Business Consultant Jobs

Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 814 845 1107
Rank change year-on-year +31 +262 -241
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Consultant 108 100 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 56 73 119
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,063 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +33 99 £60,000 +4.35% 44
UK excluding London -3 81 £57,500 -4.17% 25
Work from Home +77 41 £57,500 +15.00% 34
North of England +40 21 £65,000 +18.18% 8
London +26 21 £72,500 +26.09% 17
Midlands -20 21 £57,500 -11.54% 6
South West -14 18 £39,750 -36.40% 3
South East +8 15 £35,000 -53.33% 3
West Midlands +1 15 £57,500 +9.52% 4
North West +2 13 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Yorkshire +70 8 £55,000 +74.60%
East Midlands -33 6 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Scotland -63 2 - - 4
East of England - 2 £72,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -

Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Business 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 featuring Business Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.41%) Finance
3 29 (26.85%) Microsoft
4 25 (23.15%) Business Development
5 22 (20.37%) Security Cleared
5 22 (20.37%) Degree
6 21 (19.44%) Agile
7 20 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (18.52%) Public Sector
7 20 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (16.67%) DevOps
8 18 (16.67%) Presales
9 16 (14.81%) SQL
10 15 (13.89%) Power BI
10 15 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
10 15 (13.89%) Power Platform
11 12 (11.11%) Analytics
11 12 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (10.19%) Retail
13 10 (9.26%) Economics
13 10 (9.26%) Dynamics NAV
13 10 (9.26%) DV Cleared
13 10 (9.26%) ERP
13 10 (9.26%) SQL Server
13 10 (9.26%) Project Management
13 10 (9.26%) IT Strategy
13 10 (9.26%) Customer Service
14 9 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
14 9 (8.33%) Azure

Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (9.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.85%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
2 15 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.33%) Azure
4 6 (5.56%) PowerApps
4 6 (5.56%) SaaS
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.93%) AWS
7 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Firewall
1 1 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.89%) Power BI
2 10 (9.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.70%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.70%) GIS
3 4 (3.70%) OLAP
3 4 (3.70%) OLAP Cube
3 4 (3.70%) Oracle OLAP
3 4 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) QlikView
5 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Hudson
General
1 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.41%) Finance
3 20 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.19%) Retail
5 9 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 7 (6.48%) Law
7 7 (6.48%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.63%) Aerospace
8 5 (4.63%) Banking
8 5 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.70%) Back Office
9 4 (3.70%) Retail Finance
9 4 (3.70%) Social Housing
10 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.93%) Automotive
11 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.93%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.70%) Credit Risk
2 4 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.93%) FMCG
5 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.93%) PKI
5 1 (0.93%) PlayStation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Windows
1 5 (4.63%) Windows Server
2 4 (3.70%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Business Development
2 21 (19.44%) Agile
3 20 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.67%) DevOps
4 18 (16.67%) Presales
5 15 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (11.11%) Analytics
6 12 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.26%) Customer Service
7 10 (9.26%) Economics
7 10 (9.26%) ERP
7 10 (9.26%) IT Strategy
7 10 (9.26%) Project Management
8 9 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (7.41%) Machine Learning
10 7 (6.48%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (5.56%) Business Analysis
11 6 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) SQL
2 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (20.37%) Degree
1 22 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.26%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.78%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.85%) APMP
5 2 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.93%) APMG
6 1 (0.93%) CISM
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.78%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.78%) PMO
2 1 (0.93%) GDPR
Vendors
1 29 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.56%) SAP
3 5 (4.63%) Oracle
4 4 (3.70%) Cognos
4 4 (3.70%) IBM
5 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow