Consultant Jobs in the North West

Consultant
England > North West

The median Consultant salary in the North West is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 87 101
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 274 322 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.83% 4.04% 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 4.53% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 177 169 120
10th Percentile £27,250 £50,000 £36,025
25th Percentile £43,750 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% +3.08% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,192 7,102 9,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.19% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 4,115 5,476
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,800 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Manchester +12 183 £59,556 -14.92% 96
Cheshire +9 40 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Merseyside -29 25 £85,000 +32.30% 3
Lancashire +1 16 £39,211 -42.34% 6
Cumbria -8 6 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 27 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 North West region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 79 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 74 (27.01%) Social Skills
3 64 (23.36%) Finance
4 50 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (17.52%) Azure
6 32 (11.68%) SQL
7 28 (10.22%) Power Platform
7 28 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (10.22%) Customer Service
8 27 (9.85%) Degree
9 26 (9.49%) Agile
10 25 (9.12%) Windows
11 24 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
12 23 (8.39%) Project Management
13 22 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (7.66%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (7.66%) DevOps
14 21 (7.66%) SAP
15 20 (7.30%) ERP
15 20 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (7.30%) Service Delivery
15 20 (7.30%) Presales
15 20 (7.30%) Power BI
15 20 (7.30%) Public Sector
16 19 (6.93%) Roadmaps
16 19 (6.93%) Kubernetes
16 19 (6.93%) Data Centre
16 19 (6.93%) Migration
16 19 (6.93%) EDI
16 19 (6.93%) Cybersecurity

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (3.65%) Apache
1 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.36%) InDesign
3 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (4.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.28%) SAP Business One
3 6 (2.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.19%) Infor M3
4 5 (1.82%) Sage 200
4 5 (1.82%) SAP PM
5 4 (1.46%) SAP MM
5 4 (1.46%) SAP WM
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.73%) Demantra
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle ASCP
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.36%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.36%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.52%) Azure
2 28 (10.22%) Power Platform
3 22 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
4 18 (6.57%) AWS
5 17 (6.20%) SaaS
6 14 (5.11%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.55%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.55%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.82%) GCP
10 4 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.36%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.01%) Firewall
2 10 (3.65%) Internet
2 10 (3.65%) IPsec
2 10 (3.65%) SNMP
2 10 (3.65%) VPN
3 8 (2.92%) Unified Communications
4 5 (1.82%) LAN
4 5 (1.82%) WAN
5 4 (1.46%) DHCP
5 4 (1.46%) DNS
5 4 (1.46%) WLAN
6 2 (0.73%) Wireless
7 1 (0.36%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.30%) Power BI
2 13 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (4.74%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.65%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.55%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.73%) Big Data
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.73%) Tableau
8 1 (0.36%) Power Query
General
1 74 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.36%) Finance
3 28 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.28%) Law
7 8 (2.92%) Retail
8 7 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.19%) Marketing
9 6 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.73%) Electronics
11 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Games
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.36%) Legal
12 1 (0.36%) Local Government
12 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.93%) EDI
2 10 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
2 10 (3.65%) YAML
3 1 (0.36%) ADO
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.66%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (6.93%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.92%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.19%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.73%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.36%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.36%) FMCG
7 1 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.36%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.36%) IoT
7 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.36%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.12%) Windows
2 16 (5.84%) Linux
3 10 (3.65%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (1.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (10.22%) Customer Service
3 26 (9.49%) Agile
4 24 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
5 23 (8.39%) Project Management
6 21 (7.66%) DevOps
7 20 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (7.30%) ERP
7 20 (7.30%) Presales
7 20 (7.30%) Service Delivery
8 19 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (6.93%) Migration
8 19 (6.93%) Roadmaps
9 18 (6.57%) Analytics
9 18 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence
10 17 (6.20%) Decision-Making
11 14 (5.11%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (4.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (4.74%) CRM
12 13 (4.74%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.68%) SQL
2 18 (6.57%) Python
3 8 (2.92%) Bash
3 8 (2.92%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.09%) Java
5 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (9.85%) Degree
2 13 (4.74%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.92%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (1.46%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.46%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.73%) CISSP
6 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.36%) CCNA
7 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.36%) GCFA
7 1 (0.36%) GCFE
7 1 (0.36%) GCIH
7 1 (0.36%) OSCP
7 1 (0.36%) PCI QSA
7 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.82%) QA
2 3 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (0.73%) NCSC
3 2 (0.73%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.36%) GRC
4 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.65%) Docker
4 4 (1.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.65%) Ansible
2 10 (3.65%) Prometheus
2 10 (3.65%) vCenter Server
3 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 79 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.66%) SAP
3 14 (5.11%) VMware
4 13 (4.74%) Oracle
5 12 (4.38%) Apple
6 10 (3.65%) NetApp
6 10 (3.65%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.65%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.65%) SolidFire
7 9 (3.28%) Adobe
8 7 (2.55%) Sage
9 6 (2.19%) Infor
10 4 (1.46%) Sun
11 3 (1.09%) Ariba
11 3 (1.09%) IBM
12 1 (0.36%) Aruba
12 1 (0.36%) Google
12 1 (0.36%) HP
12 1 (0.36%) IFS
12 1 (0.36%) NEC