Consultant Contracts in Hampshire

Consultant
South East > Hampshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Hampshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 42 72 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.63% 4.47% 4.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.90% 4.96% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 61 37
10th Percentile £520 £460 £468
25th Percentile £550 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £580 £591
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.85% -1.52%
75th Percentile £666 £638 £713
90th Percentile £713 £688 £811
South East median daily rate £556 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -3.26% -2.21% +6.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.75 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -25.00%
75th Percentile £86.25 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £88.00
South East median hourly rate £76.25 £61.60 £64.68
% change year-on-year +23.78% -4.75% -21.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 712 1,451 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 90.12% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 824 865
10th Percentile £280 £363 £232
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £620
90th Percentile £661 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 173 106
10th Percentile £20.03 £13.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £33.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%
75th Percentile £71.25 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Hampshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Hampshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Hampshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Hampshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Portsmouth +9 13 £550 -8.33% 19
Basingstoke +32 7 £625 - 17
Southampton 0 5 £600 +23.08% 22
Havant +3 4 £600 -2.44%
Gosport - 3 £600 -
Andover +3 2 - -
Farnborough -10 2 £638 +18.72% 2
Hook +6 1 £550 -
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (45.24%) Migration
1 19 (45.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.19%) Data Migration
4 10 (23.81%) ERP
5 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.67%) Infor
6 7 (16.67%) Infor LN
7 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 6 (14.29%) PL/SQL
7 6 (14.29%) SQL
7 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (11.90%) Oracle
8 5 (11.90%) Finance
8 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
8 5 (11.90%) Splunk
8 5 (11.90%) Translating Business Requirements
9 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (7.14%) Perl
10 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
10 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (7.14%) IFS
10 3 (7.14%) SCADA
10 3 (7.14%) SAP
10 3 (7.14%) SOAP
10 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
10 3 (7.14%) GIS
10 3 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Infor LN
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.76%) SAP IBP
3 2 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.38%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.38%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
1 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Firewall
1 2 (4.76%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) GIS
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Electronics
5 1 (2.38%) Marketing
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) SOAP
2 1 (2.38%) EntireX
2 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 3 (7.14%) SCADA
2 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.38%) CSOC
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Migration
2 11 (26.19%) Data Migration
3 10 (23.81%) ERP
4 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (11.90%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (4.76%) Analytics
8 2 (4.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 2 (4.76%) Business Transformation
8 2 (4.76%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (4.76%) Incident Response
8 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
8 2 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (4.76%) Runbook
8 2 (4.76%) Security Operations
8 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (4.76%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 6 (14.29%) SQL
2 3 (7.14%) Perl
3 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (45.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) NIST
1 3 (7.14%) NIST 800
2 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Infor
2 5 (11.90%) Oracle
2 5 (11.90%) Splunk
3 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 3 (7.14%) IFS
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) SAP
4 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.38%) BMC
5 1 (2.38%) IBM
5 1 (2.38%) Software AG
5 1 (2.38%) Tenable
5 1 (2.38%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) webMethods