Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in Watford

Technical Consultant
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in Watford is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £440 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -39.13%

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 54 75 112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 91.46% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 55 85
10th Percentile £244 £257 £170
25th Percentile £400 £306 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% +13.43%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £675
90th Percentile £615 £638 £745
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +9.89% -3.90% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £17.53 £13.28 £17.10
25th Percentile £23.96 £13.69 £18.37
Median hourly rate £29.51 £14.31 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +106.18% -33.35% -38.64%
75th Percentile £33.82 £14.94 £24.32
90th Percentile £34.44 £16.88 £25.43
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £47.90 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% -11.54% +13.04%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in Watford

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Watford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in Watford

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Technical 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 Watford region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle