Senior Consultant Contracts in the South West

Senior Consultant
England > South West

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in the South West is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 136 153
Rank change year-on-year +20 +17 +15
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 3 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.16% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £480 -
25th Percentile £663 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% +12.38% -30.00%
75th Percentile £688 £641 £538
90th Percentile - £662 -
England median daily rate £586 £590 £594
% change year-on-year -0.68% -0.63% -1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.75 £56.89 £56.89
% change year-on-year +8.55% - +62.53%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,705 2,527 3,176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 92.43% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,607 2,198
10th Percentile £220 £228 £300
25th Percentile £363 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% +1.92%
75th Percentile £624 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 299 280
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.82 £18.26
25th Percentile £18.13 £32.49 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in the South West

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West

Senior Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +24 2 £675 +22.73% 3
Bristol +9 1 - - 7
Senior Consultant
England

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Senior 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 West region featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Software AG
1 1 (33.33%) EntireX
1 1 (33.33%) webMethods
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (33.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EntireX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Software AG
1 1 (33.33%) webMethods