Consultant Contracts in Bristol

Consultant
South West > Bristol

The median Consultant daily rate in Bristol is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 45 72
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 32 42 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.90% 3.70% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 4.10% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 19
10th Percentile £410 £401 £395
25th Percentile £455 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.08% +13.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £679
90th Percentile £649 £683 £755
South West median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £79.50 -
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £77.25 -
% change year-on-year -35.28% - -

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 1,047 1,024 1,339
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 90.22% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 737 917
10th Percentile £260 £300 £279
25th Percentile £375 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 125 128
10th Percentile £27.50 £23.35 £15.90
25th Percentile £44.94 £55.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +44.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.50 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
% change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%

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 21 June 2024.

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 21 June 2024, 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 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
5 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 6 (18.75%) Finance
6 5 (15.63%) VMware
7 4 (12.50%) Agile
7 4 (12.50%) Migration
7 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.38%) DevOps
8 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) VxRail
8 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (9.38%) VMware NSX
8 3 (9.38%) vRealize
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.38%) Oracle
8 3 (9.38%) ERP
8 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
8 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
9 2 (6.25%) Retail
9 2 (6.25%) Local Government
9 2 (6.25%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (6.25%) Software AG
9 2 (6.25%) zOS

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.13%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.25%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) DNS
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Adabas
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Big Data
2 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.13%) Power Query
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
2 6 (18.75%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.13%) REST
1 1 (3.13%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Blog
1 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.13%) Replication
1 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
3 4 (12.50%) Agile
3 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) DevOps
4 3 (9.38%) ERP
4 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
4 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.25%) Cash Management
5 2 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.25%) Kanban
5 2 (6.25%) Project Management
5 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (6.25%) Scrum
5 2 (6.25%) Security Management
5 2 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Natural
2 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) vRealize
1 3 (9.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) VMware
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) FIS
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) Software AG
4 1 (3.13%) Ceridian
4 1 (3.13%) JDA
4 1 (3.13%) SAP