Consultant Contracts in Edinburgh

Consultant
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Consultant daily rate in Edinburgh is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 79 90
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 40 23 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.60% 1.95% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.85% 2.04% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 12 22
10th Percentile £282 £149 £401
25th Percentile £432 £233 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -6.39% +5.13%
75th Percentile £631 £592 £575
90th Percentile £663 £624 £697
Scotland median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £29.50
Median hourly rate - - £33.00
75th Percentile - - £36.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -3.23% +87.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 825 1,130 1,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 95.60% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 783 1,245
10th Percentile £179 £220 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £650 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 9 14
10th Percentile £15.45 £12.63 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.70 £17.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.72 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.95% -22.96% -60.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.26 £46.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £28.09 £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +66.36%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Edinburgh

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Consultant in Edinburgh

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in Edinburgh

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Consultant contract 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 contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 13 (32.50%) Agile
3 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (27.50%) Migration
4 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
5 9 (22.50%) VMware
5 9 (22.50%) Finance
5 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
6 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (20.00%) ITIL
6 8 (20.00%) Cisco
7 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (17.50%) Degree
7 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
7 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
7 7 (17.50%) Power BI
8 6 (15.00%) VMware NSX
8 6 (15.00%) vSphere
8 6 (15.00%) Data Migration
8 6 (15.00%) ITSM
8 6 (15.00%) Oracle
8 6 (15.00%) Dell
8 6 (15.00%) Power Automate
9 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (12.50%) Service Management
9 5 (12.50%) Process Management
9 5 (12.50%) CRM
9 5 (12.50%) SLA
9 5 (12.50%) Data Protection Act

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.00%) Power Automate
3 5 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 4 (10.00%) OCI
5 3 (7.50%) Azure
6 1 (2.50%) SaaS
6 1 (2.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) LAN
2 2 (5.00%) FabricPath
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) NX-OS
2 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.00%) VPN
2 2 (5.00%) VSAN
3 1 (2.50%) SSL
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.50%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) Big Data
2 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (45.00%) Public Sector
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Finance
4 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Billing
5 4 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 1 (2.50%) CMDB
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Agile
2 11 (27.50%) Migration
3 8 (20.00%) ITIL
4 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.00%) Data Migration
5 6 (15.00%) ITSM
6 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (12.50%) CRM
6 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Process Management
6 5 (12.50%) Service Management
6 5 (12.50%) Time Management
6 5 (12.50%) Use Case
7 4 (10.00%) Business Impact Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Kanban
7 4 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 4 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) MCSE
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.50%) CCSP
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.50%) CISSP
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
1 5 (12.50%) SLA
2 4 (10.00%) PMO
3 3 (7.50%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (15.00%) VMware NSX
2 6 (15.00%) vSphere
3 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (5.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) VMware
3 8 (20.00%) Cisco
4 7 (17.50%) ServiceNow
5 6 (15.00%) Dell
5 6 (15.00%) Oracle
6 3 (7.50%) Pega
7 1 (2.50%) Teradata