Software Consultant
UK
The median Software Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 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 | 571 | 700 | 788 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +129 | +88 | -117 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Consultant | 16 | 6 | 43 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.010% | 0.049% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.011% | 0.051% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £481 | £550 | £478 |
| 25th Percentile | £517 | £622 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £738 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.42% | +22.92% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £584 | £800 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £654 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £663 | £675 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.85% | +42.11% | +3.83% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £41.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | £45.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £47.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £49.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 39,586 | 54,569 | 84,106 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.66% | 95.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,744 | 38,105 | 59,089 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,669 | 1,523 | 2,070 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.18 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.38% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.02 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Consultant.
Software Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Consultant over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
Software Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Consultant.
Software Consultant
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +122 | 11 | £550 | -31.25% | 11 |
| England | +120 | 11 | £550 | -25.42% | 14 |
| London | +88 | 7 | £550 | -31.25% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +67 | 4 | £663 | -1.85% | 7 |
| South East | +22 | 2 | £575 | -14.81% | 4 |
| South West | +10 | 1 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £750 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £750 | - | 1 |
Software Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Software 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 featuring Software Consultant in the job title.
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Software Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: