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 leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 89 128
Rank change year-on-year -18 +39 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 169 132 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.97% 3.48% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 3.78% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 92 60 88
10th Percentile - £41,175 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.76% +19.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 5,531 3,496 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 92.15% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,492 2,018 3,223
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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
Glasgow -62 73 £70,000 - 13
Edinburgh +49 58 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Aberdeen -12 19 £42,500 -40.35% 1
Dundee - 11 £50,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 4 £42,500 - 1
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 49 (28.99%) Finance
2 32 (18.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (15.98%) SQL
4 26 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 23 (13.61%) Strategic Roadmap
5 23 (13.61%) Actionable Insight
5 23 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.61%) Agile
5 23 (13.61%) Roadmaps
6 22 (13.02%) Project Management
6 22 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (13.02%) Social Skills
7 21 (12.43%) Software Engineering
8 20 (11.83%) Microsoft
9 19 (11.24%) Logistics
9 19 (11.24%) Power BI
10 18 (10.65%) Data Architecture
11 17 (10.06%) Presales
12 16 (9.47%) Public Sector
13 15 (8.88%) Analytics
13 15 (8.88%) Oracle
13 15 (8.88%) Enterprise Architecture
14 14 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence
14 14 (8.28%) Windows
15 13 (7.69%) Linux
15 13 (7.69%) Azure
15 13 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 13 (7.69%) Power Query
16 12 (7.10%) Degree
16 12 (7.10%) Service Delivery

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 (5.92%) Apache
2 5 (2.96%) Confluence
2 5 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.33%) Endur
2 7 (4.14%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (2.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.78%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 13 (7.69%) Azure
3 10 (5.92%) Amazon S3
3 10 (5.92%) AWS
3 10 (5.92%) SaaS
4 6 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (3.55%) OCI
5 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.18%) GCP
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.59%) PaaS
8 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.51%) Firewall
2 10 (5.92%) Internet
2 10 (5.92%) IPsec
2 10 (5.92%) SNMP
2 10 (5.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.24%) Power BI
2 13 (7.69%) Power Query
3 10 (5.92%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.92%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.73%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.78%) DB2
6 2 (1.18%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.96%) JIRA
General
1 49 (28.99%) Finance
2 32 (18.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (13.02%) Social Skills
5 16 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.51%) Law
6 11 (6.51%) Marketing
7 9 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.14%) Banking
8 7 (4.14%) Retail
9 6 (3.55%) Back Office
10 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.59%) Billing
11 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.92%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (5.92%) YAML
2 2 (1.18%) J2EE
2 2 (1.18%) LDAP
2 2 (1.18%) OAuth
2 2 (1.18%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.18%) OpenID
2 2 (1.18%) REST
2 2 (1.18%) SAML
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.59%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.92%) Data Centre
2 5 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.37%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (2.37%) IoT
3 4 (2.37%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.59%) CESG
5 1 (0.59%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.59%) PMI
5 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.28%) Windows
2 13 (7.69%) Linux
3 10 (5.92%) Data ONTAP
4 3 (1.78%) Unix
4 3 (1.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (13.61%) Actionable Insight
1 23 (13.61%) Agile
1 23 (13.61%) Roadmaps
1 23 (13.61%) Strategic Roadmap
2 22 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (13.02%) Project Management
3 21 (12.43%) Software Engineering
4 19 (11.24%) Logistics
5 18 (10.65%) Data Architecture
6 17 (10.06%) Presales
7 15 (8.88%) Analytics
7 15 (8.88%) Enterprise Architecture
8 14 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence
9 12 (7.10%) Service Delivery
10 11 (6.51%) Migration
11 10 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (5.92%) Infrastructure Management
11 10 (5.92%) Project Planning
11 10 (5.92%) Release Management
11 10 (5.92%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.98%) SQL
2 13 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 11 (6.51%) Python
4 6 (3.55%) Java
5 1 (0.59%) R
5 1 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (7.10%) Degree
2 8 (4.73%) AWS Certification
2 8 (4.73%) Azure Certification
2 8 (4.73%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.78%) CISA
4 2 (1.18%) CISM
4 2 (1.18%) CISSP
4 2 (1.18%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.59%) ACCA
5 1 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) NIST
2 3 (1.78%) ITGC
2 3 (1.78%) NCSC
2 3 (1.78%) PMO
3 2 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.18%) GDPR
3 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 10 (5.92%) Docker
1 10 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (5.92%) Ansible
1 10 (5.92%) Kubernetes
1 10 (5.92%) Prometheus
1 10 (5.92%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.59%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 20 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.88%) Oracle
3 10 (5.92%) NetApp
3 10 (5.92%) Palo Alto
3 10 (5.92%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.92%) SolidFire
3 10 (5.92%) VMware
4 9 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.14%) SAP
6 6 (3.55%) OpenLink
7 5 (2.96%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (1.78%) Sage
9 2 (1.18%) Adobe
9 2 (1.18%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.18%) Okta
9 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.18%) Splunk
10 1 (0.59%) Databricks
10 1 (0.59%) Google
10 1 (0.59%) Nexthink