Projects Consultant
UK

The median Projects Consultant salary in the UK is £40,000 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 831 883 1204
Rank change year-on-year +52 +321 -314
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Consultant 71 89 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.088% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.096% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 43 17 19
10th Percentile £27,400 £36,250 £40,950
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -19.23% +62.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £67,500 £77,375
90th Percentile £55,500 £79,500 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £39,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.26% -22.00% +25.00%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
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%

Project Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Consultant in the UK

Project Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Consultant over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Consultant in the UK

Project 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 Project Consultant within the UK 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
UK excluding London +15 67 £35,000 -10.26%
England +79 48 £40,000 -23.81% 4
Work from Home +53 23 £42,500 -39.29% 1
Wales +19 20 - -
West Midlands +28 18 £42,500 -
Midlands +1 18 £42,500 -
South West -18 10 £45,000 -14.29%
South East -1 8 £31,000 -18.95%
North of England +45 5 £31,500 -3.08%
North West +8 5 £31,500 -3.08%
London +95 3 £42,500 -39.29% 3
Scotland -72 3 £30,000 -
East of England - 3 £30,000 -

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

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

1 53 (74.65%) Social Skills
2 31 (43.66%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (42.25%) Decision-Making
4 27 (38.03%) B2B
5 24 (33.80%) Degree
6 23 (32.39%) Project Management
6 23 (32.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (30.99%) Budget Management
7 22 (30.99%) Oracle
8 20 (28.17%) Actionable Insight
8 20 (28.17%) Security Cleared
8 20 (28.17%) Data Centre
9 19 (26.76%) SC Cleared
9 19 (26.76%) Change Management
10 18 (25.35%) Project Delivery
11 14 (19.72%) Driving Licence
11 14 (19.72%) Business Process Analysis
12 12 (16.90%) Palo Alto
12 12 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (16.90%) Migration
12 12 (16.90%) Network Design
12 12 (16.90%) ITIL
12 12 (16.90%) Cisco
12 12 (16.90%) CCNA
12 12 (16.90%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (16.90%) CheckPoint
12 12 (16.90%) McAfee
13 11 (15.49%) LAN
13 11 (15.49%) WAN
13 11 (15.49%) TCP/IP

Project 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Primavera
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) OCI
1 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.49%) Cisco ASA
1 11 (15.49%) Cisco IOS
1 11 (15.49%) Firewall
1 11 (15.49%) LAN
1 11 (15.49%) TCP/IP
1 11 (15.49%) WAN
2 1 (1.41%) IPsec
2 1 (1.41%) Network Security
2 1 (1.41%) VPN
2 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 53 (74.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (32.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (15.49%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.04%) Law
4 5 (7.04%) Military
5 2 (2.82%) Finance
5 2 (2.82%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Billing
6 1 (1.41%) German Language
6 1 (1.41%) Local Government
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 31 (43.66%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (28.17%) Data Centre
3 14 (19.72%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.41%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.27%) AIX
1 8 (11.27%) Solaris
1 8 (11.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.25%) Decision-Making
2 27 (38.03%) B2B
3 23 (32.39%) Project Management
4 22 (30.99%) Budget Management
5 20 (28.17%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (26.76%) Change Management
7 18 (25.35%) Project Delivery
8 14 (19.72%) Business Process Analysis
9 12 (16.90%) ITIL
9 12 (16.90%) Migration
9 12 (16.90%) Network Design
9 12 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
10 11 (15.49%) Change Control
10 11 (15.49%) Customer Service
10 11 (15.49%) Mentoring
11 10 (14.08%) Knowledge Transfer
12 8 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (9.86%) Agile
14 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (8.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (33.80%) Degree
2 20 (28.17%) Security Cleared
3 19 (26.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (16.90%) CCNA
4 12 (16.90%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) ACCA
7 1 (1.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.41%) CIMA
7 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.23%) GMP
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Firmware
1 8 (11.27%) Virtual Machines
1 8 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (30.99%) Oracle
2 12 (16.90%) CheckPoint
2 12 (16.90%) Cisco
2 12 (16.90%) McAfee
2 12 (16.90%) Palo Alto
3 11 (15.49%) Fortinet
4 8 (11.27%) Red Hat
4 8 (11.27%) VMware
5 6 (8.45%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.41%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.41%) Juniper
6 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow