Consultant Contracts in Glasgow

Consultant
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Consultant daily rate in Glasgow is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 52 69
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 26 32 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.96% 3.50% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.12% 3.67% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 10
10th Percentile £271 £413 £338
25th Percentile £458 £415 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £458 £498
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% -7.94% +10.56%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £561
90th Percentile - £631 £575
Scotland median daily rate £525 £475 £498
% change year-on-year +10.53% -4.52% +3.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 834 871 971
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 95.30% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 646 738
10th Percentile £270 £313 £209
25th Percentile £378 £407 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +10.77%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £538
90th Percentile £675 £701 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Glasgow

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Glasgow

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Glasgow

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Glasgow region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (26.92%) VMware
3 5 (19.23%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (19.23%) ERP
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.54%) Adobe
5 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
5 3 (11.54%) Linux
5 3 (11.54%) Python
5 3 (11.54%) Azure
5 3 (11.54%) Bash
5 3 (11.54%) ITSM
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (11.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
5 3 (11.54%) MuleSoft
6 2 (7.69%) SAP
6 2 (7.69%) ITIL
6 2 (7.69%) Service Management
6 2 (7.69%) Process Management
6 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.69%) Agile

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (11.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (3.85%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.85%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
1 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) BYOD
1 1 (3.85%) CMDB
1 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) ERP
2 3 (11.54%) ITSM
2 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.69%) Agile
3 2 (7.69%) Analytics
3 2 (7.69%) Coaching
3 2 (7.69%) ITIL
3 2 (7.69%) Process Management
3 2 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
3 2 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (3.85%) Business Strategy
4 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
4 1 (3.85%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (3.85%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.85%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) Bash
2 3 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) PMO
1 1 (3.85%) QA
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) VMware
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Adobe
3 3 (11.54%) MuleSoft
3 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
3 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Workday