Development Consultant
UK

The median Development Consultant salary in the UK is £71,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 961 1219
Rank change year-on-year +119 +258 -303
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Consultant 42 14 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.014% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.015% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 12
10th Percentile £39,750 - £28,175
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £63,375
90th Percentile - - £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £95,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -42.11% +201.59% -41.67%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Development Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Consultant in the UK

Development Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Development Consultant in the UK

Development Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Consultant over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Consultant in the UK

Development Consultant
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +108 36 £77,500 +37.78% 15
UK excluding London +14 23 £55,000 -42.11% 13
London +113 17 £90,000 +60.00% 7
Work from Home +88 9 £42,500 -50.00% 2
South East - 6 - - 1
East of England - 4 £55,000 -
North of England - 4 £37,500 - 5
Midlands - 3 £53,750 - 1
Scotland -63 2 - - 2
South West - 2 £27,000 - 1
North West - 2 - - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £37,500 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £53,750 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Development 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 Development Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (57.14%) Business Development
2 18 (42.86%) Agile
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 17 (40.48%) DevOps
4 14 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 13 (30.95%) Public Sector
6 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (28.57%) Project Management
7 11 (26.19%) Marketing
8 10 (23.81%) PRINCE2
8 10 (23.81%) Service Design
8 10 (23.81%) IoT
9 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
10 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (11.90%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (11.90%) Remote Sensing
11 5 (11.90%) Aerospace
12 4 (9.52%) GIS
12 4 (9.52%) Back Office
12 4 (9.52%) Digital Media
12 4 (9.52%) Machine Learning
12 4 (9.52%) Lead Generation
13 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 2 (4.76%) OOP
14 2 (4.76%) OO
14 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
15 1 (2.38%) Design Patterns
15 1 (2.38%) Integration Patterns
15 1 (2.38%) Architectural Patterns

Development 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 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) AWS
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) SSL
1 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Public Sector
3 11 (26.19%) Marketing
4 5 (11.90%) Aerospace
5 4 (9.52%) Back Office
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) .NET
1 1 (2.38%) HTML
1 1 (2.38%) LDAP
1 1 (2.38%) React
1 1 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.38%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (2.38%) SAPUI5
1 1 (2.38%) Web Services
1 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) IoT
2 4 (9.52%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Business Development
2 18 (42.86%) Agile
3 17 (40.48%) DevOps
4 14 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 12 (28.57%) Project Management
5 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (23.81%) PRINCE2
6 10 (23.81%) Service Design
7 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (11.90%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (11.90%) Remote Sensing
9 4 (9.52%) Lead Generation
9 4 (9.52%) Machine Learning
10 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (4.76%) OO
11 2 (4.76%) OOP
11 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
12 1 (2.38%) ITIL
12 1 (2.38%) Test Automation
12 1 (2.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) ABAP
1 1 (2.38%) C#
1 1 (2.38%) Java
1 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.38%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (2.38%) SAP
1 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow