Consultant Contracts in Glasgow

Consultant
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Consultant daily rate in Glasgow is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 57 71
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 24 30 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.99% 3.37% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 3.55% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 7
10th Percentile £375 £409 £420
25th Percentile £481 £415 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £465 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -15.41% +22.22%
75th Percentile £613 £578 £575
90th Percentile £659 £642 £670
Scotland median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 760 845 895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 95.05% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 598 684
10th Percentile £260 £336 £213
25th Percentile £363 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +8.11%
75th Percentile £568 £575 £538
90th Percentile £623 £676 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 21 18
10th Percentile £11.85 £12.13 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.16 £23.77
Median hourly rate £40.94 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +182.34% -61.26% +66.36%
75th Percentile £55.63 £47.73 £43.36
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.55 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
% change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) ERP
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (12.50%) MuleSoft
5 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (12.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Adobe
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle
5 3 (12.50%) Azure
6 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
6 2 (8.33%) Agile
6 2 (8.33%) SAP
6 2 (8.33%) Adabas
6 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
6 2 (8.33%) zOS
6 2 (8.33%) Natural
6 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) VMware
6 2 (8.33%) Software AG
6 2 (8.33%) ITSM
6 2 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (8.33%) Analytics

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 (12.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) NetSuite
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) OCI
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Adabas
2 1 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) BYOD
1 1 (4.17%) CMDB
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
1 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) zOS
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) ERP
2 2 (8.33%) Agile
2 2 (8.33%) Analytics
2 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (8.33%) ITSM
2 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.17%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (4.17%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (4.17%) Information Security
3 1 (4.17%) Information Security Management
3 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.17%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
3 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (4.17%) Scrum
3 1 (4.17%) Security Management
3 1 (4.17%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Natural
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
1 1 (4.17%) PMO
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Adobe
2 3 (12.50%) MuleSoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) Software AG
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.17%) Workday