Technical Consultant Contracts in Cheltenham

Technical Consultant
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Cheltenham is £540 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
6 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 1.59% 1.24% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.28% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £448 £596 -
25th Percentile £483 £605 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £620 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +37.78% -
75th Percentile - £635 £475
90th Percentile - £644 -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £540 £620 £450
% change year-on-year -12.90% +37.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 172 156 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 96.89% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 110 97
10th Percentile £363 £324 £174
25th Percentile £475 £506 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +13.85% +7.89%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £588
90th Percentile £748 £750 £680
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £67.10 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.38 £67.25 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +535.29% -74.50%
75th Percentile £72.06 £92.25 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.13 £93.60 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -45.21% +143.33% -40.00%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in Cheltenham

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in Cheltenham

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Technical 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 Cheltenham region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) OpenText
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) HP UFT
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Intacct
2 1 (33.33%) Sage
2 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 2 (66.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Intacct
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) HP UFT
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) OpenText
2 1 (33.33%) Sage
7 Technical Consultant jobs in Gloucestershire