Software Consultant Jobs

Software Consultant
UK

The median Software Consultant salary in the UK 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 790 895 1149
Rank change year-on-year +105 +254 -296
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 117 52 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.055% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.060% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 85 40 55
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £33,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £102,750 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +26.32% +18.75%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Consultant over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Consultant in the UK

Software Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the UK 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
England +85 98 £50,000 -16.67% 11
UK excluding London +24 97 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Work from Home +54 37 £55,000 -8.33% 10
South East +14 33 £50,000 -20.00%
North of England +31 18 £35,000 -15.15% 2
Midlands +2 17 £40,000 -33.33% 1
East of England +14 16 £55,000 -8.33% 1
London +119 14 £57,000 +3.64% 7
West Midlands -4 12 £41,250 -31.25% 1
North West -7 10 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Yorkshire +64 8 £30,000 -
Northern Ireland - 7 £30,000 -
Scotland -61 6 - -
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software 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 Software Consultant in the job title.

1 30 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.22%) Linux
3 23 (19.66%) SaaS
4 20 (17.09%) Change Management
4 20 (17.09%) Social Skills
5 19 (16.24%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (16.24%) Customer Service
5 19 (16.24%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (14.53%) Agile
7 15 (12.82%) Software Testing
7 15 (12.82%) SQL
7 15 (12.82%) Android
7 15 (12.82%) Business Development
8 14 (11.97%) Python
9 13 (11.11%) Configuration Management
9 13 (11.11%) XML
9 13 (11.11%) HTML
9 13 (11.11%) Firewall
9 13 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 13 (11.11%) Aerospace
9 13 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
9 13 (11.11%) JIRA
9 13 (11.11%) Multithreading
9 13 (11.11%) Time Management
9 13 (11.11%) Bash
9 13 (11.11%) Apple iOS
9 13 (11.11%) Jenkins
9 13 (11.11%) ServiceNow
9 13 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
9 13 (11.11%) DevOps

Software 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 4 (3.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) BPCS
1 1 (0.85%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (0.85%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.66%) SaaS
2 19 (16.24%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.42%) AWS
5 3 (2.56%) Azure
5 3 (2.56%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) OpenFlow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.13%) Power BI
3 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) MySQL
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 13 (11.11%) JIRA
1 13 (11.11%) Robot Framework
General
1 20 (17.09%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.24%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 11 (9.40%) Automotive
5 8 (6.84%) Finance
6 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Retail
8 4 (3.42%) Marketing
8 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.71%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.71%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.11%) HTML
1 13 (11.11%) XML
2 4 (3.42%) OpenDaylight
2 4 (3.42%) Web Services
3 3 (2.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (9.40%) Blog
2 11 (9.40%) Client/Server
2 11 (9.40%) IoT
2 11 (9.40%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.71%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.85%) Life Science
5 1 (0.85%) LIMS
5 1 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.22%) Linux
2 15 (12.82%) Android
3 13 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.85%) Windows
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (17.09%) Change Management
3 19 (16.24%) Customer Service
4 17 (14.53%) Agile
5 15 (12.82%) Business Development
5 15 (12.82%) Software Testing
6 13 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 13 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.11%) Configuration Management
6 13 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 13 (11.11%) DevOps
6 13 (11.11%) Multithreading
6 13 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 13 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 13 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
6 13 (11.11%) Technical Analysis
6 13 (11.11%) Time Management
7 12 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (9.40%) Commercial Awareness
8 11 (9.40%) Multithreaded Programming
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.82%) SQL
2 14 (11.97%) Python
3 13 (11.11%) Bash
4 11 (9.40%) C
5 7 (5.98%) C++
6 2 (1.71%) Java
7 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared
1 4 (3.42%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.85%) PMO
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 7 (5.98%) Autodesk
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.85%) Epicor
4 1 (0.85%) Infor
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle
4 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.85%) SAP
4 1 (0.85%) SYSPRO