Consultant Contracts in Portsmouth

Consultant
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Consultant daily rate in Portsmouth is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 25 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 11 22 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 9.02% 7.38% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.65% 8.00% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 2
10th Percentile £524 £532 £553
25th Percentile £541 £563 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -23.54%
75th Percentile - £688 £573
90th Percentile - £850 £577
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £580 £591
% change year-on-year +3.45% -1.85% -1.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 114 275 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 92.28% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 115 144
10th Percentile £200 £400 £202
25th Percentile £400 £450 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +12.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £570
90th Percentile £626 £840 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £537 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.57% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 105 20
10th Percentile £25.73 £49.23 £43.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £53.40 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.44 £57.20
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +3.91% +37.84%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £66.07
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.86 £70.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +144.19%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Portsmouth

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Portsmouth

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Portsmouth

Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 3 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 Portsmouth region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) ERP
2 6 (54.55%) Infor
2 6 (54.55%) Infor LN
3 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
3 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) SCADA
4 3 (27.27%) GIS
4 3 (27.27%) Perl
4 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) SOAP
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
5 1 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (9.09%) IFS
5 1 (9.09%) Workflow
5 1 (9.09%) Workflow Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) GIS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
1 3 (27.27%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) ERP
2 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Perl
1 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Infor
2 1 (9.09%) IFS
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