Consultant Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Consultant
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Consultant daily rate in Southampton is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 9 7 13
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 5.42% 5.00% 8.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.43% 5.07% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile - £538 £411
25th Percentile £403 £575 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £600 £445
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +34.83% -5.32%
75th Percentile £525 - £613
90th Percentile £599 £615 £684
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 140 138 146
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.34% 98.57% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 91 104
10th Percentile £163 £208 £215
25th Percentile £353 £319 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £521
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.22% +3.17%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £616
90th Percentile £650 £638 £660
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.73% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 12
10th Percentile £22.50 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.72%
75th Percentile £72.25 - £33.94
90th Percentile £74.87 - £39.45
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.89 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -31.74% -30.00% +14.94%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Southampton

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Southampton

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Southampton over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Southampton

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Southampton

Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Security
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Intel
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Data Security
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
2 1 (11.11%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Intel