Consultant
UK

The median Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 89 122
Rank change year-on-year +17 +33 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,542 3,716 4,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.57% 3.68% 3.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 4.02% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,639 2,261 3,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,750 £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 £77,500 £79,500 £81,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.54% +13.04% +4.55%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 +27 3,041 £60,000 -11.11% 1,298
UK excluding London +45 2,140 £51,000 -21.54% 761
Work from Home +18 1,490 £59,000 -15.71% 703
London +30 1,049 £70,000 - 535
South East +56 472 £50,000 -23.08% 174
North of England +16 469 £55,000 -21.43% 209
South West +62 390 £60,000 -7.69% 131
Midlands +48 380 £47,500 -26.64% 121
North West -9 279 £57,500 -16.67% 139
West Midlands +60 275 £50,000 -23.08% 90
East of England +25 179 £47,500 -24.00% 45
Scotland -35 137 £47,500 -32.14% 61
Yorkshire +33 132 £50,000 -28.57% 55
East Midlands +23 102 £37,500 -42.31% 31
Wales +42 82 £47,500 -32.14% 16
North East +43 58 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Northern Ireland +30 32 £30,000 -51.61% 12

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1,114 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 922 (26.03%) Microsoft
3 771 (21.77%) Finance
4 549 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (14.43%) Security Cleared
6 491 (13.86%) Degree
7 481 (13.58%) Azure
8 396 (11.18%) Agile
9 391 (11.04%) Project Management
10 378 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
11 366 (10.33%) SQL
12 349 (9.85%) Roadmaps
13 347 (9.80%) Power Platform
14 333 (9.40%) Presales
15 325 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
16 322 (9.09%) Public Sector
17 314 (8.87%) SAP
18 304 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
19 286 (8.07%) Migration
20 278 (7.85%) Customer Service
21 277 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
22 255 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
23 245 (6.92%) Windows
24 234 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
25 233 (6.58%) Mentoring
26 231 (6.52%) Power BI
27 224 (6.32%) SQL Server
28 223 (6.30%) Retail
29 222 (6.27%) AWS
30 221 (6.24%) SC Cleared

