IT Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £38,750 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 665 702 744
Rank change year-on-year +37 +42 -127
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 92 59 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.098% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 80 26 50
10th Percentile £26,250 - £25,000
25th Percentile £29,625 £26,000 £26,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £35,750 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -26.67% +2.63%
75th Percentile £52,200 £52,813 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £62,875
UK median annual salary £47,500 £58,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -18.10% +1.75% +14.00%

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%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT 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 +11 25 £51,250 +50.74% 6
East of England +39 20 £35,000 +7.69% 2
North of England +61 15 £35,000 -18.60% 13
Midlands -5 12 £35,250 -17.06%
South West -12 10 £34,000 - 7
Scotland -83 9 £60,000 -14.29% 4
North West +21 8 £31,250 - 6
Yorkshire +90 7 £48,750 +13.37% 7
West Midlands +13 7 £30,500 -34.05%
East Midlands -12 5 £40,000 +6.67%
Wales - 1 £37,500 -
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 28 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (22.83%) Degree
3 21 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (18.48%) Social Skills
5 16 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (16.30%) Windows
6 15 (16.30%) Computer Science
6 15 (16.30%) Agile
7 14 (15.22%) Project Management
7 14 (15.22%) Decision-Making
8 13 (14.13%) Active Directory
9 12 (13.04%) Analytics
9 12 (13.04%) Windows Server
10 11 (11.96%) IT Asset Management
10 11 (11.96%) Software Licensing
10 11 (11.96%) Cost Reduction
10 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
10 11 (11.96%) Asset Management
10 11 (11.96%) ERP
10 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (11.96%) SQL
10 11 (11.96%) Finance
11 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (9.78%) SAP
13 8 (8.70%) Oracle
13 8 (8.70%) Linux
13 8 (8.70%) VMware
13 8 (8.70%) Wireless
13 8 (8.70%) Migration

IT 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 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) Papyrus
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.35%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (4.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (8.70%) Azure
3 7 (7.61%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.09%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.70%) Wireless
2 5 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.35%) Firewall
4 1 (1.09%) DHCP
4 1 (1.09%) DNS
4 1 (1.09%) LAN
4 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.61%) Big Data
1 7 (7.61%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) DB2
General
1 17 (18.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.96%) Finance
3 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.35%) Automotive
5 4 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Law
6 1 (1.09%) Legal
6 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.61%) REST
1 7 (7.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) IoT
2 7 (7.61%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.35%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (4.35%) Blog
3 4 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.35%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (4.35%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.09%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.09%) Social Media
5 1 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.30%) Windows
2 12 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.70%) Linux
4 4 (4.35%) Android
4 4 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.35%) Unix
5 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (16.30%) Agile
3 15 (16.30%) Computer Science
4 14 (15.22%) Decision-Making
4 14 (15.22%) Project Management
5 12 (13.04%) Analytics
6 11 (11.96%) Asset Management
6 11 (11.96%) Cost Reduction
6 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
6 11 (11.96%) ERP
6 11 (11.96%) IT Asset Management
6 11 (11.96%) Software Licensing
7 8 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (8.70%) Migration
8 7 (7.61%) BPR
8 7 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (7.61%) CRM
8 7 (7.61%) Informatics
8 7 (7.61%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.96%) SQL
2 4 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (22.83%) Degree
2 5 (5.43%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.35%) CISA
3 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.17%) CISM
4 2 (2.17%) CISSP
5 1 (1.09%) CCNA
5 1 (1.09%) CEH
5 1 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.09%) GIAC
5 1 (1.09%) MCP
5 1 (1.09%) MCSA
5 1 (1.09%) MCSE
5 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.09%) OSCP
5 1 (1.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.35%) ITGC
1 4 (4.35%) PMO
1 4 (4.35%) QA
2 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.26%) GDPR
2 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.09%) NIST
4 1 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (14.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.78%) SAP
3 8 (8.70%) Oracle
3 8 (8.70%) VMware
4 6 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.43%) Sage
6 2 (2.17%) Apple
6 2 (2.17%) Google
7 1 (1.09%) Aruba
7 1 (1.09%) Avaya
7 1 (1.09%) Cisco
7 1 (1.09%) HP