Technical Consultant Contracts in the South East

Technical Consultant
England > South East

The median Technical Consultant daily rate in the South East is £455 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 204 236
Rank change year-on-year +30 +32 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 18 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.16% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.17% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 20
10th Percentile £433 £506 £409
25th Percentile - £514 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £556 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.20% +5.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £524 £653 £553
90th Percentile £543 £726 £614
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £60.80 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +2.67% -14.29% +13.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,047 5,336 7,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 94.63% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,032 3,724 5,067
10th Percentile £213 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £392 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 486 234 319
10th Percentile £12.80 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £77.25 £75.00 £58.46
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the South East

Technical Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Technical Consultant in the South East

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Consultant in the South East

Technical Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Consultant in the South East

Technical Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +24 15 £455 -39.33% 11
Berkshire +1 14 £455 -39.33% 9
Hampshire -1 2 - - 3
Buckinghamshire +26 1 - - 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £510 -
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Technical 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 South East region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (66.67%) SAP
2 12 (66.67%) SAP Basis
3 11 (61.11%) Oracle
3 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
3 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (55.56%) SAP HANA
4 10 (55.56%) Oracle Database
4 10 (55.56%) Performance Tuning
5 8 (44.44%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (38.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (38.89%) SAP Fiori
6 7 (38.89%) High Availability
7 6 (33.33%) Change Management
7 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
8 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
9 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
10 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
11 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 2 (11.11%) Military
11 2 (11.11%) Finance
11 2 (11.11%) ERP
11 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
12 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (5.56%) Sage
12 1 (5.56%) Web Services
12 1 (5.56%) OO

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle Database
1 10 (55.56%) SAP HANA
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (66.67%) SAP Basis
2 7 (38.89%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) CMDB
1 1 (5.56%) Life Science
1 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (55.56%) Performance Tuning
3 8 (44.44%) Technical Architecture
4 7 (38.89%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (38.89%) High Availability
5 6 (33.33%) Change Management
5 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (5.56%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
7 1 (5.56%) Customer Insight
7 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
7 1 (5.56%) Data Conversion
7 1 (5.56%) Data Mapping
7 1 (5.56%) Feature Driven Development
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) Performance Testing
7 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
7 1 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) SAP
2 11 (61.11%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) Kenna
4 1 (5.56%) Sage