Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Consultant
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Consultant daily rate in Cheltenham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 29 20
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 15 15
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 5.26% 6.28% 7.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 6.33% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 7
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £463 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £513 £1,075 £713
90th Percentile £528 - £765
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £620 £550
% change year-on-year -19.37% +12.75% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - - £78.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 84 237 197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.42% 99.16% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 102 108
10th Percentile £411 £413 £325
25th Percentile £525 £514 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £681 £676 £688
90th Percentile £800 £956 £741
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 8
10th Percentile - - £24.08
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £28.69
Median hourly rate £14.00 £70.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% +45.83% +25.08%
75th Percentile £25.25 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £60.10 £73.75 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -50.86% +20.00% +37.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cheltenham

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 Cheltenham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SAML
1 5 (100.00%) OpenID
1 5 (100.00%) Ping Identity
1 5 (100.00%) PingFederate
2 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) GDPR
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Aviation
4 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (40.00%) Web SSO
4 2 (40.00%) NIST
4 2 (40.00%) SOC 2
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (40.00%) OAuth
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (40.00%) OAuth2
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (40.00%) GCP
4 2 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) Migration

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Aviation
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) OpenID
1 5 (100.00%) SAML
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
3 2 (40.00%) OAuth
3 2 (40.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Web SSO
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GDPR
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) SOC 2
3 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) PingFederate
2 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Ping Identity
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Salesforce