Consultant Contracts in Bournemouth

Consultant
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Consultant daily rate in Bournemouth is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth 2.44% 5.56% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 5.80% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Dorset median daily rate £500 £650 £506
% change year-on-year -23.08% +28.40% +54.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 37 69 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 95.83% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 55 55
10th Percentile £146 £175 £163
25th Percentile £203 £175 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +6.67% -24.24%
75th Percentile £469 £506 £494
90th Percentile £531 £645 £620
Dorset median daily rate £469 £488 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.88% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 17
10th Percentile - £14.89 -
25th Percentile £15.25 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -13.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £15.75 - £21.50
90th Percentile - £21.36 £26.13
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £48.99
% change year-on-year -0.77% -68.12% +0.50%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bournemouth

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Bournemouth

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Bournemouth

Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 Bournemouth region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) GCP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft