Consultant Contracts in Bristol

Consultant
South West > Bristol

The median Consultant daily rate in Bristol is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 46 73
Rank change year-on-year -4 +27 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 29 45 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.71% 3.91% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 4.34% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 19
10th Percentile £405 £361 £395
25th Percentile £460 £459 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -5.41% +11.00%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £679
90th Percentile £649 £679 £755
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.73% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £72.50 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £72.69 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £79.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £87.19 -
90th Percentile - £90.63 -
South West median hourly rate £56.25 £77.25 -
% change year-on-year -27.18% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,020 1,036 1,347
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.15% 90.09% 94.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 750 925
10th Percentile £258 £300 £282
25th Percentile £375 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £588
90th Percentile £688 £707 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 127 123
10th Percentile £27.50 £28.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £44.94 £55.63 £16.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £42.57
Median % change year-on-year - +52.69% +0.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
% change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +1.57%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Bristol region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
4 6 (20.69%) Finance
5 5 (17.24%) VMware
5 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
6 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (13.79%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Oracle
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (10.34%) vRealize
7 3 (10.34%) VxRail
7 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (10.34%) VMware NSX
8 2 (6.90%) FIS
8 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
8 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.90%) NIST
8 2 (6.90%) Budgeting

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.45%) Power Query
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Local Government
6 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Blog
1 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.45%) Replication
1 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) DevOps
4 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.90%) Cash Management
5 2 (6.90%) Customer Journey Map
5 2 (6.90%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.90%) ERP
5 2 (6.90%) Kanban
5 2 (6.90%) Project Management
5 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (6.90%) Scrum
5 2 (6.90%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) vRealize
1 3 (10.34%) VxRail
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) VMware
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 2 (6.90%) FIS
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Ceridian
4 1 (3.45%) JDA
4 1 (3.45%) SAP