Consultant Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Consultant
South West > Wiltshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Wiltshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 36 27 30
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 5.75% 5.87% 3.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 6.67% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 20
10th Percentile £550 £481 -
25th Percentile £581 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £580 £563
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +3.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £713 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £700 £725
South West median daily rate £589 £550 £554
% change year-on-year +7.05% -0.68% -3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 570 405 716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 88.04% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 273 489
10th Percentile £406 £313 £269
25th Percentile £508 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - +0.18%
75th Percentile £712 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 25
10th Percentile £17.57 £22.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £20.00 £36.40 £40.85
Median hourly rate £23.83 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.29% +26.32% -26.07%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - £72.20
South West median hourly rate £40.27 £65.00 £59.68
% change year-on-year -38.05% +8.91% -8.18%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Wiltshire

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Wiltshire

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Wiltshire

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Swindon +5 15 £596 +1.06% 66
Corsham -17 14 £675 +17.39% 3
Chippenham +2 2 - -
Salisbury - 1 £553 -
Consultant
South West

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 31 (86.11%) Security Cleared
2 24 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (25.00%) SAP
4 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 8 (22.22%) ITIL
4 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (19.44%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
5 7 (19.44%) Programme Management
6 6 (16.67%) Change Management
6 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 6 (16.67%) ITSM
6 6 (16.67%) Service Management
7 5 (13.89%) Agile
7 5 (13.89%) Atlassian
7 5 (13.89%) Business Continuity
7 5 (13.89%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (13.89%) CISSP
7 5 (13.89%) Confluence
7 5 (13.89%) DevOps
7 5 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (13.89%) JIRA
7 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
7 5 (13.89%) Python
7 5 (13.89%) REST
7 5 (13.89%) RMADS
7 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (11.11%) Migration

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Confluence
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.78%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.78%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) JIRA
General
1 13 (36.11%) Public Sector
2 9 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 7 (19.44%) Electronics
4 7 (19.44%) Marketing
4 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Local Government
7 2 (5.56%) Legal
7 2 (5.56%) Military
8 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Law
8 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) ITIL
1 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (19.44%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (19.44%) Programme Management
3 6 (16.67%) Change Management
3 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 6 (16.67%) ITSM
3 6 (16.67%) Service Management
4 5 (13.89%) Agile
4 5 (13.89%) Business Continuity
4 5 (13.89%) DevOps
4 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
4 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (86.11%) Security Cleared
2 24 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 5 (13.89%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (13.89%) CISSP
5 3 (8.33%) CISM
5 3 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (5.56%) CLAS
6 2 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.78%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (13.89%) RMADS
2 3 (8.33%) NCSC
3 2 (5.56%) JSP 440
3 2 (5.56%) NIST
4 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (11.11%) VMware NSX
2 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Atlassian
3 4 (11.11%) VMware
4 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.56%) Commvault
5 2 (5.56%) Veritas
6 1 (2.78%) BMC
6 1 (2.78%) Remedy
6 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow