Senior Consultant Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Consultant daily rate in Scotland is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 113 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.17% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -38.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £586 £600
% change year-on-year +2.39% -2.33% +2.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,214 1,443 1,763
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 90.36% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 814 1,059
10th Percentile £269 £220 £200
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £611 £664
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 68 75
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.18 £12.33
25th Percentile £14.00 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.47% +3.10%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.66 £24.18
90th Percentile £73.50 £61.63 £50.70
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in Scotland

Senior Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Edinburgh - 4 £450 - 26
Senior Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (25.00%) ADO
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCA
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) ITGC
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (25.00%) Foundry
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) OpenAI