Consultant Jobs in Scotland

Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Consultant salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 160 118 128
Rank change year-on-year -42 +10 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 130 110 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.94% 2.34% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 2.59% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 69 54 73
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,750 £39,045
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +27.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,505 4,245 5,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.17% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,309 2,967
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,530 £28,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Scotland.

Salary trend for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Scotland

Consultant
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +48 46 £65,000 -7.14% 27
Glasgow -103 45 £60,000 -14.29% 20
Aberdeen -16 15 £42,500 -41.38% 6
Dundee - 10 £48,750 -
Perthshire +7 3 £30,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 3 £42,500 - 2
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Consultant 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 permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 40 (30.77%) Finance
1 40 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 29 (22.31%) SQL
4 28 (21.54%) Project Management
5 27 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (17.69%) Actionable Insight
8 20 (15.38%) Agile
8 20 (15.38%) Degree
9 18 (13.85%) Power Platform
10 17 (13.08%) Roadmaps
11 15 (11.54%) Endur
11 15 (11.54%) Information Security
11 15 (11.54%) Risk Management
11 15 (11.54%) Logistics
11 15 (11.54%) ETRM
12 14 (10.77%) Windows
12 14 (10.77%) Linux
13 13 (10.00%) Power BI
13 13 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
14 12 (9.23%) Presales
14 12 (9.23%) Law
14 12 (9.23%) Python
14 12 (9.23%) Software Engineering
15 11 (8.46%) Use Case
15 11 (8.46%) Oracle
15 11 (8.46%) OpenLink
15 11 (8.46%) Microsoft
15 11 (8.46%) Back Office

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (7.69%) Apache
2 8 (6.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (11.54%) Endur
2 4 (3.08%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (3.08%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.85%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.69%) Amazon S3
3 9 (6.92%) Azure
3 9 (6.92%) SaaS
4 6 (4.62%) AWS
5 3 (2.31%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.54%) GCP
7 1 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.69%) Firewall
1 10 (7.69%) Internet
1 10 (7.69%) IPsec
1 10 (7.69%) SNMP
1 10 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (0.77%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.00%) Power BI
2 10 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (7.69%) MongoDB
3 7 (5.38%) Power Query
4 5 (3.85%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.08%) DB2
6 3 (2.31%) Data Hub
7 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.54%) Tableau
8 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 40 (30.77%) Finance
1 40 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.23%) Law
5 11 (8.46%) Back Office
6 10 (7.69%) Banking
7 9 (6.92%) Marketing
8 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.77%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.77%) Military
11 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (7.69%) YAML
2 2 (1.54%) J2EE
2 2 (1.54%) LDAP
2 2 (1.54%) OAuth
2 2 (1.54%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.54%) OpenID
2 2 (1.54%) REST
2 2 (1.54%) SAML
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.92%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.08%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (3.08%) IoT
4 4 (3.08%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (2.31%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.54%) NHS
6 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.77%) CESG
7 1 (0.77%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.77%) Linux
1 14 (10.77%) Windows
2 10 (7.69%) Data ONTAP
3 4 (3.08%) Unix
3 4 (3.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.54%) Project Management
2 27 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.69%) Actionable Insight
4 20 (15.38%) Agile
5 17 (13.08%) Roadmaps
6 15 (11.54%) ETRM
6 15 (11.54%) Information Security
6 15 (11.54%) Logistics
6 15 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 13 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
8 12 (9.23%) Presales
8 12 (9.23%) Software Engineering
9 11 (8.46%) Analytics
9 11 (8.46%) Data Analytics
9 11 (8.46%) Use Case
10 10 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
10 10 (7.69%) Release Management
10 10 (7.69%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.31%) SQL
2 12 (9.23%) Python
3 7 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (4.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (3.08%) AWS Certification
2 4 (3.08%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.08%) CISA
3 3 (2.31%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.54%) CISSP
5 1 (0.77%) CEH
5 1 (0.77%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (0.77%) CISM
5 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.77%) GCFE
5 1 (0.77%) GCIA
5 1 (0.77%) GCIH
5 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) NCSC
1 7 (5.38%) NIST
2 6 (4.62%) GDPR
3 5 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.08%) ITGC
4 4 (3.08%) PMO
5 3 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Docker
1 10 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.69%) Ansible
1 10 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 10 (7.69%) Prometheus
1 10 (7.69%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (8.46%) Microsoft
1 11 (8.46%) OpenLink
1 11 (8.46%) Oracle
2 10 (7.69%) NetApp
2 10 (7.69%) Palo Alto
2 10 (7.69%) Red Hat
2 10 (7.69%) SolidFire
2 10 (7.69%) VMware
3 8 (6.15%) SAP
4 7 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.85%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (3.08%) Sage
7 2 (1.54%) Databricks
7 2 (1.54%) Okta
7 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.54%) Splunk