Consultant Jobs in Kent

Consultant
South East > Kent

The median Consultant salary in Kent is £43,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 92 92
Rank change year-on-year +36 0 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 45 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 3.04% 0.87% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 1.02% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 37 10 17
10th Percentile £25,250 - -
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £34,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.94% -35.24% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £42,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £45,300 £67,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,373 979 1,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 85.58% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 547 727
10th Percentile £25,025 £26,900 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,813 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,075 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Kent

Consultant
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Kent

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Kent over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Kent

Consultant
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Maidstone - 10 £43,500 - 2
Sevenoaks - 7 £55,000 -
West Malling - 7 £65,000 -
Canterbury - 2 £47,500 -
Dartford - 1 £35,000 - 1
Tonbridge - 1 £14,000 -
Whitstable - 1 £31,500 -
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Kent region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 27 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 19 (42.22%) Migration
4 16 (35.56%) SharePoint
5 15 (33.33%) Finance
5 15 (33.33%) Degree
6 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
7 13 (28.89%) ERP
8 12 (26.67%) Power Platform
9 10 (22.22%) Azure
9 10 (22.22%) Data Migration
9 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
10 9 (20.00%) ETL
10 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
11 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
11 8 (17.78%) Project Management
12 7 (15.56%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (15.56%) Oracle
12 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
12 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
12 7 (15.56%) Retail
12 7 (15.56%) OCI
12 7 (15.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
13 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (11.11%) Validation
14 5 (11.11%) VMware
14 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
14 5 (11.11%) Data Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 16 (35.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.67%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 10 (22.22%) Azure
3 7 (15.56%) OCI
4 5 (11.11%) AWS
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
5 4 (8.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 4 (8.89%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.89%) Power BI
3 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
3 4 (8.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 27 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Retail
4 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) HTML5 Canvas
1 4 (8.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.22%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Migration
2 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
3 13 (28.89%) ERP
4 10 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 9 (20.00%) ETL
5 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 8 (17.78%) Project Management
7 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.11%) Budgeting
8 5 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 5 (11.11%) Data Integration
8 5 (11.11%) Data Management
8 5 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (11.11%) Runbook
8 5 (11.11%) Validation
8 5 (11.11%) Visualisation
8 5 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (8.89%) Machine Learning
9 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.89%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
2 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 5 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 5 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 5 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) GDPR
2 3 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.67%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Oracle
3 5 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (2.22%) SAP