IT Consultant Contracts in Watford

IT Consultant
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median IT Consultant daily rate in Watford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 3.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 31 89 120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 94.68% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 67 81
10th Percentile £312 £270 £180
25th Percentile £416 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £738
90th Percentile - £705 £950
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £429 £500
% change year-on-year +25.36% -14.25% +9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £27.93 £13.12 -
25th Percentile £28.52 £13.48 £21.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £14.31 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.02% -34.94% -37.14%
75th Percentile £41.02 £14.81 £35.08
90th Percentile £45.55 £14.93 £35.80
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £62.25 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.18% -12.00% +25.00%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in Watford

IT Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for IT Consultant in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, IT 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 Watford region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) CAFM
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

IT Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAFM
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft