Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 122 156
Rank change year-on-year +43 +34 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 2,363 1,617 1,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.11% 2.86% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.27% 3.22% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,693 1,007 1,008
10th Percentile £26,500 £41,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +10.17% +7.27%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England +13 526 £55,000 -21.43% 274
South East +54 507 £50,000 -25.37% 206
South West +77 431 £58,750 -9.62% 166
Midlands +45 413 £47,500 -24.00% 155
North West -7 302 £57,500 -17.86% 186
West Midlands +48 289 £50,000 -21.88% 114
East of England +33 200 £47,500 -24.00% 69
Yorkshire +37 166 £50,000 -28.57% 77
Scotland -28 160 £45,000 -35.71% 71
East Midlands +23 121 £37,500 -42.31% 41
Wales +46 83 £47,500 -32.14% 20
North East +38 58 £57,500 +4.55% 12
Northern Ireland +31 37 £30,000 -51.61% 13
Isle of Man - 9 - - 6
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 734 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 616 (26.07%) Microsoft
3 533 (22.56%) Finance
4 432 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
5 329 (13.92%) Azure
6 308 (13.03%) Degree
7 296 (12.53%) Security Cleared
8 272 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
9 270 (11.43%) Power Platform
10 269 (11.38%) SQL
11 255 (10.79%) Agile
12 247 (10.45%) Roadmaps
13 229 (9.69%) Customer Service
14 227 (9.61%) Public Sector
15 225 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
16 215 (9.10%) Project Management
17 213 (9.01%) Presales
18 207 (8.76%) Migration
19 195 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
20 184 (7.79%) Power BI
21 180 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
22 172 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
23 164 (6.94%) Retail
23 164 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
24 161 (6.81%) ERP
25 156 (6.60%) Mentoring
26 155 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
26 155 (6.56%) SQL Server
27 154 (6.52%) SAP
28 150 (6.35%) AWS

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 119 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 76 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.07%) Apache
4 24 (1.02%) IIS
5 12 (0.51%) Confluence
6 2 (0.085%) nginx
6 2 (0.085%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.085%) Papyrus
7 1 (0.042%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.042%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.042%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.042%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.042%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.042%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.042%) SAS
7 1 (0.042%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.085%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.085%) InDesign
7 2 (0.085%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.042%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.042%) InVision
8 1 (0.042%) Revit
8 1 (0.042%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 120 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 24 (1.02%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.85%) Sage 200
6 18 (0.76%) SAP Business One
7 16 (0.68%) SAP MM
8 15 (0.63%) Endur
9 14 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
10 10 (0.42%) SAP HCM
10 10 (0.42%) SAP PP
10 10 (0.42%) SAP WM
11 9 (0.38%) Sage X3
11 9 (0.38%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.38%) SAP SD
12 8 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
13 7 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
13 7 (0.30%) SAP CO
13 7 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 329 (13.92%) Azure
2 270 (11.43%) Power Platform
3 225 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
4 164 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
5 150 (6.35%) AWS
6 79 (3.34%) Power Automate
6 79 (3.34%) SaaS
7 61 (2.58%) Amazon S3
8 47 (1.99%) Entra ID
8 47 (1.99%) PowerApps
9 33 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
10 30 (1.27%) PaaS
11 29 (1.23%) IaaS
12 28 (1.18%) OneDrive
13 24 (1.02%) GCP
14 22 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (0.76%) OCI
16 12 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
17 10 (0.42%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 115 (4.87%) Firewall
2 60 (2.54%) VPN
3 52 (2.20%) Internet
3 52 (2.20%) IPsec
4 51 (2.16%) SNMP
5 47 (1.99%) Network Security
6 41 (1.74%) WAN
7 34 (1.44%) LAN
8 30 (1.27%) DNS
9 29 (1.23%) DHCP
9 29 (1.23%) TCP/IP
10 26 (1.10%) Unified Communications
11 22 (0.93%) Wireless
12 13 (0.55%) SAN
13 12 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.47%) VLAN
14 11 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.30%) SD-WAN
16 5 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (7.79%) Power BI
2 155 (6.56%) SQL Server
3 122 (5.16%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 51 (2.16%) MongoDB
6 49 (2.07%) Data Lake
6 49 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
7 40 (1.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.72%) Tableau
9 16 (0.68%) Power Query
10 15 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
12 11 (0.47%) Big Data
13 10 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (0.38%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (0.30%) Metadata
17 6 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
18 5 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 33 (1.40%) JIRA
2 14 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.55%) Robot Framework
4 9 (0.38%) Git
5 5 (0.21%) Hudson
5 5 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.17%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.042%) JMeter
7 1 (0.042%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.042%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.042%) Selenium
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 734 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 533 (22.56%) Finance
3 227 (9.61%) Public Sector
4 195 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 164 (6.94%) Retail
6 128 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 110 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
8 105 (4.44%) Marketing
9 89 (3.77%) Law
10 80 (3.39%) Manufacturing
11 60 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 55 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 41 (1.74%) Military
14 36 (1.52%) Aerospace
15 25 (1.06%) Automotive
16 24 (1.02%) Banking
17 13 (0.55%) Legal
18 12 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.47%) Back Office
20 10 (0.42%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
1 49 (2.07%) YAML
2 31 (1.31%) HTML
3 23 (0.97%) XML
4 22 (0.93%) REST
5 20 (0.85%) EDI
6 13 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (0.51%) .NET
8 11 (0.47%) Node.js
9 10 (0.42%) CSS
9 10 (0.42%) JSON
9 10 (0.42%) SOAP
9 10 (0.42%) Web Services
10 6 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (0.25%) SAP ALE
11 5 (0.21%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (0.17%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.13%) React
13 3 (0.13%) Semantic UI
13 3 (0.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 172 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
2 141 (5.97%) Data Centre
3 89 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 66 (2.79%) Driving Licence
5 44 (1.86%) Public Cloud
6 39 (1.65%) IoT
7 34 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 26 (1.10%) Low-Code
9 22 (0.93%) Operational Technology
9 22 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 21 (0.89%) Client/Server
10 21 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (0.85%) Blog
12 19 (0.80%) Cloud Native
12 19 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
13 18 (0.76%) Raspberry Pi
14 17 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (0.68%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 143 (6.05%) Windows
2 140 (5.92%) Linux
3 49 (2.07%) Data ONTAP
4 46 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.97%) Android
6 22 (0.93%) Unix
6 22 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 21 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.34%) AIX
8 8 (0.34%) Solaris
9 4 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.085%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.085%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.085%) VMS
10 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.042%) Debian
11 1 (0.042%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
2 272 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
3 255 (10.79%) Agile
4 247 (10.45%) Roadmaps
5 229 (9.69%) Customer Service
6 215 (9.10%) Project Management
7 213 (9.01%) Presales
8 207 (8.76%) Migration
9 180 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
10 161 (6.81%) ERP
11 156 (6.60%) Mentoring
12 155 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
13 149 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence
14 142 (6.01%) CRM
15 139 (5.88%) Risk Management
16 138 (5.84%) DevOps
17 129 (5.46%) Analytics
18 119 (5.04%) Service Delivery
19 110 (4.66%) Project Delivery
19 110 (4.66%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 269 (11.38%) SQL
2 132 (5.59%) Python
3 47 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.44%) Java
5 31 (1.31%) PowerShell
6 28 (1.18%) C#
7 23 (0.97%) Bash
8 20 (0.85%) C
9 16 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 12 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.42%) C++
12 6 (0.25%) ABAP
12 6 (0.25%) Go
12 6 (0.25%) Ruby
13 5 (0.21%) Bicep
13 5 (0.21%) R
14 4 (0.17%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 308 (13.03%) Degree
2 296 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 140 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 81 (3.43%) DV Cleared
5 72 (3.05%) CISSP
6 62 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 58 (2.45%) Azure Certification
7 58 (2.45%) CISM
8 48 (2.03%) CESG Certified Professional
9 46 (1.95%) CRISC
10 41 (1.74%) DBS Check
11 30 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (0.97%) CISMP
13 20 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (0.72%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
17 15 (0.63%) CEH
18 13 (0.55%) CCNA
19 12 (0.51%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.06%) NIST
2 63 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (1.86%) JSP 440
4 37 (1.57%) GDPR
5 36 (1.52%) NIST 800
6 30 (1.27%) NCSC
7 27 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (1.02%) GRC
9 21 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 21 (0.89%) RMADS
10 15 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 14 (0.59%) QA
12 13 (0.55%) GMP
12 13 (0.55%) PMO
13 10 (0.42%) COBIT
13 10 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.38%) Data Quality
15 7 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.25%) ITGC
17 5 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 92 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 82 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (2.07%) Docker
4 27 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.89%) vSphere
6 13 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.38%) Firmware
9 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.042%) KVM
Systems Management
1 94 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 73 (3.09%) Ansible
3 57 (2.41%) vCenter Server
4 50 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 23 (0.97%) Terraform
7 16 (0.68%) Puppet
8 6 (0.25%) SCCM
8 6 (0.25%) VxRail
9 4 (0.17%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.17%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.085%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.085%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.085%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.085%) Nagios
10 2 (0.085%) Netcool
10 2 (0.085%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.042%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 616 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.52%) SAP
3 125 (5.29%) Oracle
4 99 (4.19%) VMware
5 66 (2.79%) Palo Alto
6 59 (2.50%) Red Hat
6 59 (2.50%) Sage
7 51 (2.16%) NetApp
8 49 (2.07%) SolidFire
9 43 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 31 (1.31%) Cisco
11 29 (1.23%) Apple
12 27 (1.14%) Adobe
13 18 (0.76%) Fortinet
14 17 (0.72%) SolarWinds
15 14 (0.59%) CheckPoint
16 13 (0.55%) Infor
16 13 (0.55%) Tanium
16 13 (0.55%) Tripwire
17 12 (0.51%) McAfee