Consultant Contracts in Devon

Consultant
South West > Devon

The median Consultant daily rate in Devon is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 29 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 13 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 5.46% 0.58% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 0.67% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile - - £261
25th Percentile £425 £450 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -18.37% +15.57%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £700
90th Percentile - - £813
South West median daily rate £545 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +7.39% -7.73% +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 231 150 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 87.72% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 115 161
10th Percentile £150 £131 £158
25th Percentile £250 £300 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% -18.00%
75th Percentile £513 £600 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £674
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 6
10th Percentile £10.90 £36.50 £14.56
25th Percentile £23.63 £55.00 £15.31
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +251.75% -26.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £20.51
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £30.08
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £45.17
% change year-on-year -14.82% +42.95% +1.51%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Devon

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Devon

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Devon over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Devon

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Devon

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Devon region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Plymouth 0 4 £550 +10.00% 3
Exeter - 2 £600 - 7
Torquay - 1 - -
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 Devon region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Ansible
2 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
3 4 (30.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
4 3 (23.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (23.08%) Azure Pipelines
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (23.08%) VPN
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) OneDrive
4 3 (23.08%) Power BI
4 3 (23.08%) IaaS
4 3 (23.08%) PaaS
4 3 (23.08%) Splunk
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
5 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
5 2 (15.38%) Public Sector

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
1 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
2 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 3 (23.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Pipelines
3 3 (23.08%) IaaS
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) OneDrive
3 3 (23.08%) PaaS
4 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) DNS
1 3 (23.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Law
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) E-Procurement
3 1 (7.69%) Focus Group
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Splunk