Consultant Contracts in Wokingham

Consultant
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Consultant daily rate in Wokingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 17 16
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 1.69% 4.29% 6.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 4.35% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -24.29% -
75th Percentile - £540 £750
90th Percentile - £546 -
Berkshire median daily rate £590 £634 £605
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.83% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - £61.60 £64.68
% change year-on-year - -4.75% -23.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 150 69 66
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.75% 98.57% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 56 39
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £381 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £638
90th Percentile £662 £675 £758
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34.10
25th Percentile - - £46.06
Median hourly rate £14.30 - £66.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Wokingham

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Wokingham

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Wokingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Wokingham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) API Design
1 1 (33.33%) API Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure API Management
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) API Design
1 1 (33.33%) API Integration
1 1 (33.33%) API Management
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Log Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Optimization Problems
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Statistical Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft