Senior Consultant
UK

The median Senior Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 487 631
Rank change year-on-year +31 +144 -202
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 526 619 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.59% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.65% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 358 371 481
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +12.00%

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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +73 452 £70,000 -3.45% 245
UK excluding London +45 264 £60,000 -14.29% 119
Work from Home +64 235 £71,000 -2.07% 152
London +116 216 £75,000 -3.23% 134
North of England +28 65 £63,750 -4.14% 23
Midlands +31 56 £55,000 -15.38% 16
South East +37 52 £60,000 -18.64% 32
North West -4 51 £70,000 +7.69% 14
West Midlands +45 46 £62,500 -3.85% 15
South West -3 32 £60,000 -14.29% 20
East of England -2 20 £45,000 -32.08% 7
Scotland -75 19 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Wales +22 16 £47,500 +3.92% 4
Yorkshire +87 13 £55,000 -34.33% 5
East Midlands -8 10 £37,500 -46.43% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 £85,000 - 3
North East - 1 £70,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 139 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.48%) Finance
3 117 (22.24%) Microsoft
4 86 (16.35%) Project Management
5 80 (15.21%) Security Cleared
5 80 (15.21%) Azure
6 76 (14.45%) SAP
7 62 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (11.03%) Roadmaps
9 55 (10.46%) Presales
9 55 (10.46%) Agile
10 52 (9.89%) Mentoring
10 52 (9.89%) Project Delivery
11 51 (9.70%) Migration
12 50 (9.51%) Analytics
13 49 (9.32%) Actionable Insight
14 47 (8.94%) Customer Service
15 45 (8.56%) Public Sector
16 44 (8.37%) Degree
17 43 (8.17%) Dynamics 365
18 42 (7.98%) JavaScript
19 41 (7.79%) AWS
20 39 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
21 38 (7.22%) Thought Leadership
21 38 (7.22%) CRM
22 37 (7.03%) SQL
22 37 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
22 37 (7.03%) Azure Certification
23 36 (6.84%) SAP S/4HANA
23 36 (6.84%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 19 (3.61%) IIS
2 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.52%) Apache
4 8 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 27 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (6.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (2.47%) NetSuite
3 13 (2.47%) SAP FI
4 12 (2.28%) SAP SCM
5 11 (2.09%) SAP CO
5 11 (2.09%) SAP FI/CO
6 9 (1.71%) SAP HR
6 9 (1.71%) SAP SD
7 8 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (1.33%) Adobe Campaign
8 7 (1.33%) C-CURE
9 6 (1.14%) SAP BPC
9 6 (1.14%) SAP CRM
9 6 (1.14%) SAP MM
9 6 (1.14%) SAP PP
9 6 (1.14%) SAP Travel Management
10 5 (0.95%) SAP CX
10 5 (0.95%) SAP GTS
10 5 (0.95%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.21%) Azure
2 43 (8.17%) Dynamics 365
3 41 (7.79%) AWS
4 25 (4.75%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.23%) SaaS
7 15 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (2.28%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (2.09%) Azure Stack
12 10 (1.90%) Boomi
12 10 (1.90%) IaaS
12 10 (1.90%) PaaS
13 6 (1.14%) GCP
14 5 (0.95%) AWS IoT
14 5 (0.95%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.76%) Entra ID
15 4 (0.76%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.13%) Firewall
2 21 (3.99%) WAN
3 20 (3.80%) LAN
4 13 (2.47%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (2.28%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.09%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (2.09%) VPN
7 10 (1.90%) Network Security
8 8 (1.52%) Internet
8 8 (1.52%) SSL
9 7 (1.33%) BGP
9 7 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (1.33%) IGRP
9 7 (1.33%) MPLS
9 7 (1.33%) VPLS
9 7 (1.33%) VRRP
10 5 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.76%) DHCP
11 4 (0.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.70%) Data Lake
2 29 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 24 (4.56%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (4.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 18 (3.42%) Power BI
6 10 (1.90%) Big Data
6 10 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.14%) Tableau
8 5 (0.95%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.76%) DB2
9 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.57%) Power Query
10 3 (0.57%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.38%) GIS
11 2 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.57%) Git
2 3 (0.57%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.38%) LSMW
3 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 139 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.48%) Finance
3 45 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 39 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (5.70%) Marketing
6 26 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.94%) Retail
7 23 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.42%) Law
9 17 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.85%) Legal
11 14 (2.66%) Military
12 13 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.28%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.90%) Aviation
15 9 (1.71%) Electronics
16 8 (1.52%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.52%) Publishing
17 7 (1.33%) Games
18 6 (1.14%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.27%) HTML
2 17 (3.23%) AngularJS
2 17 (3.23%) Web Services
2 17 (3.23%) XML
3 16 (3.04%) EDI
4 8 (1.52%) Ajax
4 8 (1.52%) CSS
4 8 (1.52%) LDAP
4 8 (1.52%) PySpark
4 8 (1.52%) SOAP
5 6 (1.14%) SAP TM
6 5 (0.95%) .NET
6 5 (0.95%) Node.js
7 3 (0.57%) JSON
7 3 (0.57%) RESTful
8 2 (0.38%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.38%) XSD
8 2 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.94%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.80%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.66%) CESG
4 14 (2.66%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.09%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.90%) IoT
8 8 (1.52%) CMDB
8 8 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.33%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.95%) Acoustics
10 5 (0.95%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.95%) Life Science
10 5 (0.95%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.95%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.76%) Social Network
12 3 (0.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.99%) Windows
2 16 (3.04%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.90%) Linux
4 4 (0.76%) Unix
5 3 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Android
6 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (16.35%) Project Management
2 62 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (11.03%) Roadmaps
4 55 (10.46%) Agile
4 55 (10.46%) Presales
5 52 (9.89%) Mentoring
5 52 (9.89%) Project Delivery
6 51 (9.70%) Migration
7 50 (9.51%) Analytics
8 49 (9.32%) Actionable Insight
9 47 (8.94%) Customer Service
10 38 (7.22%) CRM
10 38 (7.22%) Thought Leadership
11 37 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (6.65%) Data Privacy
13 34 (6.46%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence
15 31 (5.89%) Information Security
16 30 (5.70%) Collaborative Working
17 29 (5.51%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.98%) JavaScript
2 37 (7.03%) SQL
3 30 (5.70%) Python
4 10 (1.90%) Bicep
5 8 (1.52%) R
6 7 (1.33%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.14%) C#
8 5 (0.95%) Java
8 5 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.76%) VB
10 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.38%) XPath
12 1 (0.19%) ABAP
12 1 (0.19%) Lua
12 1 (0.19%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.19%) PHP
12 1 (0.19%) Ruby
12 1 (0.19%) SAPscript
12 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 44 (8.37%) Degree
3 37 (7.03%) Azure Certification
4 36 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 28 (5.32%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.66%) CISMP
7 14 (2.66%) CISSP
8 12 (2.28%) IISP
9 11 (2.09%) CCNA
10 10 (1.90%) CISM
11 9 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.52%) CCNP
13 7 (1.33%) CISA
13 7 (1.33%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.33%) CRISC
13 7 (1.33%) PCI QSA
13 7 (1.33%) RIBA
14 6 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.32%) NIST
2 15 (2.85%) NIST 800
3 14 (2.66%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (2.09%) RMADS
6 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.90%) QA
7 9 (1.71%) GDPR
8 8 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.52%) NCSC
8 8 (1.52%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.14%) GRC
10 5 (0.95%) PMO
11 4 (0.76%) ITGC
12 3 (0.57%) GMP
12 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.38%) IFRS
13 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.09%) Terraform
2 8 (1.52%) HP UCMDB
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.57%) Nessus
3 3 (0.57%) Nmap
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (22.24%) Microsoft
2 76 (14.45%) SAP
3 32 (6.08%) ServiceNow
4 27 (5.13%) Cisco
4 27 (5.13%) Oracle
5 18 (3.42%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.04%) Databricks
7 15 (2.85%) Palo Alto
8 12 (2.28%) CheckPoint
9 11 (2.09%) McAfee
10 10 (1.90%) Dell
11 9 (1.71%) HP
12 8 (1.52%) BMC
12 8 (1.52%) Remedy
13 7 (1.33%) Aderant
13 7 (1.33%) Adobe
13 7 (1.33%) Meraki
14 6 (1.14%) Sage
14 6 (1.14%) VMware
15 5 (0.95%) Salesforce