Junior Consultant
UK

The median Junior Consultant salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 953 1180
Rank change year-on-year +130 +227 -325
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Consultant 65 42 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.041% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.045% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 50 36 47
10th Percentile £23,850 £26,969 £25,950
25th Percentile £27,250 £31,875 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £41,289
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.18% +27.04%
75th Percentile £35,563 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £37,625 £64,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% +7.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Consultant.

Salary trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Consultant over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +102 62 £30,000 -14.29% 17
UK excluding London +24 51 £30,000 -14.29% 16
South East +30 22 £28,000 -20.00% 1
London +119 14 £26,500 -33.75% 3
South West -22 9 £31,000 +14.29% 6
North of England +47 7 £31,500 -37.00% 3
Work from Home +58 6 £26,500 -33.75% 14
West Midlands +17 6 £28,750 -32.35% 2
Midlands +8 6 £28,750 -42.50% 3
North West - 5 £31,500 - 3
East of England - 4 £30,000 -
Scotland - 3 £30,000 - 3
Yorkshire +81 2 £37,500 -25.00%

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Consultant in the job title.

1 37 (56.92%) Social Skills
2 26 (40.00%) Degree
3 24 (36.92%) Decision-Making
4 23 (35.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (33.85%) Budget Management
5 22 (33.85%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (33.85%) B2B
6 16 (24.62%) SharePoint
7 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
8 13 (20.00%) Project Management
8 13 (20.00%) Driving Licence
9 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
10 10 (15.38%) Finance
10 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
12 8 (12.31%) Customer Requirements
12 8 (12.31%) Creative Thinking
13 7 (10.77%) Power Platform
13 7 (10.77%) Agile
13 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (9.23%) Relational Database
14 6 (9.23%) Data Migration
14 6 (9.23%) Data Cleansing
14 6 (9.23%) Billing
14 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
14 6 (9.23%) Migration
14 6 (9.23%) Military
14 6 (9.23%) SQL

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (24.62%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.77%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.62%) OneDrive
3 3 (4.62%) WhatsApp
4 2 (3.08%) Azure
5 1 (1.54%) AWS
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) BGP
1 1 (1.54%) DNS
1 1 (1.54%) Internet
1 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.23%) Relational Database
2 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.62%) Power BI
4 2 (3.08%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.54%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Selenium
General
1 37 (56.92%) Social Skills
2 23 (35.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.38%) Finance
4 6 (9.23%) Billing
4 6 (9.23%) Military
5 4 (6.15%) Retail
6 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.54%) Automotive
8 1 (1.54%) German Language
8 1 (1.54%) Marketing
8 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) .NET
1 1 (1.54%) React
1 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.85%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Android
1 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) Decision-Making
2 22 (33.85%) B2B
2 22 (33.85%) Budget Management
3 15 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 13 (20.00%) Project Management
5 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
6 8 (12.31%) Creative Thinking
6 8 (12.31%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (10.77%) Agile
7 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.23%) Data Cleansing
8 6 (9.23%) Data Migration
8 6 (9.23%) Migration
9 5 (7.69%) ITIL
9 5 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (4.62%) Analytical Thinking
10 3 (4.62%) Product Management
10 3 (4.62%) Project Planning
10 3 (4.62%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) SQL
2 4 (6.15%) Python
3 3 (4.62%) Java
4 2 (3.08%) C#
5 1 (1.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 26 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) GMP
2 3 (4.62%) GDPR
3 2 (3.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.54%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.54%) BMC
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle
2 1 (1.54%) Remedy
2 1 (1.54%) Sage
2 1 (1.54%) YouTube