Consultant Jobs in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant salary in the South East is £50,000 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 94 148 154
Rank change year-on-year +54 +6 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 507 300 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.85% 2.18% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.02% 2.42% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 418 231 317
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.37% +11.67% +1.69%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,963 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £81,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the South East.

Salary trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South East 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
Thames Valley +31 228 £50,000 -23.08% 61
Berkshire +16 127 £50,000 -26.39% 36
Hampshire +26 124 £52,500 -25.00% 38
Surrey +17 63 £50,000 -25.37% 28
Oxfordshire +47 56 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Kent +28 46 £43,500 +27.94% 15
Buckinghamshire -7 45 £57,500 -11.54% 15
East Sussex +28 21 £47,500 -19.49% 14
Middlesex - 7 £77,500 - 1
West Sussex +27 6 £35,000 -33.33% 7
Sussex - 2 £55,000 - 3
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 192 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 164 (32.35%) Microsoft
3 118 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (19.33%) Degree
5 97 (19.13%) Finance
6 77 (15.19%) Power Platform
7 76 (14.99%) Azure
8 72 (14.20%) Self-Motivation
9 66 (13.02%) SQL
9 66 (13.02%) Customer Service
10 65 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
11 62 (12.23%) Security Cleared
12 58 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
13 56 (11.05%) Agile
14 55 (10.85%) Migration
15 53 (10.45%) Public Sector
16 51 (10.06%) Dynamics 365
17 50 (9.86%) SAP
17 50 (9.86%) ERP
18 49 (9.66%) Project Management
19 48 (9.47%) Roadmaps
20 47 (9.27%) DevOps
21 46 (9.07%) Presales
21 46 (9.07%) SC Cleared
22 45 (8.88%) Power BI
23 44 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
24 43 (8.48%) Oracle
25 41 (8.09%) SharePoint
25 41 (8.09%) ETL
26 40 (7.89%) Management Information System

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 41 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.99%) Apache
3 5 (0.99%) IIS
4 2 (0.39%) Papyrus
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (6.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.17%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.78%) SAP HCM
5 6 (1.18%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.99%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.79%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.79%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.79%) SAP SCM
7 4 (0.79%) SAP WM
8 3 (0.59%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.59%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.59%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.59%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.59%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.39%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 77 (15.19%) Power Platform
2 76 (14.99%) Azure
3 51 (10.06%) Dynamics 365
4 44 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (5.92%) AWS
6 29 (5.72%) Power Automate
7 18 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (2.96%) SaaS
9 11 (2.17%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.78%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.58%) GCP
11 8 (1.58%) OCI
12 7 (1.38%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (0.79%) Alation
14 4 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.79%) Collibra
14 4 (0.79%) GitHub
15 3 (0.59%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.72%) Firewall
2 13 (2.56%) DNS
3 12 (2.37%) DHCP
4 10 (1.97%) VPN
4 10 (1.97%) WAN
5 9 (1.78%) LAN
6 8 (1.58%) Network Security
6 8 (1.58%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.38%) SNMP
8 6 (1.18%) IPsec
9 5 (0.99%) Internet
10 4 (0.79%) HTTP
11 3 (0.59%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.39%) BGP
12 2 (0.39%) Broadband
12 2 (0.39%) Converged Networks
12 2 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
12 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco Firepower
13 1 (0.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.88%) Power BI
2 34 (6.71%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.97%) Tableau
7 7 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.18%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.99%) Metadata
9 5 (0.99%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.59%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.59%) Looker
11 3 (0.59%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.96%) JIRA
2 14 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.56%) Robot Framework
4 5 (0.99%) Hudson
5 4 (0.79%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.20%) JMeter
6 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 192 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.13%) Finance
3 65 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.90%) Retail
6 23 (4.54%) Law
7 22 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 21 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (3.94%) Marketing
10 18 (3.55%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.18%) Military
12 6 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) Legal
15 2 (0.39%) Automotive
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
15 2 (0.39%) Electronics
15 2 (0.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.55%) XML
2 13 (2.56%) HTML
3 6 (1.18%) Web Services
4 5 (0.99%) .NET
4 5 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (0.99%) YAML
5 4 (0.79%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.79%) JSON
6 2 (0.39%) SPFx
7 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.20%) jQuery
7 1 (0.20%) React
7 1 (0.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.20%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 36 (7.10%) Data Centre
4 24 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.18%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.79%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.59%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.39%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.39%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.39%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.39%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.20%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.20%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.33%) Windows
2 21 (4.14%) Linux
3 11 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.99%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (13.02%) Customer Service
3 58 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (11.05%) Agile
5 55 (10.85%) Migration
6 50 (9.86%) ERP
7 49 (9.66%) Project Management
8 48 (9.47%) Roadmaps
9 47 (9.27%) DevOps
10 46 (9.07%) Presales
11 41 (8.09%) ETL
12 39 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
13 38 (7.50%) CRM
13 38 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
14 31 (6.11%) Mentoring
15 28 (5.52%) Data Science
15 28 (5.52%) Requirements Gathering
15 28 (5.52%) Service Delivery
16 27 (5.33%) Budget Management
16 27 (5.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.02%) SQL
2 30 (5.92%) Python
3 13 (2.56%) Bash
3 13 (2.56%) PL/SQL
4 11 (2.17%) C#
5 7 (1.38%) Java
5 7 (1.38%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.18%) Go
6 6 (1.18%) Ruby
7 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.79%) R
8 4 (0.79%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.20%) C
9 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (19.33%) Degree
2 62 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 46 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.14%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.76%) CISSP
6 13 (2.56%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.97%) CESG Certified Professional
7 10 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.38%) CISMP
9 7 (1.38%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.18%) CISM
11 4 (0.79%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.59%) PCI QSA
12 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.39%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.76%) GDPR
2 14 (2.76%) NIST
3 8 (1.58%) GRC
3 8 (1.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 7 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.38%) JSP 440
4 7 (1.38%) PMO
4 7 (1.38%) RMADS
5 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.79%) COBIT
5 4 (0.79%) GMP
5 4 (0.79%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.59%) NCSC
6 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.39%) ITGC
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 26 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.18%) vSphere
4 5 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.17%) vCenter Server
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.18%) VxRail
5 5 (0.99%) Ansible
5 5 (0.99%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.39%) Nagios
6 2 (0.39%) Netcool
6 2 (0.39%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 164 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.86%) SAP
3 43 (8.48%) Oracle
4 21 (4.14%) Sage
4 21 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.35%) VMware
6 10 (1.97%) Epicor
7 8 (1.58%) Adobe
7 8 (1.58%) Apple
7 8 (1.58%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.38%) Dell
9 6 (1.18%) Infor
9 6 (1.18%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.99%) Adaptive Insights
10 5 (0.99%) Anaplan
10 5 (0.99%) Informatica
10 5 (0.99%) Jedox
10 5 (0.99%) NetApp
10 5 (0.99%) SolidFire
10 5 (0.99%) Tagetik