Consultant Contracts in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant daily rate in the South East is £580 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 35 53
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 334 317 329
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.05% 5.60% 4.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.56% 5.92% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 206 213
10th Percentile £425 £450 £397
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% +6.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £686 £700 £638
90th Percentile £765 £750 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 3
10th Percentile £52.90 £55.94 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.18 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% -19.16% +29.03%
75th Percentile - £72.80 £85.00
90th Percentile £62.88 £83.98 £86.50
England median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £70.25
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.05% +22.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,092 5,355 7,311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.68% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,071 3,735 4,969
10th Percentile £213 £221 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £619 £605 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 242 323
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.53 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.33 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -19.19%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £77.40 £75.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Consultant in the South East

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 Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +6 212 £605 +0.83% 65
Berkshire +2 184 £625 -1.96% 31
Hampshire +8 75 £583 -1.34% 30
Buckinghamshire +20 21 £475 -15.93% 18
West Sussex +2 15 £515 +5.10% 3
Surrey -1 11 £528 -4.09% 21
Oxfordshire +8 7 £463 -11.90% 16
Kent +6 4 £540 +27.06% 10
East Sussex +2 4 £475 -20.83% 15
M4 Corridor - 2 £510 -
Home Counties +4 1 - -
Middlesex +2 1 - -
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 126 (37.72%) Security Cleared
2 121 (36.23%) SAP
3 82 (24.55%) SC Cleared
4 74 (22.16%) Social Skills
5 60 (17.96%) DV Cleared
6 47 (14.07%) Finance
7 44 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (11.68%) Oracle
10 35 (10.48%) Public Sector
11 30 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
12 27 (8.08%) SAP QM
13 26 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
14 25 (7.49%) Roadmaps
14 25 (7.49%) Microsoft
14 25 (7.49%) Telecoms
15 24 (7.19%) Agile
15 24 (7.19%) PLM
15 24 (7.19%) Azure
16 21 (6.29%) Information Security
16 21 (6.29%) User Acceptance Testing
17 20 (5.99%) Migration
18 19 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
19 18 (5.39%) GAP Analysis
19 18 (5.39%) Robotics
19 18 (5.39%) Rational DOORS
19 18 (5.39%) SAP S/4HANA
20 17 (5.09%) Oracle EBS R12
20 17 (5.09%) SAP EWM
20 17 (5.09%) Business Strategy

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.20%) NetWeaver
2 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (8.08%) SAP QM
2 18 (5.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (5.09%) Oracle EBS R12
3 17 (5.09%) SAP EWM
4 13 (3.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (3.89%) SAP PSCD
5 11 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (2.40%) SAP BRIM
6 8 (2.40%) SAP Hybris
7 7 (2.10%) Maximo
8 6 (1.80%) SAP FI
9 4 (1.20%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.90%) SAP FI-CA
10 3 (0.90%) SAP PLM
11 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.19%) Azure
2 11 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (2.40%) AWS
3 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (2.40%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (2.10%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.20%) SaaS
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon S3
7 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.60%) IaaS
8 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.79%) Ethernet
1 16 (4.79%) Network Security
2 15 (4.49%) Radio Access Network
3 11 (3.29%) Firewall
4 9 (2.69%) 3G
4 9 (2.69%) 4G
4 9 (2.69%) 5G
5 5 (1.50%) VPN
6 4 (1.20%) DNS
6 4 (1.20%) WAN
7 3 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.90%) FTP
7 3 (0.90%) Internet
7 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.60%) LAN
8 2 (0.60%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.60%) VSAN
9 1 (0.30%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.19%) Oracle Database
2 13 (3.89%) SAP HANA
3 7 (2.10%) Power BI
4 5 (1.50%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.20%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.60%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.30%) Power Query
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (5.39%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (2.99%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (1.20%) JIRA
4 1 (0.30%) NWDI
4 1 (0.30%) NWDS
General
1 74 (22.16%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.07%) Finance
3 35 (10.48%) Public Sector
4 30 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.49%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.79%) Electronics
7 10 (2.99%) Billing
8 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.10%) Retail
10 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.20%) French Language
11 4 (1.20%) German Language
12 3 (0.90%) Marketing
12 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Polish Language
14 1 (0.30%) Advertising
14 1 (0.30%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.49%) SAP Basis
2 11 (3.29%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.90%) Visualforce
4 2 (0.60%) CSS
4 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.60%) HTML
4 2 (0.60%) Web Services
4 2 (0.60%) XML
5 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.30%) IDoc
5 1 (0.30%) Kafka
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.30%) React
5 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.30%) REST
5 1 (0.30%) SOAP
5 1 (0.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.39%) Robotics
2 16 (4.79%) Analogue Electronics
3 12 (3.59%) Operational Technology
4 10 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.20%) IoT
7 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) CMDB
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.90%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.60%) iPad
9 2 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.60%) SCADA
9 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.49%) Linux
2 14 (4.19%) Windows
3 8 (2.40%) Unix
4 7 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (7.49%) Roadmaps
5 24 (7.19%) Agile
5 24 (7.19%) PLM
6 21 (6.29%) Information Security
6 21 (6.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (5.99%) Migration
8 19 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (5.39%) GAP Analysis
10 17 (5.09%) Business Strategy
11 16 (4.79%) DevOps
11 16 (4.79%) Integration Testing
11 16 (4.79%) Prototyping
11 16 (4.79%) Requirements Management
11 16 (4.79%) Systems Engineering
12 15 (4.49%) Design for Manufacturing
12 15 (4.49%) Procure-to-Pay
12 15 (4.49%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.29%) SQL
2 9 (2.69%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.50%) ABAP
4 2 (0.60%) Ada
4 2 (0.60%) C
4 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.60%) Groovy
4 2 (0.60%) Java
4 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.60%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.30%) PHP
5 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 126 (37.72%) Security Cleared
2 82 (24.55%) SC Cleared
3 60 (17.96%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.99%) CISSP
5 9 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.40%) CISM
7 7 (2.10%) CRISC
7 7 (2.10%) Degree
8 6 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (1.80%) CISA
8 6 (1.80%) CISMP
8 6 (1.80%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.20%) ISACA
10 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.60%) CCNP
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.30%) ACCA
11 1 (0.30%) CCIE
11 1 (0.30%) CCNA
11 1 (0.30%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.49%) NIST
2 13 (3.89%) GDPR
3 12 (3.59%) COBIT
4 10 (2.99%) GRC
4 10 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.50%) IFRS
6 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.90%) QA
7 2 (0.60%) RMADS
7 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (1.50%) VMware NSX
2 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) vSphere
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.20%) VxRail
2 3 (0.90%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) Ansible
3 2 (0.60%) Grafana
3 2 (0.60%) Graylog
3 2 (0.60%) Nagios
3 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.60%) vRealize
4 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 121 (36.23%) SAP
2 39 (11.68%) Oracle
3 25 (7.49%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.99%) ArcSight
4 10 (2.99%) VMware
5 7 (2.10%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.50%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.20%) Concur
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco
8 3 (0.90%) EMC
8 3 (0.90%) Informatica
8 3 (0.90%) Juniper
8 3 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.90%) Sage
8 3 (0.90%) Splunk
9 2 (0.60%) IBM
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.30%) Okta
10 1 (0.30%) UiPath
10 1 (0.30%) Workday