Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the West Midlands 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 61 109 96
Rank change year-on-year +48 -13 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 289 160 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.61% 2.75% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% 3.05% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 236 132 152
10th Percentile £24,000 £40,350 £36,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +13.27% +7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £76,250 £77,375
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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +33 145 £60,000 -7.69% 66
Staffordshire +11 47 £35,000 +62.79% 7
Wolverhampton - 22 £42,500 - 1
Shropshire -10 10 £47,500 -20.83% 3
Warwickshire +2 9 £32,500 -39.53% 21
Worcestershire -17 8 £57,500 -2.13% 3
Dudley - 3 £55,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
Coventry +23 1 £67,500 +0.37% 9
Solihull -8 1 - - 3
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 113 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 107 (37.02%) Microsoft
3 68 (23.53%) Finance
4 59 (20.42%) Dynamics 365
5 56 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (17.65%) SQL
7 49 (16.96%) Customer Service
8 47 (16.26%) Power Platform
9 42 (14.53%) Public Sector
10 38 (13.15%) Power BI
11 37 (12.80%) SQL Server
11 37 (12.80%) Degree
12 36 (12.46%) Security Cleared
13 35 (12.11%) CRM
13 35 (12.11%) Dynamics CRM
14 34 (11.76%) Project Management
15 33 (11.42%) Migration
16 32 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
17 30 (10.38%) Presales
17 30 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
17 30 (10.38%) Agile
18 28 (9.69%) Requirements Gathering
19 27 (9.34%) Project Delivery
19 27 (9.34%) Roadmaps
20 25 (8.65%) ERP
20 25 (8.65%) SAP
20 25 (8.65%) Azure
20 25 (8.65%) Process Improvement
21 24 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
22 23 (7.96%) Customer Requirements

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (5.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.04%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.35%) InDesign
5 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (12.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (4.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (3.11%) NetSuite
4 7 (2.42%) SAP Business One
5 4 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.38%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 4 (1.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.69%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 2 (0.69%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 59 (20.42%) Dynamics 365
2 47 (16.26%) Power Platform
3 25 (8.65%) Azure
4 20 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (6.57%) PowerApps
6 12 (4.15%) AWS
7 10 (3.46%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.77%) SaaS
9 7 (2.42%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (1.73%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.73%) IaaS
10 5 (1.73%) PaaS
11 4 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.38%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.38%) OCI
12 3 (1.04%) GCP
12 3 (1.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.77%) Unified Communications
2 7 (2.42%) DHCP
2 7 (2.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.38%) Network Security
3 4 (1.38%) WAN
4 2 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.69%) Firewall
4 2 (0.69%) Intranet
4 2 (0.69%) IPsec
4 2 (0.69%) NGFW
4 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.69%) VPN
4 2 (0.69%) Wireless
5 1 (0.35%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.15%) Power BI
2 37 (12.80%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Git
General
1 113 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 68 (23.53%) Finance
3 42 (14.53%) Public Sector
4 32 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.57%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.84%) Marketing
8 14 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.84%) Retail
9 11 (3.81%) Law
10 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.73%) Legal
12 3 (1.04%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.04%) Social Science
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.50%) HTML
2 10 (3.46%) CSS
3 4 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.04%) .NET
4 3 (1.04%) JSON
4 3 (1.04%) XML
5 2 (0.69%) React
5 2 (0.69%) Web Services
6 1 (0.35%) Node.js
6 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.35%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (0.35%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (3.81%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.46%) Virtual Team
4 9 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.11%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.77%) NHS
5 8 (2.77%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.08%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.04%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.69%) FMCG
11 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.35%) Blog
12 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
12 1 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.77%) Windows
2 4 (1.38%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.69%) Linux
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (16.96%) Customer Service
3 35 (12.11%) CRM
4 34 (11.76%) Project Management
5 33 (11.42%) Migration
6 30 (10.38%) Agile
6 30 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (10.38%) Presales
7 28 (9.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 27 (9.34%) Project Delivery
8 27 (9.34%) Roadmaps
9 25 (8.65%) ERP
9 25 (8.65%) Process Improvement
10 23 (7.96%) Customer Requirements
11 18 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (6.23%) DevOps
12 17 (5.88%) Analytics
12 17 (5.88%) Data Migration
13 16 (5.54%) Change Management
13 16 (5.54%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.65%) SQL
2 19 (6.57%) JavaScript
3 14 (4.84%) C#
4 10 (3.46%) Java
5 5 (1.73%) Bicep
6 3 (1.04%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.35%) ABAP
7 1 (0.35%) Python
7 1 (0.35%) SAPscript
7 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (12.80%) Degree
2 36 (12.46%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.08%) MCSE
5 5 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.38%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.04%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.69%) APMP
8 2 (0.69%) CCIE
8 2 (0.69%) CCNP
8 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.08%) QA
2 4 (1.38%) NIST
3 3 (1.04%) GMP
4 2 (0.69%) GRC
4 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.69%) NCSC
4 2 (0.69%) PMO
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (2.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.42%) Terraform
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 107 (37.02%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.65%) SAP
3 9 (3.11%) Adobe
3 9 (3.11%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.77%) Apple
4 8 (2.77%) Oracle
5 5 (1.73%) Qualtrics
6 4 (1.38%) Hyperion
6 4 (1.38%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.38%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (1.04%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (1.04%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.04%) Jedox
7 3 (1.04%) Tagetik
8 2 (0.69%) Aruba
8 2 (0.69%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.69%) Cisco
8 2 (0.69%) F5
8 2 (0.69%) Meraki
8 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto