Consultant Contracts in Worcestershire

Consultant
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Consultant daily rate in Worcestershire is £644 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 7 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 8.64% 4.96% 3.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.97% 5.08% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £571 £544 £298
25th Percentile £616 £553 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £588 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% +42.42% +3.13%
75th Percentile £675 £609 £519
90th Percentile £713 £611 £553
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% +13.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 78 118 109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 97.52% 97.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 87 80
10th Percentile £189 £361 £196
25th Percentile £228 £431 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £360
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +45.83% -8.86%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £476
90th Percentile £664 £675 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile £10.50 £16.11 £12.38
25th Percentile £11.15 £17.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £17.33 £17.71 £15.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +12.95% +4.53%
75th Percentile £23.19 £17.72 £17.97
90th Percentile £67.63 - £19.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +15.79% +9.95% +4.73%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Worcestershire

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Worcestershire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Worcestershire

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Worcestershire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Malvern - 2 £700 -
Worcester +7 1 - -
Consultant
West Midlands

Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 Worcestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (14.29%) SAFe Agilist
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Software Assurance
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
3 1 (14.29%) Agile

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Software Assurance
2 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SAFe Agilist
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP