.27%) Automotive
6 1 (1.27%) Billing
6 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.27%) Military
6 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) SOAP
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.27%) NumPy
2 1 (1.27%) Pandas
2 1 (1.27%) RESTful
2 1 (1.27%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.27%) SAP TM
2 1 (1.27%) SciPy
2 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Operational Technology
2 5 (6.33%) SCADA
3 3 (3.80%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.53%) Replication
4 2 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Linux
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 3 (3.80%) Unix
3 2 (2.53%) Android
3 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.92%) Agile
3 8 (10.13%) Migration
3 8 (10.13%) Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (8.86%) Risk Management
4 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
4 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (7.59%) GAP Analysis
5 6 (7.59%) Logistics
5 6 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (6.33%) ITIL
6 5 (6.33%) Test Automation
6 5 (6.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (5.06%) Cloud Security
7 4 (5.06%) Impact Analysis
7 4 (5.06%) Incident Response
7 4 (5.06%) Security Architecture
7 4 (5.06%) TMMi
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) SQL
2 7 (8.86%) PL/SQL
3 5 (6.33%) Perl
3 5 (6.33%) Python
4 4 (5.06%) Java
5 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.53%) ABAP
7 1 (1.27%) Bicep
7 1 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.27%) R
7 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (25.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) CISSP
5 3 (3.80%) CISM
5 3 (3.80%) Degree
6 2 (2.53%) CCNP
6 2 (2.53%) CISA
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) GCIA
6 2 (2.53%) GCIH
6 2 (2.53%) ISEB
6 2 (2.53%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (2.53%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CEH
7 1 (1.27%) GCFA
7 1 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) NIST
2 6 (7.59%) GDPR
2 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.33%) QA
4 4 (5.06%) NCSC
5 3 (3.80%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.53%) RMADS
7 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.27%) COBIT
7 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.27%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) HP ALM
1 4 (5.06%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.53%) QRadar
3 1 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.27%) Ansible
3 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) SCCM
3 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (29.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.25%) Oracle
3 8 (10.13%) SAP
4 6 (7.59%) Cisco
4 6 (7.59%) Splunk
5 4 (5.06%) CyberArk
5 4 (5.06%) HP
6 3 (3.80%) Broadcom
6 3 (3.80%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.80%) Symantec
7 2 (2.53%) Juniper
8 1 (1.27%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (1.27%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.27%) Remedy
8 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.27%) Virgin Media
8 1 (1.27%) VMware