Consultant Jobs in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 60 131
Rank change year-on-year +19 +71 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,418 2,589 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.72% 4.61% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.95% 4.88% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,688 1,757 2,481
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,300 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +5.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £94,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 69,088 53,050 124,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 94.36% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 39,631 39,423 73,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +37 1,072 £60,000 -14.29% 162
London -3 913 £72,500 +3.57% 519
Yorkshire +67 741 £55,000 -20.00% 54
South East +34 474 £50,000 -28.57% 148
South West +77 377 £67,500 -3.57% 94
Midlands -12 358 £57,000 +3.64% 83
North West -17 292 £65,000 -7.14% 105
West Midlands -19 223 £58,500 -2.50% 62
East of England +8 152 £55,000 -15.38% 47
East Midlands +8 134 £50,000 -11.50% 21
North East +6 39 £30,000 -25.00% 3
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1,126 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 975 (28.53%) Degree
3 970 (28.38%) Problem-Solving
4 701 (20.51%) Marketing
5 647 (18.93%) Microsoft
6 567 (16.59%) Microsoft Office
7 547 (16.00%) Finance
8 375 (10.97%) Security Cleared
9 336 (9.83%) Azure
10 296 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
11 295 (8.63%) SQL
12 291 (8.51%) French Language
13 280 (8.19%) Agile
14 278 (8.13%) Presales
15 266 (7.78%) Dynamics 365
16 248 (7.26%) German Language
17 240 (7.02%) Public Sector
18 232 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
19 217 (6.35%) SAP
19 217 (6.35%) Customer Service
20 216 (6.32%) AWS
21 204 (5.97%) SC Cleared
22 203 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
23 197 (5.76%) Project Management
24 194 (5.68%) Roadmaps
25 173 (5.06%) Artificial Intelligence
26 167 (4.89%) Migration
27 166 (4.86%) ERP
27 166 (4.86%) Coaching
28 163 (4.77%) Power Platform

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 78 (2.28%) SharePoint
2 24 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (0.61%) Apache
4 6 (0.18%) Confluence
5 3 (0.088%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.088%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.059%) IIS
6 2 (0.059%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 2 (0.059%) SAS
7 1 (0.029%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.029%) CMS
7 1 (0.029%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.029%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.029%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 567 (16.59%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.15%) Revit
6 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.029%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.029%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 91 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 77 (2.25%) NEC Housing
3 69 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 46 (1.35%) SAP Business One
5 29 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
6 27 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
7 26 (0.76%) NetSuite
8 20 (0.59%) SAP SD
9 15 (0.44%) Sage 200
9 15 (0.44%) SAP PP
10 14 (0.41%) SAP FI
10 14 (0.41%) Workday HCM
11 13 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
11 13 (0.38%) SAP CO
11 13 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
12 12 (0.35%) SAP MDG
13 10 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
14 8 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
14 8 (0.23%) PeopleSoft HCM
14 8 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 336 (9.83%) Azure
2 266 (7.78%) Dynamics 365
3 216 (6.32%) AWS
4 203 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
5 163 (4.77%) Power Platform
6 86 (2.52%) SaaS
7 64 (1.87%) GCP
8 54 (1.58%) Power Automate
9 47 (1.38%) Entra ID
10 37 (1.08%) PowerApps
11 33 (0.97%) IaaS
12 31 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
13 30 (0.88%) Amazon S3
14 29 (0.85%) OCI
15 27 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (0.73%) PaaS
17 18 (0.53%) OneDrive
18 13 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
18 13 (0.38%) Serverless
19 10 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 150 (4.39%) Firewall
2 69 (2.02%) Network Security
3 54 (1.58%) WAN
4 49 (1.43%) SD-WAN
4 49 (1.43%) VPN
5 48 (1.40%) VLAN
6 47 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 39 (1.14%) Wireless
8 29 (0.85%) Internet
9 27 (0.79%) BGP
10 26 (0.76%) IPsec
10 26 (0.76%) OSPF
11 25 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
12 23 (0.67%) LAN
13 20 (0.59%) SNMP
14 14 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.35%) DNS
15 12 (0.35%) MPLS
16 11 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (2.37%) Power BI
2 60 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 47 (1.38%) Triplestore
4 41 (1.20%) Data Lake
5 38 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 27 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
7 27 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 22 (0.64%) Tableau
10 20 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 20 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
11 16 (0.47%) SAP HANA
12 13 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.35%) Big Data
14 10 (0.29%) GIS
15 8 (0.23%) QlikView
16 7 (0.20%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 31 (0.91%) JIRA
2 27 (0.79%) PowerBuilder
3 15 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 15 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.41%) SoapUI
4 14 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.32%) Git
6 10 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 7 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.12%) Axure RP
8 4 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 4 (0.12%) GitLab
8 4 (0.12%) Hudson
8 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.088%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.088%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.029%) Appium
10 1 (0.029%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.029%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.029%) Selenium
General
1 1,126 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 701 (20.51%) Marketing
3 547 (16.00%) Finance
4 291 (8.51%) French Language
5 248 (7.26%) German Language
6 240 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 232 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
8 128 (3.74%) Retail
