Consultant Contract Job Trends in Slough

Consultant
Berkshire > Slough

The median Consultant daily rate in Slough is £401, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 5 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 8.93% 11.11% 5.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.62% 11.67% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £254 - £493
25th Percentile £317 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £315 £575
Median % change year-on-year +27.30% -45.22% +41.10%
75th Percentile £478 £408 £644
90th Percentile £484 £463 £678
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -10.41%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 52 60 82
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 95.24% 97.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 66
10th Percentile £188 £184 £280
25th Percentile £393 £315 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £545 £550 £584
90th Percentile £663 £665 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £18.01 - -
25th Percentile £19.83 - £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.79 - £25.12
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.60%
75th Percentile - - £25.89
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% -7.69%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Slough

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Slough

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Slough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Slough over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Slough

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Slough

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Slough region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) BAPI
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) IDoc
2 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Basis
2 2 (40.00%) SAP HANA
2 2 (40.00%) SAP MDG
2 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (20.00%) CIPD
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP MDG
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) BAPI
1 2 (40.00%) IDoc
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Basis
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CIPD
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP