Consultant Contracts in South Wales

Consultant
Wales > South Wales

The median Consultant daily rate in South Wales is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 48
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 14 13 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 5.91% 4.08% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.11% 4.56% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 6
10th Percentile £338 £456 £323
25th Percentile - £481 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% +21.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £475 £725 £584
90th Percentile £688 - £609
Wales median daily rate £400 £594 £525
% change year-on-year -32.63% +13.10% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 229 285 462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.62% 89.34% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 201 354
10th Percentile £163 £143 £183
25th Percentile £257 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £475 £550 £586
90th Percentile £620 £625 £650
Wales median daily rate £381 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -15.28% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.48 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.35 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +22.84% +12.20% -8.89%
75th Percentile £44.06 £53.44 £21.50
90th Percentile £47.63 £86.90 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +17.89% +5.21% -8.89%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Cardiff +10 14 £400 -20.99% 9
Consultant
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 South Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 4 (28.57%) SAP
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 4 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) SAP WM
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Power BI
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
5 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Product Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) User Research
5 1 (7.14%) Wireframes
5 1 (7.14%) Domain Models

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (14.29%) SAP WM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
2 1 (7.14%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (7.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Data Extraction
5 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Domain Models
5 1 (7.14%) Information Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (7.14%) UX Design
5 1 (7.14%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 4 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Software AG
2 1 (7.14%) webMethods