Consultant Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Consultant
South West > Wiltshire

The median Consultant daily rate in Wiltshire is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 28 48
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 37 27 30
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 5.37% 6.26% 3.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 7.12% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 20
10th Percentile £550 £476 £419
25th Percentile £587 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £713 £609 £638
90th Percentile £731 £704 £725
South West median daily rate £588 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +11.90% -8.70% +4.55%

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 614 379 765
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.11% 87.94% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 251 529
10th Percentile £406 £313 £276
25th Percentile £506 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £706 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £723 £729
South West median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 36
10th Percentile £14.43 £22.23 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.44 £36.40 £15.40
Median hourly rate £23.83 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.29% +26.32% -27.48%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £65.38
90th Percentile - - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

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 29 January 2026.

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 29 January 2026. 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
Corsham -18 16 £675 +22.73% 3
Swindon +1 15 £596 +2.80% 6
Chippenham +2 2 - - 2
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, 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 29 (78.38%) Security Cleared
2 24 (64.86%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (18.92%) ITIL
3 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
4 6 (16.22%) Change Management
4 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) Incident Management
4 6 (16.22%) SAP
5 5 (13.51%) Agile
5 5 (13.51%) Atlassian
5 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
5 5 (13.51%) Confluence
5 5 (13.51%) DevOps
5 5 (13.51%) ITSM
5 5 (13.51%) JIRA
5 5 (13.51%) Problem Management
5 5 (13.51%) Python
5 5 (13.51%) REST
5 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
5 5 (13.51%) Service Management
6 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (10.81%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Programme Management
6 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
6 4 (10.81%) SIEM
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (10.81%) VMware
6 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure

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 (13.51%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP EWM
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.70%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.22%) Finance
3 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Electronics
4 4 (10.81%) Marketing
4 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.11%) Local Government
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) REST
2 1 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (18.92%) ITIL
2 6 (16.22%) Change Management
2 6 (16.22%) Incident Management
3 5 (13.51%) Agile
3 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
3 5 (13.51%) DevOps
3 5 (13.51%) ITSM
3 5 (13.51%) Problem Management
3 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
3 5 (13.51%) Service Management
4 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.81%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (10.81%) Migration
4 4 (10.81%) Programme Management
4 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
4 4 (10.81%) SIEM
4 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.41%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (78.38%) Security Cleared
2 24 (64.86%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (5.41%) CISSP
4 2 (5.41%) CLAS
4 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.41%) JSP 440
1 2 (5.41%) NIST
1 2 (5.41%) RMADS
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (10.81%) VMware NSX
2 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) SAP
2 5 (13.51%) Atlassian
3 4 (10.81%) VMware
4 2 (5.41%) Commvault
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.41%) Veritas