Consultant Contracts in Hertfordshire

Consultant
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Hertfordshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 54 45
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 34 22 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.00% 2.85% 3.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% 3.08% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 22
10th Percentile £281 £454 £193
25th Percentile £325 £467 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £613 £797 £638
90th Percentile £703 £888 £669
East of England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.55% - -
75th Percentile £47.50 £23.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +104.55% -51.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 757 714 715
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.06% 92.61% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 405 453
10th Percentile £230 £220 £163
25th Percentile £313 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £668 £750 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 131 75
10th Percentile £38.40 £20.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +44.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.87% +138.86% +9.38%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Hertfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Hertfordshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Hertfordshire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Hertfordshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Watford +7 14 £350 -54.84% 3
Hatfield -6 5 £388 -29.55% 4
Hemel Hempstead +12 3 £350 -50.00% 1
Stevenage - 3 £400 -
St Albans - 1 - - 3
Consultant
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (32.35%) SAP
2 8 (23.53%) SAP Basis
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.59%) ERP
4 6 (17.65%) Finance
4 6 (17.65%) Incident Response
5 5 (14.71%) SAP IBP
5 5 (14.71%) IFS
5 5 (14.71%) SAP HANA
5 5 (14.71%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (14.71%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (14.71%) SAP BW
5 5 (14.71%) NetWeaver
5 5 (14.71%) Unix
5 5 (14.71%) Linux
5 5 (14.71%) SAP Security
6 4 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 4 (11.76%) SAP Certification
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 4 (11.76%) Presales
7 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (8.82%) 5G
7 3 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.82%) ITIL
7 3 (8.82%) EPoS
7 3 (8.82%) Wireless
7 3 (8.82%) 4G
7 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 5 (14.71%) NetWeaver
2 2 (5.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP IBP
2 3 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) 4G
1 3 (8.82%) 5G
1 3 (8.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SAP BW
1 5 (14.71%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) SAP Basis
2 5 (14.71%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) EPoS
2 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.94%) IVR
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
1 5 (14.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) ERP
2 6 (17.65%) Incident Response
3 5 (14.71%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (14.71%) SAP Security
4 4 (11.76%) Presales
4 4 (11.76%) Problem Management
4 4 (11.76%) Project Management
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (8.82%) ITIL
5 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Change Management
6 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) ITSM
6 2 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (5.88%) Process Management
6 2 (5.88%) Service Management
6 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.88%) Test Management
6 2 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) SAP Certification
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) PhD
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) GPFS
1 2 (5.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) SAP
2 5 (14.71%) IFS
3 2 (5.88%) Dell
3 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Genesys