Consultant Contracts in Dorset

Consultant
South West > Dorset

The median Consultant daily rate in Dorset is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 28 29
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 13 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 7.22% 3.72% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.30% 4.02% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile £585 - £264
25th Percentile £603 £488 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £730 £522 £503
90th Percentile £734 £528 £531
South West median daily rate £550 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.73% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 178 199 194
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.89% 92.56% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 117 111
10th Percentile £175 £200 £200
25th Percentile £175 £290 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +20.63%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £588
90th Percentile £734 £680 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 47 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.55 £19.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 £43.33
Median hourly rate £18.00 £54.83 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.17% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £56.49 £61.35 £67.54
90th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
% change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +5.12%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Dorset over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Dorset

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Bournemouth -2 3 £650 - 1
Poole - 3 £730 - 3
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Dorset region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (53.85%) SAP
3 6 (46.15%) ABAP
3 6 (46.15%) Migration
3 6 (46.15%) Data Migration
4 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) SAP PS
6 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (7.69%) NCSC
7 1 (7.69%) NIST
7 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
7 1 (7.69%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (7.69%) CLAS
7 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (7.69%) Data Engineering
7 1 (7.69%) Cyber Resilience
7 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
7 1 (7.69%) RMADS
7 1 (7.69%) Information Assurance
7 1 (7.69%) Business Process Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Splunk

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

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (84.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (15.38%) SAP PS
3 1 (7.69%) SAP PP
3 1 (7.69%) SAP QM
General
1 4 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Data Migration
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (7.69%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) Information Assurance
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Quality Management
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) CLAS
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) RMADS
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk