Support Consultant Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Support Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Support Consultant daily rate in Scotland is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Consultant 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% - 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £434 - -
25th Percentile £446 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £525 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +38.46% -23.53% -15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,380 1,541 2,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 91.51% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 934 1,389
10th Percentile £207 £201 £243
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 46 57
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.23 £12.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.09 £22.55 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% +12.73% +12.87%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.97 £31.44 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Support Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Support Consultant job vacancy trend in Scotland

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Support Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Consultant job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Consultant job vacancies in Scotland

Support Consultant Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Support 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 Support Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-business
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Reports

Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-business
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle