Consultant Jobs in Scotland

Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Consultant salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 120 141
Rank change year-on-year -39 +21 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 131 113 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.94% 2.39% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 2.65% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 70 53 75
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,500 £39,090
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +16.67% +13.21%
75th Percentile £62,460 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,527 4,263 5,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.90% 90.24% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 2,323 2,990
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,414 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Scotland.

Salary trend for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +49 47 £65,000 -7.14% 29
Glasgow -107 44 £60,000 -14.29% 18
Aberdeen -18 15 £42,500 -41.38% 9
Dundee - 11 £50,000 -
Perthshire +7 3 £30,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 3 £42,500 - 3
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Consultant 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 permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 42 (32.06%) Finance
2 40 (30.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (22.14%) Social Skills
3 29 (22.14%) SQL
4 27 (20.61%) Project Management
4 27 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (18.32%) Actionable Insight
6 23 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (15.27%) Agile
8 19 (14.50%) Roadmaps
9 18 (13.74%) Degree
9 18 (13.74%) Power Platform
10 15 (11.45%) Information Security
10 15 (11.45%) Endur
10 15 (11.45%) Risk Management
10 15 (11.45%) ETRM
10 15 (11.45%) Strategic Roadmap
11 14 (10.69%) Windows
11 14 (10.69%) Linux
12 13 (9.92%) Logistics
12 13 (9.92%) Power BI
13 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
13 12 (9.16%) Law
13 12 (9.16%) Python
14 11 (8.40%) Oracle
14 11 (8.40%) OpenLink
14 11 (8.40%) Microsoft
14 11 (8.40%) Back Office
14 11 (8.40%) Enterprise Architecture
14 11 (8.40%) Use Case

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

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.63%) Apache
2 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (11.45%) Endur
2 4 (3.05%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (3.05%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.74%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.63%) Amazon S3
3 9 (6.87%) Azure
4 8 (6.11%) SaaS
5 6 (4.58%) AWS
6 3 (2.29%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.53%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.63%) Firewall
1 10 (7.63%) Internet
1 10 (7.63%) IPsec
1 10 (7.63%) SNMP
1 10 (7.63%) VPN
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) Power BI
2 10 (7.63%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (7.63%) MongoDB
3 7 (5.34%) Power Query
4 5 (3.82%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.05%) DB2
6 3 (2.29%) Data Hub
7 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.53%) Tableau
8 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) JIRA
General
1 42 (32.06%) Finance
2 40 (30.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (22.14%) Social Skills
4 23 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.16%) Law
6 11 (8.40%) Back Office
7 10 (7.63%) Banking
8 8 (6.11%) Marketing
9 7 (5.34%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.53%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.76%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.76%) Military
12 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.63%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (7.63%) YAML
2 2 (1.53%) J2EE
2 2 (1.53%) LDAP
2 2 (1.53%) OAuth
2 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.53%) OpenID
2 2 (1.53%) REST
2 2 (1.53%) SAML
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.63%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.87%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.05%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.05%) IoT
4 4 (3.05%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (2.29%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.76%) CESG
7 1 (0.76%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.69%) Linux
1 14 (10.69%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Data ONTAP
3 4 (3.05%) Unix
3 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
1 27 (20.61%) Project Management
2 24 (18.32%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (15.27%) Agile
4 19 (14.50%) Roadmaps
5 15 (11.45%) ETRM
5 15 (11.45%) Information Security
5 15 (11.45%) Risk Management
5 15 (11.45%) Strategic Roadmap
6 13 (9.92%) Logistics
7 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
8 11 (8.40%) Analytics
8 11 (8.40%) Data Analytics
8 11 (8.40%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (8.40%) Presales
8 11 (8.40%) Use Case
9 10 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.63%) Infrastructure Management
9 10 (7.63%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.14%) SQL
2 12 (9.16%) Python
3 7 (5.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (4.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (13.74%) Degree
2 4 (3.05%) AWS Certification
2 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.05%) CISA
3 3 (2.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.53%) CISSP
5 1 (0.76%) CEH
5 1 (0.76%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (0.76%) CISM
5 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) GCFE
5 1 (0.76%) GCIA
5 1 (0.76%) GCIH
5 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) NCSC
1 7 (5.34%) NIST
2 6 (4.58%) GDPR
3 5 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.05%) ITGC
4 4 (3.05%) PMO
5 3 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.63%) Docker
1 10 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.63%) Ansible
1 10 (7.63%) Kubernetes
1 10 (7.63%) Prometheus
1 10 (7.63%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (8.40%) Microsoft
1 11 (8.40%) OpenLink
1 11 (8.40%) Oracle
2 10 (7.63%) NetApp
2 10 (7.63%) Palo Alto
2 10 (7.63%) Red Hat
2 10 (7.63%) SolidFire
2 10 (7.63%) VMware
3 8 (6.11%) SAP
4 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.82%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (3.05%) Sage
7 2 (1.53%) Databricks
7 2 (1.53%) Okta
7 2 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.53%) Splunk