Technical Consultant Job Trends in the North West

Technical Consultant
England > North West

The median Technical Consultant salary in the North West is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 193 192
Rank change year-on-year +25 -1 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 19 40 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.38% 0.58% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.61% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 6
10th Percentile £47,400 - £40,125
25th Percentile £75,000 £38,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £42,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +88.24% -34.62% +3.59%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +3.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 4,458 6,562 3,765
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 94.83% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,649 3,636 2,868
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,807
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £53,455 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.04% -4.17% -

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the North West

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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 +17 15 £80,000 +88.24% 3
Merseyside +4 4 - -
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Technical Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Agile
2 3 (15.79%) Practice Management
2 3 (15.79%) SaaS
2 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
3 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.26%) ITIL
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) Observability
4 1 (5.26%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.26%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (21.05%) Legal
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Agile
1 3 (15.79%) Practice Management
1 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
2 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (10.53%) DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
3 1 (5.26%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL
3 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
3 1 (5.26%) Observability
3 1 (5.26%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.26%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.26%) Service Management
3 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft