Technical Consultant
UK

The median Technical Consultant salary in the UK is £57,500 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 514 631 826
Rank change year-on-year +117 +195 -257
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 425 372 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.41% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 352 256 362
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,313 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,875 £89,375 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical 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 Technical 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 +156 376 £57,500 -4.17% 117
UK excluding London +110 254 £52,500 -4.55% 81
Work from Home +63 199 £57,250 -15.19% 70
London +67 117 £71,500 +5.93% 42
South East +34 60 £50,000 -33.33% 25
South West +20 56 £50,000 -4.76% 17
North of England +44 54 £74,000 +34.55% 15
North West +31 49 £74,000 +34.55% 10
Midlands +27 44 £42,500 -22.73% 13
West Midlands +43 34 £42,500 -22.73% 7
East of England +31 30 £55,000 +29.41% 2
East Midlands -10 10 £55,000 +2.33% 6
Wales +9 6 £47,500 -20.83% 2
Yorkshire +59 5 £28,000 -50.22% 5
Scotland -66 2 £90,000 - 5
Isle of Man - 2 - - 8

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

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

1 144 (33.88%) Microsoft
2 116 (27.29%) Social Skills
3 76 (17.88%) Presales
4 69 (16.24%) Azure
5 66 (15.53%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (15.29%) Windows
7 63 (14.82%) JavaScript
8 61 (14.35%) Active Directory
9 59 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (12.47%) Security Cleared
11 50 (11.76%) ServiceNow
12 49 (11.53%) HTML
13 48 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 47 (11.06%) Public Sector
15 46 (10.82%) AWS
15 46 (10.82%) SQL
16 45 (10.59%) Entra ID
17 44 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
17 44 (10.35%) Microsoft Exchange
17 44 (10.35%) Degree
18 41 (9.65%) SQL Server
19 36 (8.47%) Migration
19 36 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
20 35 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
21 34 (8.00%) Windows Server
21 34 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
22 33 (7.76%) CRM
23 32 (7.53%) Data Centre
24 31 (7.29%) Finance
25 30 (7.06%) Oracle

Technical 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 44 (10.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (6.59%) SharePoint
3 21 (4.94%) IIS
4 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 2 (0.47%) nginx
4 2 (0.47%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (5.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.41%) Adobe Campaign
2 6 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (0.94%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.71%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PA-EC
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 69 (16.24%) Azure
2 66 (15.53%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (10.82%) AWS
4 45 (10.59%) Entra ID
5 34 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (6.59%) SaaS
7 19 (4.47%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.00%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (2.82%) Amazon S3
9 12 (2.82%) GCP
10 9 (2.12%) OCI
11 6 (1.41%) IaaS
11 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (1.41%) PaaS
12 4 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.35%) DHCP
1 27 (6.35%) DNS
2 24 (5.65%) Unified Communications
3 23 (5.41%) Firewall
4 16 (3.76%) VPN
5 9 (2.12%) LAN
6 6 (1.41%) SSL
6 6 (1.41%) WAN
7 5 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.94%) SAN
8 4 (0.94%) Wireless
9 3 (0.71%) Internet
9 3 (0.71%) TETRA
10 2 (0.47%) Intranet
10 2 (0.47%) VLAN
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.24%) MPLS
11 1 (0.24%) NGFW
11 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.65%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.24%) Power BI
3 15 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (2.82%) Oracle Database
5 9 (2.12%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.71%) GIS
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
9 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.47%) QlikView
9 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.47%) SQLite
10 1 (0.24%) Base SAS
10 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.24%) OLAP
10 1 (0.24%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 9 (2.12%) Git
2 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.94%) Subversion
3 3 (0.71%) JIRA
3 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.47%) PowerBuilder
4 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 116 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 47 (11.06%) Public Sector
3 44 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.29%) Finance
5 20 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (4.24%) Retail
7 14 (3.29%) Law
7 14 (3.29%) Marketing
8 13 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.65%) Electronics
11 6 (1.41%) Publishing
12 5 (1.18%) Banking
13 4 (0.94%) Games
13 4 (0.94%) Legal
13 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.71%) Advertising
14 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.47%) Automotive
15 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.53%) HTML
2 21 (4.94%) AngularJS
3 20 (4.71%) Web Services
3 20 (4.71%) XML
4 19 (4.47%) CSS
5 9 (2.12%) .NET
5 9 (2.12%) SOAP
6 8 (1.88%) JSON
7 7 (1.65%) LDAP
8 5 (1.18%) Ajax
9 4 (0.94%) React
10 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.71%) Semantic UI
10 3 (0.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 3 (0.71%) XSD
11 2 (0.47%) DOM
11 2 (0.47%) SAML
11 2 (0.47%) WCF
11 2 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.53%) Data Centre
2 28 (6.59%) Public Cloud
3 23 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.65%) IoT
6 7 (1.65%) NHS
7 6 (1.41%) CMDB
7 6 (1.41%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.41%) Hedge funds
7 6 (1.41%) Home Automation
7 6 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.41%) Smart Home
8 5 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.71%) CCTV
9 3 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 65 (15.29%) Windows
2 34 (8.00%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.71%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.47%) Linux
5 5 (1.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) Debian
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (17.88%) Presales
2 59 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 36 (8.47%) Migration
5 35 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (7.76%) CRM
7 30 (7.06%) Software Licensing
8 29 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (6.82%) Customer Service
9 26 (6.12%) Customer Requirements
9 26 (6.12%) DevOps
9 26 (6.12%) Time Management
10 25 (5.88%) Agile
10 25 (5.88%) Project Management
11 24 (5.65%) Service Management
12 23 (5.41%) ITIL
13 20 (4.71%) Requirements Workshops
14 19 (4.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (3.76%) Decision-Making
15 16 (3.76%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (14.82%) JavaScript
2 46 (10.82%) SQL
3 18 (4.24%) T-SQL
4 17 (4.00%) C#
5 16 (3.76%) Java
5 16 (3.76%) Python
6 15 (3.53%) PL/SQL
6 15 (3.53%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.18%) C
8 4 (0.94%) Bash
9 2 (0.47%) PHP
9 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.47%) XPath
10 1 (0.24%) ABAP
10 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.24%) Perl
10 1 (0.24%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.24%) VB
10 1 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 53 (12.47%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.35%) Degree
3 28 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.18%) AWS Certification
5 12 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.18%) PCI QSA
8 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.71%) RIBA
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.47%) MCP
11 1 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.24%) CCNP
11 1 (0.24%) CCSP
11 1 (0.24%) CISSP
11 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.41%) GRC
3 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.71%) QA
4 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.71%) SLA
5 2 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (14.35%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.94%) Hyper-V
3 17 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.47%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Docker
7 1 (0.24%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) Shibboleth
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.35%) SCCM
3 5 (1.18%) HP UCMDB
4 4 (0.94%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) Aspera SmartTrack
5 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.47%) Puppet
5 2 (0.47%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 144 (33.88%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 30 (7.06%) Adobe
3 30 (7.06%) Oracle
4 27 (6.35%) Apple
5 25 (5.88%) VMware
6 11 (2.59%) Adaptive Insights
7 10 (2.35%) Anaplan
7 10 (2.35%) Jedox
7 10 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.35%) Tagetik
8 6 (1.41%) BMC
8 6 (1.41%) Cisco
8 6 (1.41%) Remedy
8 6 (1.41%) Sun
8 6 (1.41%) Veeam
9 5 (1.18%) HP
9 5 (1.18%) SAP
10 4 (0.94%) Commvault
10 4 (0.94%) Veritas