Consultant Contract Job Trends in Hatfield

Consultant
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The median Consultant daily rate in Hatfield is £512, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 8 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 10.53% 3.70% 8.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 4.35% 8.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £249 - -
25th Percentile £442 £613 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £625 £375
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% +66.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £524 £638 £425
90th Percentile £620 - £470
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hatfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hatfield. 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 Hatfield with a recognized job title 56 23 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 73.68% 85.19% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 12 27
10th Percentile £104 £245 £230
25th Percentile £458 £425 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +8.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £575
90th Percentile £660 £599 £605
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.16% -5.00% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 14
10th Percentile £14.14 £14.14 £12.34
25th Percentile £16.02 - £13.16
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.10 £14.45
Median % change year-on-year +15.86% +4.50% -18.45%
75th Percentile £18.82 £15.73 £17.00
90th Percentile £19.91 £16.35 £17.72
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £48.29 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.52% -7.69% +8.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Hatfield

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Hatfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Hatfield over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Hatfield

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Hatfield

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Hatfield region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (50.00%) System Testing
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (12.50%) ABAP
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Computacenter
5 1 (12.50%) Critical Success Factor
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Degree

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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 1 (12.50%) SAP HCM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Fieldglass
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) French Language
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) System Testing
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) WFM
5 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Computacenter
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft