Consultant Contracts in South Wales

Consultant
Wales > South Wales

The median Consultant daily rate in South Wales is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 49 60
Rank change year-on-year +24 +11 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 13 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 3.85% 1.67% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.26% 1.77% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £478 £323 £413
25th Percentile £489 £444 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £724 £584 £581
90th Percentile £725 £609 £663
Wales median daily rate £550 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -1.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 305 453 811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 94.77% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 346 599
10th Percentile £140 £181 £246
25th Percentile £220 £353 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 31
10th Percentile £12.20 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.48 £16.98 £13.75
Median hourly rate £20.35 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -8.89% +7.62%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.50 £25.00
90th Percentile £86.18 £49.38 £46.88
Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +11.55% -8.89% +17.12%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in South Wales over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cardiff +12 9 £506 -7.95% 20
Bridgend +6 4 £700 +40.00%
Consultant
Wales

Consultant Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 12 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 South Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Identity Management
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Adabas
5 2 (15.38%) Software AG
5 2 (15.38%) zOS
5 2 (15.38%) Natural
6 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
6 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (7.69%) CISSP
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle
6 1 (7.69%) Unix
6 1 (7.69%) Linux
6 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (7.69%) NetSuite
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Information Security
6 1 (7.69%) DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) NIST
6 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) CRISC
6 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (7.69%) CISA
6 1 (7.69%) CISM
6 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (7.69%) NetSuite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Adabas
2 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) zOS
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Identity Management
2 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Natural
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CRISC
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Software AG
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle