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 to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 90 148
Rank change year-on-year +29 +58 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,281 3,000 4,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.59% 3.57% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.79% 3.91% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 1,842 2,448
10th Percentile £29,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 86,551 76,764 136,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.30% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,784 50,208 75,544
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 3 June 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 3 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
London +31 1,080 £70,000 - 699
North of England +14 533 £55,000 -21.43% 283
South East +68 512 £50,000 -25.37% 207
South West +72 432 £58,750 -9.62% 172
Midlands +44 422 £47,500 -24.00% 157
North West -11 304 £57,500 -17.86% 193
West Midlands +52 292 £50,000 -23.08% 115
East of England +25 202 £48,750 -22.00% 72
Yorkshire +39 170 £50,000 -28.57% 79
East Midlands +29 127 £37,500 -42.31% 42
North East +37 59 £57,500 +4.55% 12
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 980 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 875 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 655 (19.96%) Finance
4 514 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
5 455 (13.87%) Azure
6 453 (13.81%) Security Cleared
7 434 (13.23%) Degree
8 351 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
9 350 (10.67%) Agile
10 331 (10.09%) Dynamics 365
11 329 (10.03%) SQL
12 322 (9.81%) Project Management
13 314 (9.57%) Power Platform
14 300 (9.14%) Roadmaps
15 295 (8.99%) Public Sector
16 289 (8.81%) Presales
17 273 (8.32%) Customer Service
18 272 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
19 266 (8.11%) SAP
20 242 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
21 238 (7.25%) Migration
22 234 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
23 214 (6.52%) AWS
24 211 (6.43%) ERP
25 206 (6.28%) CRM
26 205 (6.25%) Mentoring
26 205 (6.25%) Power BI
27 201 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
27 201 (6.13%) Retail
28 200 (6.10%) SQL Server

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
1 154 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 106 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (1.22%) Apache
4 36 (1.10%) IIS
5 16 (0.49%) Confluence
6 8 (0.24%) SAS
7 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.18%) Appian
8 6 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.15%) CMS
10 3 (0.091%) Drupal
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.091%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.061%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.061%) nginx
11 2 (0.061%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.061%) Papyrus
12 1 (0.030%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.030%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 108 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.46%) Adobe XD
6 11 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.15%) Revit
8 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.091%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.061%) InDesign
10 2 (0.061%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.030%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.030%) InVision
11 1 (0.030%) Sketch
11 1 (0.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 141 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 95 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 58 (1.77%) Workday HCM
4 40 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
5 26 (0.79%) NetSuite
5 26 (0.79%) SAP Business One
6 24 (0.73%) SAP FI
7 23 (0.70%) Sage 200
7 23 (0.70%) SAP SD
8 22 (0.67%) SAP SCM
9 21 (0.64%) SAP CO
9 21 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
10 17 (0.52%) SAP HR
10 17 (0.52%) SAP PP
10 17 (0.52%) SAP WM
11 16 (0.49%) SAP MM
12 15 (0.46%) Sage X3
13 14 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
14 13 (0.40%) SAP EWM
14 13 (0.40%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 455 (13.87%) Azure
2 331 (10.09%) Dynamics 365
3 314 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 242 (7.38%) Microsoft 365
5 214 (6.52%) AWS
6 132 (4.02%) SaaS
7 104 (3.17%) Power Automate
8 72 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 69 (2.10%) PowerApps
10 50 (1.52%) GCP
11 46 (1.40%) Amazon S3
11 46 (1.40%) IaaS
11 46 (1.40%) PaaS
12 44 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
13 41 (1.25%) OneDrive
14 40 (1.22%) OCI
15 38 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
16 28 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
17 19 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 126 (3.84%) Firewall
2 77 (2.35%) Network Security
3 57 (1.74%) WAN
4 56 (1.71%) VPN
5 50 (1.52%) Internet
6 48 (1.46%) DNS
7 46 (1.40%) Wireless
8 43 (1.31%) LAN
9 37 (1.13%) IPsec
10 36 (1.10%) SNMP
11 28 (0.85%) DHCP
11 28 (0.85%) Unified Communications
12 24 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 20 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (0.58%) TCP/IP
15 16 (0.49%) SAN
16 15 (0.46%) NAS
17 13 (0.40%) Broadband
17 13 (0.40%) MPLS
18 11 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (6.25%) Power BI
2 200 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 118 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
4 98 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 47 (1.43%) Data Lake
6 36 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (0.91%) Relational Database
9 28 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 27 (0.82%) Tableau
11 24 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 22 (0.67%) Big Data
13 20 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (0.46%) Oracle Database
16 14 (0.43%) GIS
17 11 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
18 10 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
18 10 (0.30%) Metadata
18 10 (0.30%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 37 (1.13%) JIRA
2 19 (0.58%) Git
2 19 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.40%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.40%) Balsamiq
3 13 (0.40%) Robot Framework
4 11 (0.34%) PowerBuilder
5 7 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.18%) Hudson
6 6 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.12%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.12%) GitLab
8 4 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.091%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.061%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.061%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.061%) Subversion
General
1 980 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 655 (19.96%) Finance
