Consultant Contracts in Bristol

Consultant
South West > Bristol

The median Consultant daily rate in Bristol is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 +7 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 23 26 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.28% 2.46% 3.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% 2.59% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 30
10th Percentile £388 £445 £312
25th Percentile £466 £459 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -1.19% -8.70%
75th Percentile £669 £598 £616
90th Percentile £750 £663 £676
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - £58.75 £72.69
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £79.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.38% -
75th Percentile - £66.25 £87.19
90th Percentile - - £90.63
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £56.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year +24.44% -27.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Bristol region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) NIST
5 3 (13.04%) CISM
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle
5 3 (13.04%) CCSP
5 3 (13.04%) CISSP
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Security Management
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 3 (13.04%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) COBIT
5 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
5 3 (13.04%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Private Cloud
5 3 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
5 3 (13.04%) OWASP
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (13.04%) CEH
5 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Network Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) OSCP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (4.35%) SAP CCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) dbt
1 1 (4.35%) Google Ads
1 1 (4.35%) Google Analytics
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.35%) Smartsheet
1 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (13.04%) Banking
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) General Ledger
3 1 (4.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (8.70%) Middleware
3 1 (4.35%) EntireX
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (13.04%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) AIX
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Migration
2 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
2 3 (13.04%) DevOps
2 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
2 3 (13.04%) Network Architecture
2 3 (13.04%) OWASP
2 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) Project Management
2 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
2 3 (13.04%) Security Management
2 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.70%) Change Management
3 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (8.70%) Contract Management
3 2 (8.70%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
3 2 (8.70%) Database Security
3 2 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (13.04%) CCSP
3 3 (13.04%) CEH
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (13.04%) CISM
3 3 (13.04%) CISSP
3 3 (13.04%) OSCP
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
2 3 (13.04%) COBIT
2 3 (13.04%) PCI DSS
3 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.70%) Def Stans
4 1 (4.35%) GDPR
4 1 (4.35%) ISO 14001
4 1 (4.35%) PMBOK
4 1 (4.35%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Adaptive Insights
3 1 (4.35%) BMC
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.35%) IBM
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Software AG
3 1 (4.35%) webMethods
3 1 (4.35%) Workday