Technical Consultant Contracts in Reading

Technical Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Reading is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.42% 0.097% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £447
25th Percentile - - £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £635
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.54%
75th Percentile - - £801
90th Percentile - - £876
Berkshire median daily rate £455 £579 £525
% change year-on-year -21.38% +10.24% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £61.60 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,111 991 1,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.66% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 658 876
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £455 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £594
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 25 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -2.33%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in Reading

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in Reading

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in Reading

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 26 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 Reading region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) SAP HANA
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (80.00%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (20.00%) Kenna
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (80.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 4 (80.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) High Availability
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Kenna