Consultant Contracts in the South West

Consultant
England > South West

The median Consultant daily rate in the South West is £506 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 67 75
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 104 117 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.30% 3.33% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 3.60% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 76 83
10th Percentile £313 £450 £333
25th Percentile £425 £475 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -2.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £613
90th Percentile £753 £675 £695
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 0
10th Percentile £50.88 £60.45 -
25th Percentile £52.19 £64.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.25 £77.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% - -
75th Percentile £62.19 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £64.63 £92.63 -
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,937 3,249 3,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 92.49% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,862 2,432 2,513
10th Percentile £210 £275 £225
25th Percentile £397 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £718 £667
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 258 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.92 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +35.04% +11.76%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.53 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.55 £83.40 £69.11
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Contract 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 Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Wiltshire -8 31 £625 +19.05% 21
Bristol +5 28 £506 -3.57% 69
Gloucestershire +14 15 £505 -12.55% 19
Somerset +7 10 £300 -30.43% 6
Devon +5 7 £450 -10.00% 22
Dorset -4 1 - - 6
Cornwall - 1 £625 -
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 West region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 37 (35.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (25.96%) DV Cleared
2 27 (25.96%) Social Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Microsoft
4 20 (19.23%) Finance
5 15 (14.42%) Public Sector
6 13 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (11.54%) SC Cleared
7 12 (11.54%) Oracle
7 12 (11.54%) Migration
7 12 (11.54%) Agile
7 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.58%) SAP
9 10 (9.62%) Risk Management
9 10 (9.62%) NIST
10 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (8.65%) Azure
10 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (7.69%) Analytics
11 8 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (7.69%) Data Migration
11 8 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
12 7 (6.73%) CISSP
12 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing
12 7 (6.73%) RMADS
12 7 (6.73%) Supply Chain Management
12 7 (6.73%) Information Assurance

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.92%) CMS
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (1.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.92%) SAP HCM
3 2 (1.92%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.96%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.96%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.96%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.96%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.96%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.96%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.96%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.65%) Azure
2 8 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.85%) AWS
6 4 (3.85%) OCI
7 3 (2.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.88%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (2.88%) IaaS
7 3 (2.88%) PaaS
8 2 (1.92%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.92%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.96%) GCP
9 1 (0.96%) Intacct
9 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.81%) DNS
2 4 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.88%) VPN
4 2 (1.92%) Firewall
4 2 (1.92%) LAN
4 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.92%) WAN
4 2 (1.92%) WLAN
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.96%) Network Security
5 1 (0.96%) SAN
5 1 (0.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) Power BI
2 2 (1.92%) Big Data
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle ODI
2 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.92%) Power Query
3 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) HP UFT
1 2 (1.92%) JIRA
1 2 (1.92%) LoadRunner
General
1 27 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.23%) Finance
3 15 (14.42%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.81%) Electronics
7 4 (3.85%) Marketing
7 4 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.88%) Local Government
9 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.92%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.92%) Law
9 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Billing
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.96%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.96%) .NET
2 1 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.96%) JSON
2 1 (0.96%) Lucene
2 1 (0.96%) REST
2 1 (0.96%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.96%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.96%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (4.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 5 (4.81%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (1.92%) CMDB
2 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.96%) Blog
3 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.96%) Cyberattack
3 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.96%) Replication
3 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
3 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (11.54%) Agile
2 12 (11.54%) Migration
2 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (9.62%) Risk Management
4 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (7.69%) Analytics
5 8 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 8 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (6.73%) DevOps
6 7 (6.73%) Information Assurance
6 7 (6.73%) Protective Monitoring
6 7 (6.73%) SIEM
6 7 (6.73%) Supply Chain Management
7 6 (5.77%) Mentoring
7 6 (5.77%) Project Management
8 5 (4.81%) ERP
8 5 (4.81%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (4.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.77%) SQL
2 4 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.92%) Python
4 1 (0.96%) C#
4 1 (0.96%) Java
4 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.96%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (35.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (25.96%) DV Cleared
3 12 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.73%) CISSP
5 5 (4.81%) CESG Certified Professional
5 5 (4.81%) CLAS
6 4 (3.85%) Degree
6 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.88%) CISM
8 2 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.96%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) NIST
2 7 (6.73%) RMADS
3 6 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.81%) JSP 440
5 3 (2.88%) GDPR
5 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.92%) COBIT
6 2 (1.92%) COSO
6 2 (1.92%) PMO
7 1 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.88%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Ansible
1 3 (2.88%) vRealize
1 3 (2.88%) VxRail
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) Oracle
3 11 (10.58%) SAP
4 6 (5.77%) VMware
5 3 (2.88%) Splunk
6 2 (1.92%) FIS
6 2 (1.92%) OpenText
6 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco
7 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.96%) Google
7 1 (0.96%) Infor
7 1 (0.96%) Sage
7 1 (0.96%) Thales