Consultant Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Consultant
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Consultant daily rate in Gloucestershire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 31 37
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 18 16 14
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 4.74% 4.55% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.50% 4.72% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 7
10th Percentile - - £367
25th Percentile £463 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £750 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +36.36% -11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £1,075 £713
90th Percentile £680 - £765
South West median daily rate £589 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +7.05% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
South West median hourly rate - - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 327 339 377
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.05% 96.31% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 215 236
10th Percentile £284 £300 £359
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -0.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 44
10th Percentile £13.50 £34.00 £28.28
25th Percentile £20.23 £63.75 £47.79
Median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -15.27%
75th Percentile £63.29 £72.50 £78.09
90th Percentile £69.09 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £37.50 £65.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -42.31% +12.09% -10.78%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham 0 10 £475 -36.67% 5
Wotton-under-Edge - 4 £450 -
Gloucester - 2 £700 - 1
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) PingFederate
2 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 7 (38.89%) Web SSO
5 6 (33.33%) ERP
5 6 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (27.78%) Data Governance
6 5 (27.78%) OpenID
6 5 (27.78%) Ping Identity
6 5 (27.78%) SAML
7 4 (22.22%) Data Management
7 4 (22.22%) Data Quality
7 4 (22.22%) GDPR
7 4 (22.22%) Inventory Management
7 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (22.22%) LDAP
7 4 (22.22%) Master Data Management
7 4 (22.22%) OCI
7 4 (22.22%) Oracle
7 4 (22.22%) Supply Chain Planning
8 3 (16.67%) Migration
8 3 (16.67%) User Experience
9 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
9 2 (11.11%) AWS
9 2 (11.11%) Azure
9 2 (11.11%) CISM
9 2 (11.11%) CISSP
9 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS

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

Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) OCI
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Aviation
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) OpenID
1 5 (27.78%) SAML
2 4 (22.22%) LDAP
3 2 (11.11%) OAuth
3 2 (11.11%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Web SSO
2 6 (33.33%) ERP
2 6 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (27.78%) Data Governance
4 4 (22.22%) Data Management
4 4 (22.22%) Inventory Management
4 4 (22.22%) Master Data Management
4 4 (22.22%) Supply Chain Planning
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) User Experience
6 2 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.56%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.56%) ITIL
7 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma
7 1 (5.56%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Supply Chain Management
7 1 (5.56%) Target Operating Model
7 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 2 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 4 (22.22%) GDPR
1 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
3 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) PingFederate
2 9 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Ping Identity
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.56%) OpenText