Technical Consultant Contracts in the Thames Valley

Technical Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £455 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 142 147
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 11 4 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.14% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.15% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 14
10th Percentile £422 £436 £405
25th Percentile - £484 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £579 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +10.24% +6.06%
75th Percentile £538 £684 £538
90th Percentile £545 £739 £581
South East median daily rate £510 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -5.12% +2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £61.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year +2.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,527 2,756 3,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.09% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 1,906 2,270
10th Percentile £206 £313 £189
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Technical Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in the Thames Valley

Technical Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Berkshire -6 10 £455 -21.38% 3
Buckinghamshire +26 1 - -
Technical Consultant
South East

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Technical 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 Thames Valley region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 8 (72.73%) SAP
2 8 (72.73%) SAP Basis
3 7 (63.64%) SAP HANA
3 7 (63.64%) Oracle Database
3 7 (63.64%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (63.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (45.45%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (45.45%) High Availability
6 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (36.36%) Change Management
7 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
7 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
8 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Finance
8 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (9.09%) Web Services
9 1 (9.09%) CRM
9 1 (9.09%) ERP
9 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 1 (9.09%) TDD
9 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (63.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle Database
1 7 (63.64%) SAP HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) SAP Basis
2 5 (45.45%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (54.55%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (45.45%) High Availability
5 4 (36.36%) Change Management
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (9.09%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
7 1 (9.09%) CRM
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Insight
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
7 1 (9.09%) Data Conversion
7 1 (9.09%) Data Mapping
7 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) Feature Driven Development
7 1 (9.09%) TDD
7 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
1 8 (72.73%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Kenna