Consultant Contracts in Wales

Consultant
UK > Wales

The median Consultant daily rate in Wales is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 18 21 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.17% 4.68% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.77% 5.13% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 10
10th Percentile £343 £513 £337
25th Percentile £363 £550 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £649 £644 £588
90th Percentile £688 £725 £708
UK median daily rate £550 £552 £550
% change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 312 409 515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 91.09% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 264 384
10th Percentile £185 £140 £161
25th Percentile £266 £210 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £488 £543 £586
90th Percentile £600 £623 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 57 36
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.90 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.81 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +41.12% +9.94%
75th Percentile £23.75 £48.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £29.04 £62.50 £41.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% -5.88% +65.50%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Wales over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 July 2025. 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
South Wales +12 18 £438 -27.08% 35
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, 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 Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) OAuth
3 4 (22.22%) JSON
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) BPEL
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle BPM
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle Service Bus
3 4 (22.22%) REST
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (22.22%) OAuth2
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle Database
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Oracle
3 4 (22.22%) WebLogic
3 4 (22.22%) SAP
3 4 (22.22%) SOAP
3 4 (22.22%) XML
3 4 (22.22%) XSD
3 4 (22.22%) PL/SQL
3 4 (22.22%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) SOA
3 4 (22.22%) Validation
3 4 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
3 4 (22.22%) OpenAPI
3 4 (22.22%) API Management
3 4 (22.22%) Virtual Team
3 4 (22.22%) SDLC

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (22.22%) Oracle Service Bus
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (22.22%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (11.11%) SAP WM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) JSON
1 4 (22.22%) OAuth
1 4 (22.22%) OAuth2
1 4 (22.22%) OpenAPI
1 4 (22.22%) REST
1 4 (22.22%) SOAP
1 4 (22.22%) Swagger
1 4 (22.22%) XML
1 4 (22.22%) XSD
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Team
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) API Design
2 4 (22.22%) API Management
2 4 (22.22%) BPEL
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) SDLC
2 4 (22.22%) SOA
2 4 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (22.22%) Validation
3 3 (16.67%) Logistics
3 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) CRM
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.56%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (5.56%) Threat Management
5 1 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (5.56%) User Experience
5 1 (5.56%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PL/SQL
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Software AG
3 1 (5.56%) webMethods