Consultant Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Consultant
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Consultant daily rate in Edinburgh is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
9 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 46 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 29 24 29
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.85% 3.64% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 3.85% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 9
10th Percentile £413 £453 £200
25th Percentile £488 £503 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £618 £588 £525
90th Percentile £800 £660 £613
Scotland median daily rate £500 £552 £533
% change year-on-year -9.34% +3.57% +15.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 543 624 893
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.69% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 326 542
10th Percentile £236 £210 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £644 £625
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 17
10th Percentile £23.60 £17.10 £13.23
25th Percentile £30.50 £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -32.60% +76.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Edinburgh

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Edinburgh

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Edinburgh region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Cisco
3 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (20.69%) QA
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) Data Migration
4 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (13.79%) ERP
4 4 (13.79%) Groovy
4 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 4 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.34%) Azure
5 3 (10.34%) BGP
5 3 (10.34%) CCNP
5 3 (10.34%) CI/CD
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (10.34%) Data Management
5 3 (10.34%) DevOps
5 3 (10.34%) EIGRP
5 3 (10.34%) Firewall
5 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle Reports

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.45%) Serverless
4 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) BGP
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (10.34%) EIGRP
1 3 (10.34%) Firewall
1 3 (10.34%) OSPF
1 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
1 3 (10.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.90%) MS Access
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
3 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) JSON
1 1 (3.45%) OAuth
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Data Modelling
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) Data Migration
4 4 (13.79%) ERP
4 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 4 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.34%) CI/CD
5 3 (10.34%) Data Management
5 3 (10.34%) DevOps
5 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (6.90%) Agile
6 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.90%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Groovy
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) VBA
4 1 (3.45%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CCNP
1 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) AAT
3 1 (3.45%) ACCA
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) CIMA
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) Databricks
5 1 (3.45%) ForgeRock
5 1 (3.45%) Sage
5 1 (3.45%) Workday
5 1 (3.45%) Xero
43 Consultant jobs in Edinburgh