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
1 173 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 127 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (1.75%) Apache
4 43 (1.21%) IIS
5 22 (0.62%) Confluence
6 12 (0.34%) SAS
7 11 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.17%) Appian
8 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.14%) CMS
9 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.085%) Drupal
10 3 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.056%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.056%) nginx
11 2 (0.056%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.056%) Papyrus
12 1 (0.028%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 131 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 14 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.20%) Revit
9 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.085%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.056%) InDesign
11 2 (0.056%) Windchill
12 1 (0.028%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.028%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.028%) InVision
12 1 (0.028%) Sketch
12 1 (0.028%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 138 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 114 (3.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 55 (1.55%) Workday HCM
4 42 (1.19%) SAP FI
5 38 (1.07%) NetSuite
6 37 (1.04%) SAP CO
6 37 (1.04%) SAP FI/CO
7 36 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
8 27 (0.76%) SAP SD
9 26 (0.73%) SAP Business One
10 25 (0.71%) SAP SCM
11 23 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
12 22 (0.62%) SAP MM
13 21 (0.59%) SAP PP
14 19 (0.54%) Sage 200
15 18 (0.51%) Endur
15 18 (0.51%) SAP EWM
16 17 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
16 17 (0.48%) SAP HR
17 15 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 481 (13.58%) Azure
2 347 (9.80%) Power Platform
3 325 (9.18%) Dynamics 365
4 277 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
5 222 (6.27%) AWS
6 151 (4.26%) SaaS
7 98 (2.77%) Power Automate
8 89 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 66 (1.86%) Amazon S3
11 51 (1.44%) IaaS
11 51 (1.44%) OCI
11 51 (1.44%) PaaS
12 49 (1.38%) GCP
13 48 (1.36%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
15 36 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
16 31 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
17 26 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
18 24 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 161 (4.55%) Firewall
2 89 (2.51%) VPN
3 83 (2.34%) Network Security
4 76 (2.15%) Internet
4 76 (2.15%) WAN
5 61 (1.72%) LAN
6 56 (1.58%) SNMP
7 55 (1.55%) IPsec
8 53 (1.50%) DNS
9 51 (1.44%) Wireless
10 38 (1.07%) TCP/IP
11 32 (0.90%) DHCP
12 28 (0.79%) Unified Communications
13 22 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (0.48%) SAN
14 17 (0.48%) SD-WAN
15 15 (0.42%) NAS
16 13 (0.37%) Broadband
16 13 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (6.52%) Power BI
2 224 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 129 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 61 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 57 (1.61%) MongoDB
7 56 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 30 (0.85%) Relational Database
10 28 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.71%) Big Data
11 25 (0.71%) Tableau
12 24 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
13 21 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) GIS
16 13 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.37%) Power Query
17 12 (0.34%) Metadata
18 11 (0.31%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (1.10%) JIRA
2 21 (0.59%) Git
3 19 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.37%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.31%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.20%) GitLab
7 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.17%) Hudson
8 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.11%) PowerBuilder
10 4 (0.11%) Subversion
11 3 (0.085%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.056%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,114 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 771 (21.77%) Finance
3 322 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 304 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
5 223 (6.30%) Retail
6 217 (6.13%) Marketing
7 194 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
8 191 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 152 (4.29%) Law
10 140 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 80 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 56 (1.58%) Military
14 53 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 49 (1.38%) Automotive
16 47 (1.33%) Banking
17 35 (0.99%) Legal
18 25 (0.71%) Games
19 23 (0.65%) Electronics
20 22 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (2.96%) HTML
2 58 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
3 54 (1.52%) YAML
4 47 (1.33%) XML
5 45 (1.27%) CSS
6 41 (1.16%) Web Services
7 33 (0.93%) .NET
7 33 (0.93%) REST
8 26 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
9 25 (0.71%) EDI
9 25 (0.71%) JSON
10 23 (0.65%) AngularJS
11 22 (0.62%) SOAP
12 13 (0.37%) Node.js
13 12 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (0.28%) ARM Templates
14 10 (0.28%) LDAP
15 9 (0.25%) PySpark
16 8 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
16 8 (0.23%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 234 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
2 165 (4.66%) Data Centre
3 132 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 76 (2.15%) Driving Licence
5 74 (2.09%) IoT
6 69 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 57 (1.61%) Operational Technology
8 56 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 37 (1.04%) Product Ownership
10 34 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (0.96%) Low-Code
10 34 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 28 (0.79%) Cloud Native
12 26 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 26 (0.73%) FMCG
13 24 (0.68%) Client/Server
13 24 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
15 22 (0.62%) Blog
16 21 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 245 (6.92%) Windows
2 155 (4.38%) Linux
3 106 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.52%) Data ONTAP
5 30 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.76%) Unix
7 25 (0.71%) Android
8 23 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.23%) AIX
10 8 (0.23%) Solaris
11 7 (0.20%) VMS
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.11%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.085%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.056%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
2 396 (11.18%) Agile
3 391 (11.04%) Project Management
4 378 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
5 349 (9.85%) Roadmaps
6 333 (9.40%) Presales
7 286 (8.07%) Migration
8 278 (7.85%) Customer Service
9 255 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
10 233 (6.58%) Mentoring
11 218 (6.15%) CRM
12 214 (6.04%) ERP
13 212 (5.99%) Analytics
14 205 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence
15 204 (5.76%) Project Delivery
16 191 (5.39%) DevOps
17 184 (5.19%) Requirements Gathering
18 183 (5.17%) Actionable Insight
19 179 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
20 171 (4.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 366 (10.33%) SQL
2 187 (5.28%) Python
3 121 (3.42%) JavaScript
4 75 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 59 (1.67%) C#
6 57 (1.61%) Java
7 39 (1.10%) Bash
8 24 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.56%) Bicep
9 20 (0.56%) C
10 18 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 18 (0.51%) R
11 13 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.31%) C++
13 10 (0.28%) Go
13 10 (0.28%) Ruby
14 9 (0.25%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.20%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 511 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 491 (13.86%) Degree
3 221 (6.24%) SC Cleared
4 118 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 112 (3.16%) CISSP
6 91 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (2.43%) CISM
8 69 (1.95%) Azure Certification
9 62 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 60 (1.69%) CRISC
11 57 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 51 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
13 45 (1.27%) DBS Check
14 41 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 38 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
16 35 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (0.76%) CISMP
18 21 (0.59%) CREST Certified
18 21 (0.59%) PMI Certification
19 20 (0.56%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (4.09%) NIST
2 116 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (1.33%) GDPR
3 47 (1.33%) JSP 440
3 47 (1.33%) QA
4 46 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (1.21%) NCSC
6 40 (1.13%) GRC
7 38 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 38 (1.07%) NIST 800
8 33 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 24 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 24 (0.68%) RMADS
10 23 (0.65%) PMO
11 21 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 19 (0.54%) GMP
13 13 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 13 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.37%) WCAG
14 11 (0.31%) COBIT
System Software
1 154 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (1.78%) Docker
4 34 (0.96%) vSphere
5 33 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.25%) Firmware
9 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.056%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.056%) XenApp
12 1 (0.028%) KVM
12 1 (0.028%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.028%) OpenDJ
12 1 (0.028%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 117 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 89 (2.51%) Ansible
3 74 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 62 (1.75%) vCenter Server
5 54 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 53 (1.50%) Terraform
7 17 (0.48%) Puppet
7 17 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.31%) SCCM
9 6 (0.17%) Backup Exec
9 6 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.17%) HP UCMDB
9 6 (0.17%) VxRail
10 4 (0.11%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.085%) Nessus
11 3 (0.085%) Nmap
12 2 (0.056%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.056%) Nagios
12 2 (0.056%) Netcool
12 2 (0.056%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 922 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 314 (8.87%) SAP
3 202 (5.70%) Oracle
4 147 (4.15%) VMware
5 112 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 83 (2.34%) Palo Alto
7 70 (1.98%) Red Hat
8 66 (1.86%) Cisco
9 65 (1.84%) Workday
10 64 (1.81%) Sage
11 57 (1.61%) Adobe
12 56 (1.58%) NetApp
13 54 (1.52%) SolidFire
14 50 (1.41%) Salesforce
15 40 (1.13%) Apple
16 38 (1.07%) Fortinet
17 36 (1.02%) Google
18 29 (0.82%) SolarWinds
19 26 (0.73%) Databricks
20 25 (0.71%) Tanium