Consultant Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Consultant
Scotland > Highlands

The median Consultant daily rate in the Highlands is £566, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 17 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 13.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 0
10th Percentile £427 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 - -
75th Percentile £590 - -
90th Percentile £640 - -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +13.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Highlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Highlands. 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 the Highlands with a recognized job title 125 9 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 47.37% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 6 4
10th Percentile £421 £168 £131
25th Percentile £442 £186 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £264 £228
Median % change year-on-year +83.13% +15.68% +2.47%
75th Percentile £581 £372 £291
90th Percentile £700 £413 £319
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 - -
75th Percentile £15.45 - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.07
% change year-on-year -3.35% +10.71% +1.95%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the Highlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the Highlands

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Highlands over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in the Highlands

Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Inverness - 17 £566 - 4
Consultant
Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 Highlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
1 10 (58.82%) Service Management
2 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) SIAM
3 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 8 (47.06%) SLA
3 8 (47.06%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (41.18%) Dashboard Development
4 7 (41.18%) Information Security
4 7 (41.18%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Performance Metrics
4 7 (41.18%) Security Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Validation
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 4 (23.53%) DBS Check
5 4 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
6 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
7 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Business Transformation
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
7 2 (11.76%) GRC
7 2 (11.76%) Information Assurance
7 2 (11.76%) ISMS
7 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) NCSC

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.88%) LDAP
1 1 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Learning Management System
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Service Management
2 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) SIAM
3 8 (47.06%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (41.18%) Dashboard Development
4 7 (41.18%) Information Security
4 7 (41.18%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Performance Metrics
4 7 (41.18%) Security Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Validation
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 4 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Business Transformation
7 2 (11.76%) ISMS
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) SLA
2 2 (11.76%) GRC
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) NCSC
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Okta
2 2 (11.76%) Workday
3 1 (5.88%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft