Senior Consultant
UK

The median Senior Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 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 438 479 659
Rank change year-on-year +41 +180 -209
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 555 611 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.61% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.67% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 366 365 464
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.44% -3.21% +12.00%

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%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior 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 Senior 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 +94 466 £70,000 -3.45% 256
UK excluding London +38 285 £60,000 -11.44% 124
Work from Home +90 258 £70,000 -6.67% 135
London +103 219 £75,000 -6.25% 149
North of England +26 69 £65,000 -7.14% 24
South East +47 58 £57,500 -19.30% 41
Midlands +12 55 £60,000 -7.69% 11
North West -14 54 £70,000 +2.94% 15
West Midlands +27 43 £62,500 -3.85% 11
South West -6 31 £60,000 -14.29% 24
East of England -2 24 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Scotland -73 24 £65,000 -7.14% 14
Wales +23 18 £47,500 +3.92% 1
Yorkshire +84 14 £55,000 -34.33% 8
East Midlands -13 12 £37,500 -46.43%
Northern Ireland - 7 £85,000 - 3
North East - 1 £70,000 - 1

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

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

1 151 (27.21%) Finance
2 134 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 120 (21.62%) Microsoft
4 103 (18.56%) Azure
5 81 (14.59%) Roadmaps
6 80 (14.41%) Project Management
7 75 (13.51%) Presales
8 72 (12.97%) SAP
9 70 (12.61%) Security Cleared
10 64 (11.53%) AWS
11 63 (11.35%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (10.99%) Azure Certification
14 53 (9.55%) Artificial Intelligence
15 52 (9.37%) Data Lake
16 51 (9.19%) Strategic Roadmap
16 51 (9.19%) Workflow
16 51 (9.19%) AWS Certification
17 50 (9.01%) Mentoring
17 50 (9.01%) Data Architecture
17 50 (9.01%) Project Delivery
18 49 (8.83%) Actionable Insight
18 49 (8.83%) Migration
19 48 (8.65%) Agile
19 48 (8.65%) Data Warehouse
20 47 (8.47%) Degree
20 47 (8.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
21 46 (8.29%) Analytics
22 45 (8.11%) Public Sector
22 45 (8.11%) Customer Service

Senior 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 19 (3.42%) IIS
2 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.62%) Apache
4 8 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (5.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (2.34%) SAP FI
4 12 (2.16%) SAP SCM
5 11 (1.98%) NetSuite
5 11 (1.98%) SAP CO
5 11 (1.98%) SAP FI/CO
6 9 (1.62%) SAP HR
7 7 (1.26%) Adobe Campaign
7 7 (1.26%) C-CURE
7 7 (1.26%) SAP SD
8 6 (1.08%) SAP PP
8 6 (1.08%) SAP Travel Management
8 6 (1.08%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.72%) ResourceLink
10 4 (0.72%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.72%) SAP CRM
10 4 (0.72%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 103 (18.56%) Azure
2 64 (11.53%) AWS
3 42 (7.57%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (4.14%) Power Platform
5 22 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.06%) SaaS
7 14 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (2.16%) SuccessFactors
9 11 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.98%) Azure Stack
10 10 (1.80%) Boomi
10 10 (1.80%) IaaS
10 10 (1.80%) PaaS
11 6 (1.08%) GCP
12 5 (0.90%) AWS IoT
12 5 (0.90%) OCI
13 4 (0.72%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.72%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.41%) Firewall
2 24 (4.32%) WAN
3 20 (3.60%) LAN
4 11 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.98%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (1.98%) Network Security
4 11 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.44%) Internet
5 8 (1.44%) MPLS
5 8 (1.44%) VPN
6 7 (1.26%) BGP
6 7 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (1.26%) IGRP
6 7 (1.26%) VPLS
6 7 (1.26%) VRRP
7 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.90%) SSL
7 5 (0.90%) Wireless
8 4 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (9.37%) Data Lake
2 48 (8.65%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (8.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 29 (5.23%) SQL Server
5 16 (2.88%) Power BI
6 11 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.80%) Big Data
8 6 (1.08%) Tableau
9 5 (0.90%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.72%) DB2
10 4 (0.72%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.54%) GIS
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.54%) Git
2 3 (0.54%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 151 (27.21%) Finance
2 134 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 63 (11.35%) Presentation Skills
4 45 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.50%) Marketing
6 25 (4.50%) Retail
7 20 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.06%) Law
9 15 (2.70%) Legal
9 15 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.52%) Military
11 12 (2.16%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.80%) Aviation
14 9 (1.62%) Electronics
14 9 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.62%) Publishing
15 8 (1.44%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.26%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.41%) HTML
2 17 (3.06%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.88%) EDI
4 15 (2.70%) Web Services
5 14 (2.52%) XML
6 8 (1.44%) PySpark
7 7 (1.26%) .NET
8 6 (1.08%) CSS
8 6 (1.08%) SAP TM
8 6 (1.08%) SOAP
9 5 (0.90%) Ajax
9 5 (0.90%) LDAP
9 5 (0.90%) Node.js
10 3 (0.54%) JSON
10 3 (0.54%) RESTful
11 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.36%) XSD
11 2 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.86%) Management Information System
2 21 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 16 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.52%) CESG
6 11 (1.98%) IoT
6 11 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.90%) Acoustics
9 5 (0.90%) CMDB
9 5 (0.90%) Life Science
9 5 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.72%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.72%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.72%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.96%) Windows
2 16 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.98%) Linux
4 4 (0.72%) Unix
5 3 (0.54%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (14.59%) Roadmaps
2 80 (14.41%) Project Management
3 75 (13.51%) Presales
4 62 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (9.55%) Artificial Intelligence
6 51 (9.19%) Strategic Roadmap
6 51 (9.19%) Workflow
7 50 (9.01%) Data Architecture
7 50 (9.01%) Mentoring
7 50 (9.01%) Project Delivery
8 49 (8.83%) Actionable Insight
8 49 (8.83%) Migration
9 48 (8.65%) Agile
10 46 (8.29%) Analytics
11 45 (8.11%) Customer Service
12 36 (6.49%) Requirements Gathering
13 35 (6.31%) CRM
14 34 (6.13%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (5.95%) Data Privacy
15 33 (5.95%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.03%) JavaScript
2 37 (6.67%) SQL
3 29 (5.23%) Python
4 10 (1.80%) Bicep
5 9 (1.62%) C#
5 9 (1.62%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.08%) R
7 5 (0.90%) Java
7 5 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.72%) VB
9 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.36%) XPath
10 1 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.18%) Lua
10 1 (0.18%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
10 1 (0.18%) SAPscript
10 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 61 (10.99%) Azure Certification
3 51 (9.19%) AWS Certification
4 47 (8.47%) Degree
5 31 (5.59%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.52%) CISMP
8 14 (2.52%) CISSP
9 12 (2.16%) CCNA
9 12 (2.16%) IISP
10 10 (1.80%) CISM
11 9 (1.62%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.44%) CCNP
13 7 (1.26%) CISA
13 7 (1.26%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.26%) CRISC
13 7 (1.26%) PCI QSA
13 7 (1.26%) RIBA
14 6 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.50%) NIST
2 15 (2.70%) NIST 800
3 14 (2.52%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (1.98%) RMADS
6 10 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.80%) QA
7 9 (1.62%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.62%) GDPR
8 8 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.90%) NCSC
10 4 (0.72%) GRC
10 4 (0.72%) ITGC
10 4 (0.72%) PMO
11 3 (0.54%) GMP
11 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) FreeRADIUS
3 1 (0.18%) Shibboleth
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.80%) Terraform
2 5 (0.90%) HP UCMDB
3 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.54%) Nessus
3 3 (0.54%) Nmap
4 1 (0.18%) Avamar
4 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.97%) SAP
3 30 (5.41%) Oracle
4 28 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 27 (4.86%) Cisco
6 20 (3.60%) Fortinet
7 16 (2.88%) Palo Alto
8 14 (2.52%) Databricks
9 13 (2.34%) CheckPoint
10 12 (2.16%) Dell
11 11 (1.98%) McAfee
12 9 (1.62%) Meraki
13 7 (1.26%) Aderant
13 7 (1.26%) Adobe
14 6 (1.08%) Sage
14 6 (1.08%) Workday
15 5 (0.90%) BMC
15 5 (0.90%) Remedy
15 5 (0.90%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.90%) VMware