9 113 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 108 (3.16%) Law
11 98 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 82 (2.40%) Police
13 81 (2.37%) Local Government
14 72 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
15 63 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 61 (1.78%) Social Housing
17 40 (1.17%) Telecoms
18 36 (1.05%) Legal
19 25 (0.73%) Back Office
20 24 (0.70%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (2.81%) HTML
2 70 (2.05%) Web Services
3 57 (1.67%) .NET
4 51 (1.49%) XML
5 38 (1.11%) AngularJS
6 36 (1.05%) JSON
7 31 (0.91%) CSS
8 25 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
9 23 (0.67%) YAML
10 22 (0.64%) REST
11 21 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
11 21 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (0.47%) SOAP
13 15 (0.44%) EDI
13 15 (0.44%) SailPoint
14 14 (0.41%) .NET Framework
14 14 (0.41%) WSDL
14 14 (0.41%) XML Messaging
14 14 (0.41%) XSD
15 13 (0.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 98 (2.87%) Management Information System
2 73 (2.14%) Data Centre
3 64 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (1.58%) Housing Association
5 39 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 33 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 31 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (0.85%) Operational Technology
9 27 (0.79%) Public Cloud
10 26 (0.76%) IoT
11 24 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 24 (0.70%) Product Ownership
12 22 (0.64%) Driving Licence
13 21 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 21 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
14 20 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (0.56%) Cloud Native
15 19 (0.56%) FMCG
16 18 (0.53%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 142 (4.15%) Windows
2 118 (3.45%) Linux
3 69 (2.02%) Unix
4 52 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.67%) Solaris
6 20 (0.59%) Data ONTAP
7 8 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.088%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.088%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.059%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.059%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.029%) Android
13 1 (0.029%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 970 (28.38%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
3 280 (8.19%) Agile
4 278 (8.13%) Presales
5 217 (6.35%) Customer Service
6 197 (5.76%) Project Management
7 194 (5.68%) Roadmaps
8 173 (5.06%) Artificial Intelligence
9 167 (4.89%) Migration
10 166 (4.86%) Coaching
10 166 (4.86%) ERP
11 154 (4.51%) CRM
12 148 (4.33%) Analytics
12 148 (4.33%) DevOps
13 144 (4.21%) Requirements Gathering
14 138 (4.04%) Mentoring
15 133 (3.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 131 (3.83%) Business Development
17 124 (3.63%) Project Delivery
18 120 (3.51%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 295 (8.63%) SQL
2 141 (4.13%) Python
3 101 (2.95%) JavaScript
4 50 (1.46%) C#
5 36 (1.05%) PL/SQL
6 28 (0.82%) PowerShell
7 27 (0.79%) R
8 26 (0.76%) Java
9 23 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 19 (0.56%) Bash
11 16 (0.47%) VB.NET
12 11 (0.32%) Scala
12 11 (0.32%) VBA
13 9 (0.26%) Bicep
14 8 (0.23%) C++
15 7 (0.20%) ABAP
15 7 (0.20%) Perl
16 6 (0.18%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.059%) VB
Qualifications
1 975 (28.53%) Degree
2 375 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 204 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.54%) DBS Check
5 89 (2.60%) CISSP
5 89 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 72 (2.11%) CISM
7 59 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 58 (1.70%) Azure Certification
9 51 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 50 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 42 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 42 (1.23%) CCNP
12 40 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 40 (1.17%) CRISC
13 36 (1.05%) CESG Certified Professional
14 31 (0.91%) CEH
15 30 (0.88%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.79%) CCIE
17 26 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (2.60%) NIST
2 82 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 53 (1.55%) GDPR
5 37 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 32 (0.94%) GRC
7 28 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 27 (0.79%) Data Quality
9 24 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 23 (0.67%) QA
11 21 (0.61%) ISO 9001
12 14 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.41%) SLA
13 13 (0.38%) NCSC
14 12 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 12 (0.35%) PMO
15 11 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.29%) COBIT
16 10 (0.29%) RMADS
17 8 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 68 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 63 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.05%) Docker
4 35 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 33 (0.97%) vSphere
6 12 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.12%) Lustre
7 4 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.088%) Firmware
9 2 (0.059%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.059%) NFS
9 2 (0.059%) XenApp
10 1 (0.029%) FreeRADIUS
10 1 (0.029%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.029%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.029%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 59 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 52 (1.52%) Ansible
3 49 (1.43%) Terraform
4 36 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (0.85%) vCenter Server
6 24 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.50%) Puppet
9 10 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.20%) Packer
10 7 (0.20%) VxRail
11 5 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.088%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.088%) Nmap
13 2 (0.059%) Avamar
13 2 (0.059%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.059%) Nessus
13 2 (0.059%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.059%) SCCM
13 2 (0.059%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 647 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 217 (6.35%) SAP
3 152 (4.45%) Oracle
4 112 (3.28%) VMware
5 111 (3.25%) ServiceNow
6 77 (2.25%) NEC
7 76 (2.22%) Cisco
8 74 (2.17%) Palo Alto
9 67 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 47 (1.38%) Salesforce
11 38 (1.11%) Juniper
12 36 (1.05%) Google
13 34 (0.99%) Sage
14 25 (0.73%) F5
14 25 (0.73%) Meraki
15 24 (0.70%) Citrix
16 23 (0.67%) NetApp
16 23 (0.67%) SolarWinds
17 22 (0.64%) Aruba
18 21 (0.61%) Extreme Networks