Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South East

Technical Consultant
England > South East

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the South East is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 140 184
Rank change year-on-year -26 +44 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 2 37 20
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.055% 0.86% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.94% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 4
10th Percentile - £422 -
25th Percentile £363 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -6.98% -
75th Percentile £388 £745 £634
90th Percentile - £820 £674
England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 5
10th Percentile - £59.62 £57.84
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.82 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -30.50% +2.67% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,240 3,953 5,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 92.23% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,093 2,365 3,519
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £370 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -0.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £653 £688 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 236 255
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.65 £27.00 £21.61
Median hourly rate £23.00 £58.43 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.65% +11.30% +80.35%
75th Percentile £50.75 £74.90 £68.62
90th Percentile £71.13 £78.75 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Technical Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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
Thames Valley -28 2 £375 -25.00% 11
Berkshire -14 1 £375 -25.00% 10
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 1
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Technical 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 South East region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft