Technical Consultant Contracts in Gloucestershire

Technical Consultant
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Gloucestershire is £540 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 61 60
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.72% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.45% 0.40%
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 -
South West median daily rate £540 £620 £450
% change year-on-year -12.90% +37.78% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 379 444 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 92.50% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 306 409
10th Percentile £300 £323 £179
25th Percentile £425 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £588
90th Percentile £743 £700 £658
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 38 13
10th Percentile £15.05 £35.00 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.79 £50.63 £12.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £71.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% +257.50% -60.00%
75th Percentile £69.69 £81.98 £37.50
90th Percentile £72.88 £83.40 £57.04
South West median hourly rate £49.00 £65.00 £45.60
% change year-on-year -24.62% +42.54% +7.29%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in Gloucestershire

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in Gloucestershire

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 3 £540 -12.90%
Technical Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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