Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 131 159
Rank change year-on-year +47 +28 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 2,136 1,591 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.01% 2.65% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% 2.97% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,001 984
10th Percentile £27,250 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +49 472 £50,000 -24.24% 161
North of England +20 466 £55,000 -21.43% 202
South West +60 388 £58,750 -9.62% 133
Midlands +51 382 £47,500 -26.36% 119
North West -11 277 £57,500 -14.81% 133
West Midlands +60 276 £50,000 -22.78% 89
East of England +28 179 £47,500 -24.00% 50
Scotland -44 136 £46,250 -33.93% 60
Yorkshire +38 131 £50,000 -28.57% 54
East Midlands +23 103 £37,500 -42.31% 30
Wales +41 82 £47,500 -32.14% 14
North East +43 58 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Northern Ireland +35 32 £30,000 -51.61% 13
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 721 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 578 (27.06%) Microsoft
3 487 (22.80%) Finance
4 413 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
5 300 (14.04%) Azure
6 296 (13.86%) Degree
7 284 (13.30%) Security Cleared
8 263 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
9 256 (11.99%) SQL
10 254 (11.89%) Power Platform
11 227 (10.63%) Agile
12 219 (10.25%) Roadmaps
13 215 (10.07%) Project Management
14 208 (9.74%) Migration
14 208 (9.74%) Customer Service
15 206 (9.64%) Public Sector
16 194 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
17 189 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
18 186 (8.71%) Presales
19 176 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
20 174 (8.15%) Power BI
21 173 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
22 166 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
23 163 (7.63%) Retail
24 158 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
25 155 (7.26%) SQL Server
26 150 (7.02%) Mentoring
27 147 (6.88%) SAP
27 147 (6.88%) Windows
28 146 (6.84%) ERP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 123 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 79 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.29%) Apache
4 24 (1.12%) IIS
5 11 (0.51%) Confluence
6 2 (0.094%) nginx
6 2 (0.094%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.094%) Papyrus
7 1 (0.047%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.047%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.047%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.047%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.047%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.047%) SAS
7 1 (0.047%) WebLogic
Applications
1 73 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.094%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.094%) InDesign
6 2 (0.094%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.047%) InVision
7 1 (0.047%) Sketch
7 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 108 (5.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 28 (1.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 27 (1.26%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.84%) Sage 200
5 18 (0.84%) SAP MM
6 17 (0.80%) SAP Business One
7 15 (0.70%) Endur
8 14 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
9 13 (0.61%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.51%) SAP CO
10 11 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
10 11 (0.51%) SAP SD
11 10 (0.47%) SAP HCM
11 10 (0.47%) SAP PP
11 10 (0.47%) SAP WM
12 9 (0.42%) Sage X3
13 7 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
13 7 (0.33%) SAP GRC
13 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 300 (14.04%) Azure
2 254 (11.89%) Power Platform
3 194 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
4 166 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
5 135 (6.32%) AWS
6 72 (3.37%) Power Automate
7 68 (3.18%) SaaS
8 61 (2.86%) Amazon S3
9 48 (2.25%) Entra ID
10 45 (2.11%) PowerApps
11 32 (1.50%) PaaS
12 31 (1.45%) IaaS
13 28 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
13 28 (1.31%) OneDrive
14 23 (1.08%) GCP
15 21 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
17 12 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
18 11 (0.51%) OCI
19 10 (0.47%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 109 (5.10%) Firewall
2 58 (2.72%) VPN
3 52 (2.43%) Internet
4 51 (2.39%) SNMP
5 50 (2.34%) IPsec
6 40 (1.87%) Network Security
7 38 (1.78%) WAN
8 36 (1.69%) LAN
9 31 (1.45%) DNS
10 30 (1.40%) DHCP
11 29 (1.36%) TCP/IP
12 26 (1.22%) Unified Communications
13 21 (0.98%) Wireless
14 13 (0.61%) SAN
15 12 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
16 11 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
17 8 (0.37%) VLAN
18 5 (0.23%) HTTP
18 5 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (8.15%) Power BI
2 155 (7.26%) SQL Server
3 113 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 52 (2.43%) MongoDB
6 50 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
7 39 (1.83%) Data Lake
8 31 (1.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 17 (0.80%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.75%) Tableau
11 15 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.56%) Power Query
13 11 (0.51%) Big Data
13 11 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (0.33%) Metadata
16 7 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
17 6 (0.28%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (1.31%) JIRA
2 12 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.51%) Robot Framework
4 9 (0.42%) Git
5 5 (0.23%) Hudson
6 3 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.094%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.047%) GitLab
8 1 (0.047%) JMeter
8 1 (0.047%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.047%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.047%) Selenium
8 1 (0.047%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.047%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 721 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 487 (22.80%) Finance
3 206 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 189 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (7.63%) Retail
6 127 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 96 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
8 92 (4.31%) Marketing
9 88 (4.12%) Law
10 75 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 62 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 41 (1.92%) Military
14 33 (1.54%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.26%) Automotive
16 25 (1.17%) Banking
17 11 (0.51%) Back Office
17 11 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.47%) Aviation
19 8 (0.37%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
1 49 (2.29%) YAML
2 29 (1.36%) HTML
3 22 (1.03%) REST
4 20 (0.94%) EDI
5 18 (0.84%) XML
6 11 (0.51%) Node.js
7 10 (0.47%) CSS
7 10 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (0.47%) SOAP
8 9 (0.42%) JSON
9 8 (0.37%) .NET
9 8 (0.37%) Web Services
10 6 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.19%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.14%) OpenID
12 3 (0.14%) React
12 3 (0.14%) SAML
12 3 (0.14%) Semantic UI
12 3 (0.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 176 (8.24%) Self-Motivation
2 135 (6.32%) Data Centre
3 90 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 66 (3.09%) Driving Licence
5 47 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 38 (1.78%) IoT
7 33 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.31%) Low-Code
9 23 (1.08%) Operational Technology
10 21 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 20 (0.94%) Blog
11 20 (0.94%) Cloud Native
12 19 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
12 19 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
13 18 (0.84%) Raspberry Pi
14 16 (0.75%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.70%) CESG
15 15 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 147 (6.88%) Windows
2 137 (6.41%) Linux
3 50 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.29%) Data ONTAP
5 24 (1.12%) Android
6 23 (1.08%) Unix
7 22 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 22 (1.03%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.37%) AIX
8 8 (0.37%) Solaris
9 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.094%) VMS
10 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.047%) Debian
11 1 (0.047%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
2 263 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
3 227 (10.63%) Agile
4 219 (10.25%) Roadmaps
5 215 (10.07%) Project Management
6 208 (9.74%) Customer Service
6 208 (9.74%) Migration
7 186 (8.71%) Presales
8 173 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
9 158 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
10 150 (7.02%) Mentoring
11 146 (6.84%) ERP
12 140 (6.55%) Risk Management
13 137 (6.41%) Artificial Intelligence
14 133 (6.23%) CRM
15 124 (5.81%) DevOps
16 116 (5.43%) Analytics
16 116 (5.43%) Project Delivery
17 109 (5.10%) ETL
18 101 (4.73%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 256 (11.99%) SQL
2 128 (5.99%) Python
3 49 (2.29%) JavaScript
4 36 (1.69%) Java
5 32 (1.50%) PowerShell
6 25 (1.17%) C#
7 21 (0.98%) Bash
8 20 (0.94%) C
9 12 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.56%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.47%) C++
12 7 (0.33%) Go
12 7 (0.33%) Ruby
13 6 (0.28%) R
14 5 (0.23%) Bicep
15 3 (0.14%) ABAP
16 2 (0.094%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.094%) VBA
Qualifications
1 296 (13.86%) Degree
2 284 (13.30%) Security Cleared
3 137 (6.41%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 74 (3.46%) CISSP
6 61 (2.86%) CISM
7 53 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 48 (2.25%) CESG Certified Professional
9 47 (2.20%) CRISC
10 45 (2.11%) Azure Certification
11 36 (1.69%) DBS Check
12 27 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (1.08%) CISMP
14 18 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (0.75%) Master's Degree
16 15 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (0.66%) CEH
18 13 (0.61%) CASP
18 13 (0.61%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (4.54%) NIST
2 65 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.15%) JSP 440
4 36 (1.69%) GDPR
4 36 (1.69%) NIST 800
5 35 (1.64%) NCSC
6 28 (1.31%) GRC
7 27 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (1.08%) RMADS
9 21 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 15 (0.70%) QA
11 14 (0.66%) PMO
12 13 (0.61%) GMP
12 13 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.51%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.47%) COBIT
15 9 (0.42%) Data Quality
16 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.28%) ITGC
18 5 (0.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 92 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 85 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (2.29%) Docker
4 29 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.80%) vSphere
6 10 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.42%) Firmware
7 9 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.047%) KVM
Systems Management
1 92 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 74 (3.46%) Ansible
3 57 (2.67%) vCenter Server
4 51 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (2.29%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.08%) Terraform
7 17 (0.80%) Puppet
8 6 (0.28%) SCCM
8 6 (0.28%) VxRail
9 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.094%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.094%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.094%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.094%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.094%) Nagios
10 2 (0.094%) Netcool
10 2 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.047%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.047%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 578 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 147 (6.88%) SAP
3 114 (5.34%) Oracle
4 102 (4.78%) VMware
5 65 (3.04%) Palo Alto
6 59 (2.76%) Red Hat
7 57 (2.67%) Sage
8 51 (2.39%) NetApp
9 49 (2.29%) SolidFire
10 40 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 29 (1.36%) Apple
12 27 (1.26%) Cisco
13 26 (1.22%) Adobe
14 13 (0.61%) CheckPoint
14 13 (0.61%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.61%) SolarWinds
15 12 (0.56%) Infor
15 12 (0.56%) McAfee
16 11 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
16 11 (0.51%) OpenLink