3 295 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 272 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 201 (6.13%) Retail
6 184 (5.61%) Marketing
7 173 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
8 138 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 133 (4.05%) Law
10 119 (3.63%) Manufacturing
11 77 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 55 (1.68%) Military
14 45 (1.37%) Aerospace
15 35 (1.07%) Automotive
16 34 (1.04%) Legal
17 33 (1.01%) Banking
18 25 (0.76%) German Language
19 23 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
19 23 (0.70%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (2.99%) HTML
2 51 (1.55%) XML
3 45 (1.37%) CSS
4 42 (1.28%) Web Services
5 35 (1.07%) RabbitMQ
6 34 (1.04%) YAML
7 32 (0.98%) REST
8 28 (0.85%) .NET
8 28 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
9 23 (0.70%) JSON
10 22 (0.67%) AngularJS
11 21 (0.64%) EDI
12 20 (0.61%) SOAP
13 13 (0.40%) Node.js
14 10 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
15 8 (0.24%) ARM Templates
15 8 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
16 7 (0.21%) PySpark
17 6 (0.18%) GraphQL
17 6 (0.18%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 201 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
2 124 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 118 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 66 (2.01%) Driving Licence
5 59 (1.80%) IoT
6 52 (1.58%) Onboarding
6 52 (1.58%) Public Cloud
7 51 (1.55%) Operational Technology
8 39 (1.19%) Product Ownership
9 37 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
10 34 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
11 30 (0.91%) Low-Code
12 29 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 26 (0.79%) Cloud Native
14 24 (0.73%) Client/Server
15 23 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
15 23 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (0.70%) Mobile App
16 22 (0.67%) Blog
17 21 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 195 (5.94%) Windows
2 134 (4.08%) Linux
3 85 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.04%) Data ONTAP
5 25 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 23 (0.70%) Android
7 21 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.46%) Unix
9 12 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.12%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.091%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.091%) VMS
11 3 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.030%) Debian
13 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
2 351 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
3 350 (10.67%) Agile
4 322 (9.81%) Project Management
5 300 (9.14%) Roadmaps
6 289 (8.81%) Presales
7 273 (8.32%) Customer Service
8 238 (7.25%) Migration
9 234 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
10 211 (6.43%) ERP
11 206 (6.28%) CRM
12 205 (6.25%) Mentoring
13 189 (5.76%) DevOps
14 187 (5.70%) Project Delivery
15 186 (5.67%) Artificial Intelligence
16 182 (5.55%) Analytics
17 169 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 167 (5.09%) Requirements Gathering
19 151 (4.60%) Risk Management
20 127 (3.87%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 329 (10.03%) SQL
2 163 (4.97%) Python
3 114 (3.47%) JavaScript
4 64 (1.95%) PowerShell
5 53 (1.62%) C#
6 46 (1.40%) Java
7 39 (1.19%) Bash
8 23 (0.70%) PL/SQL
9 21 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 20 (0.61%) C
11 18 (0.55%) Bicep
12 14 (0.43%) R
13 13 (0.40%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.37%) C++
15 10 (0.30%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.24%) Go
16 8 (0.24%) Ruby
17 7 (0.21%) ABAP
18 6 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 6 (0.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 453 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 434 (13.23%) Degree
3 189 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 113 (3.44%) DV Cleared
5 100 (3.05%) CISSP
6 82 (2.50%) CISM
6 82 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 66 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 59 (1.80%) CRISC
9 54 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 52 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 51 (1.55%) CESG Certified Professional
12 48 (1.46%) DBS Check
13 39 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
14 31 (0.94%) Master's Degree
15 28 (0.85%) CISMP
16 23 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
17 17 (0.52%) CEH
17 17 (0.52%) CREST Certified
18 16 (0.49%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (3.90%) NIST
2 100 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (1.34%) GDPR
3 44 (1.34%) JSP 440
4 38 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 38 (1.16%) NIST 800
5 33 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 33 (1.01%) GRC
6 32 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 32 (0.98%) NCSC
7 31 (0.94%) QA
8 21 (0.64%) RMADS
9 20 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 19 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 19 (0.58%) GMP
11 17 (0.52%) PMO
12 15 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.40%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.40%) WCAG
14 11 (0.34%) COBIT
System Software
1 140 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (1.19%) Docker
4 37 (1.13%) vSphere
5 27 (0.82%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.061%) XenApp
9 1 (0.030%) Firmware
9 1 (0.030%) KVM
9 1 (0.030%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.030%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 94 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 65 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 52 (1.58%) Ansible
4 51 (1.55%) Terraform
5 43 (1.31%) vCenter Server
6 34 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.49%) Puppet
8 13 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.24%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.21%) SCCM
10 7 (0.21%) VxRail
11 4 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.12%) HP UCMDB
11 4 (0.12%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.091%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.091%) Nessus
12 3 (0.091%) Nmap
13 2 (0.061%) Nagios
13 2 (0.061%) Netcool
13 2 (0.061%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 875 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 266 (8.11%) SAP
3 142 (4.33%) Oracle
4 103 (3.14%) VMware
5 99 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 64 (1.95%) Workday
7 59 (1.80%) Adobe
8 54 (1.65%) Sage
9 48 (1.46%) Cisco
9 48 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 42 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 41 (1.25%) Salesforce
12 40 (1.22%) Apple
13 36 (1.10%) NetApp
14 34 (1.04%) Google
14 34 (1.04%) SolidFire
15 32 (0.98%) SolarWinds
16 28 (0.85%) Tanium
16 28 (0.85%) Tripwire
17 27 (0.82%) IBM