Consultant Jobs in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant salary in the South East is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 149 143
Rank change year-on-year +52 -6 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 467 342 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.81% 2.27% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 2.50% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 389 250 318
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £25,350
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the South East.

Salary trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +21 196 £55,000 -15.38% 61
Hampshire +39 118 £51,250 -26.79% 23
Berkshire +2 109 £55,000 -15.38% 30
Surrey +26 65 £49,900 -20.16% 22
Oxfordshire +49 46 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Kent +36 45 £43,500 +27.94% 7
Buckinghamshire -6 41 £60,000 -7.69% 14
East Sussex +29 19 £43,500 -26.27% 9
Middlesex -12 7 £77,500 +19.23%
West Sussex +30 6 £35,000 -41.67% 2
Sussex - 2 £55,000 -
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 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 South East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 188 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 159 (34.05%) Microsoft
3 106 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (21.20%) Degree
5 88 (18.84%) Finance
6 75 (16.06%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (15.63%) Power Platform
8 72 (15.42%) Azure
9 64 (13.70%) SQL
10 61 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
11 56 (11.99%) Security Cleared
12 55 (11.78%) Migration
12 55 (11.78%) Project Management
13 53 (11.35%) SAP
14 52 (11.13%) Customer Service
15 51 (10.92%) ERP
16 50 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
17 49 (10.49%) Agile
17 49 (10.49%) Public Sector
18 48 (10.28%) Dynamics 365
19 47 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
20 45 (9.64%) SC Cleared
21 43 (9.21%) SharePoint
21 43 (9.21%) Power BI
21 43 (9.21%) Roadmaps
22 42 (8.99%) DevOps
22 42 (8.99%) ETL
22 42 (8.99%) Retail
23 41 (8.78%) Management Information System
23 41 (8.78%) Presales

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 43 (9.21%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.07%) Apache
3 5 (1.07%) IIS
4 2 (0.43%) Papyrus
Applications
1 34 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.57%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (6.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.36%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.93%) SAP HCM
5 8 (1.71%) SAP FI
6 6 (1.28%) SAP CO
6 6 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (1.07%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.86%) SAP GRC
8 4 (0.86%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.86%) SAP SCM
8 4 (0.86%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.86%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.64%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.64%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.43%) SAP BPC
11 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
11 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (15.63%) Power Platform
2 72 (15.42%) Azure
3 48 (10.28%) Dynamics 365
4 47 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (6.00%) AWS
5 28 (6.00%) Power Automate
6 14 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.36%) PowerApps
8 9 (1.93%) Amazon S3
9 8 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.71%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.71%) OCI
9 8 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.50%) GCP
11 6 (1.28%) SaaS
12 4 (0.86%) Alation
12 4 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.86%) Collibra
12 4 (0.86%) GitHub
13 3 (0.64%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.35%) Firewall
2 13 (2.78%) DNS
3 12 (2.57%) DHCP
4 11 (2.36%) LAN
4 11 (2.36%) WAN
5 9 (1.93%) VPN
6 8 (1.71%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.50%) Network Security
7 7 (1.50%) SNMP
8 5 (1.07%) Internet
8 5 (1.07%) IPsec
9 4 (0.86%) HTTP
10 3 (0.64%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.43%) Broadband
11 2 (0.43%) Converged Networks
11 2 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
12 1 (0.21%) BGP
12 1 (0.21%) FTP
12 1 (0.21%) SAN
12 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.21%) Power BI
2 35 (7.49%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.36%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.36%) Tableau
6 7 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.50%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (1.28%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.07%) Metadata
8 5 (1.07%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.86%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.64%) Looker
10 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.14%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.93%) JIRA
2 9 (1.93%) Robot Framework
3 4 (0.86%) Hudson
4 1 (0.21%) JMeter
4 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 188 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.84%) Finance
3 61 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.99%) Retail
6 35 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.57%) Law
8 23 (4.93%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (3.64%) Marketing
11 14 (3.00%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.28%) Military
14 4 (0.86%) Automotive
14 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.43%) Advertising
15 2 (0.43%) Games
15 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.43%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.14%) XML
2 9 (1.93%) HTML
3 5 (1.07%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (1.07%) YAML
4 4 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (0.86%) JSON
5 2 (0.43%) SPFx
5 2 (0.43%) Web Services
6 1 (0.21%) .NET
6 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.21%) EDI
6 1 (0.21%) IDoc
6 1 (0.21%) jQuery
6 1 (0.21%) React
6 1 (0.21%) RESTful
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ALE
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.06%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (8.78%) Management Information System
3 32 (6.85%) Data Centre
4 20 (4.28%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.86%) FMCG
10 4 (0.86%) Virtual Reality
11 3 (0.64%) EPoS
11 3 (0.64%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.43%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.43%) Multi-touch
12 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.42%) Windows
2 17 (3.64%) Linux
3 14 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.07%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.86%) Unix
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (11.78%) Migration
2 55 (11.78%) Project Management
3 52 (11.13%) Customer Service
4 51 (10.92%) ERP
5 50 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (10.49%) Agile
7 43 (9.21%) Roadmaps
8 42 (8.99%) DevOps
8 42 (8.99%) ETL
9 41 (8.78%) Presales
10 40 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (8.35%) CRM
12 34 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence
13 31 (6.64%) Mentoring
14 29 (6.21%) Budget Management
15 28 (6.00%) Data Science
16 27 (5.78%) Decision-Making
16 27 (5.78%) Machine Learning
16 27 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.70%) SQL
2 27 (5.78%) Python
3 9 (1.93%) Bash
4 8 (1.71%) C#
4 8 (1.71%) Java
4 8 (1.71%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.50%) Go
5 7 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.50%) Ruby
6 5 (1.07%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.07%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.86%) R
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (21.20%) Degree
2 56 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 45 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.07%) DBS Check
5 18 (3.85%) CISSP
6 14 (3.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 11 (2.36%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.36%) CISM
8 10 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.50%) CISMP
11 7 (1.50%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.86%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.86%) CRISC
13 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.64%) PCI QSA
13 3 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.43%) NIST
3 14 (3.00%) GDPR
4 12 (2.57%) RMADS
5 9 (1.93%) GRC
6 8 (1.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 8 (1.71%) JSP 440
7 7 (1.50%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.50%) PMO
8 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.86%) COBIT
8 4 (0.86%) GMP
8 4 (0.86%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.64%) NCSC
9 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.43%) ITGC
10 2 (0.43%) SLA
11 1 (0.21%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.21%) ECSS
11 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 26 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.28%) vSphere
5 5 (1.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.36%) vCenter Server
3 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.28%) VxRail
5 5 (1.07%) Ansible
5 5 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.43%) Nagios
6 2 (0.43%) Netcool
6 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 159 (34.05%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.35%) SAP
3 35 (7.49%) Oracle
4 22 (4.71%) VMware
5 21 (4.50%) Sage
6 14 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.14%) Epicor
8 8 (1.71%) Adobe
8 8 (1.71%) Apple
9 7 (1.50%) Dell
9 7 (1.50%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.28%) Infor
10 6 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.07%) Adaptive Insights
11 5 (1.07%) Anaplan
11 5 (1.07%) Informatica
11 5 (1.07%) Jedox
11 5 (1.07%) NetApp
11 5 (1.07%) SolidFire
11 5 (1.07%) Tagetik