Technical Consultant
UK

The median Technical Consultant salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 597 818
Rank change year-on-year +80 +221 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 420 419 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.44% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 351 289 354
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +152 376 £60,000 -7.69% 72
UK excluding London +124 247 £55,000 - 45
Work from Home +47 200 £57,500 -11.54% 45
London +80 125 £70,000 +7.69% 32
South East +49 62 £50,000 -33.33% 7
North of England +60 55 £70,000 +36.59% 8
South West +38 52 £55,000 +4.76% 14
North West +46 48 £74,000 +34.55% 6
Midlands +37 40 £50,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands +52 31 £42,500 -22.73% 5
East of England +35 30 £55,000 +29.41% 2
East Midlands -7 9 £55,000 +2.33% 1
Yorkshire +69 7 £32,500 -27.78% 2
Wales +14 6 £47,500 -20.83% 7
Scotland -64 2 £90,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 149 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 121 (28.81%) Social Skills
3 81 (19.29%) Presales
4 74 (17.62%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (17.38%) Windows
6 72 (17.14%) Azure
7 66 (15.71%) JavaScript
7 66 (15.71%) Active Directory
8 59 (14.05%) Security Cleared
9 58 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (12.62%) ServiceNow
11 52 (12.38%) HTML
12 50 (11.90%) Degree
12 50 (11.90%) Public Sector
12 50 (11.90%) Requirements Gathering
13 48 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
14 47 (11.19%) SQL
14 47 (11.19%) AWS
14 47 (11.19%) Entra ID
15 44 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
15 44 (10.48%) Windows Server
16 42 (10.00%) SQL Server
17 39 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
18 37 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
18 37 (8.81%) CRM
19 35 (8.33%) Migration
20 34 (8.10%) SC Cleared
20 34 (8.10%) Dynamics 365
21 32 (7.62%) Data Centre
22 31 (7.38%) Public Cloud

Technical 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 48 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (7.38%) SharePoint
3 23 (5.48%) IIS
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
4 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.48%) nginx
4 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.43%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.95%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.71%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PA-EC
7 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (17.62%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (17.14%) Azure
3 47 (11.19%) AWS
3 47 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 34 (8.10%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (7.14%) SaaS
6 23 (5.48%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.05%) OneDrive
8 12 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (2.86%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.62%) GCP
9 11 (2.62%) IaaS
10 9 (2.14%) OCI
10 9 (2.14%) PaaS
11 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.48%) Asana
14 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.90%) DHCP
1 29 (6.90%) DNS
2 26 (6.19%) Firewall
3 24 (5.71%) Unified Communications
4 21 (5.00%) VPN
5 11 (2.62%) SSL
6 9 (2.14%) LAN
7 6 (1.43%) WAN
8 5 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.95%) Internet
9 4 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (0.95%) SAN
9 4 (0.95%) Wireless
10 3 (0.71%) VLAN
11 2 (0.48%) Intranet
11 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.24%) MPLS
12 1 (0.24%) SS7
12 1 (0.24%) TETRA
12 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.29%) Power BI
3 17 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (2.62%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (2.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 8 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.71%) GIS
8 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.48%) QlikView
10 1 (0.24%) Base SAS
10 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.24%) OLAP
10 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.24%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (2.14%) Git
2 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
2 4 (0.95%) Subversion
2 4 (0.95%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.71%) JIRA
3 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 121 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 50 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 44 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.14%) Finance
5 19 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (3.81%) Retail
7 13 (3.10%) Marketing
7 13 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.10%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.62%) Law
9 8 (1.90%) Banking
10 7 (1.67%) Electronics
11 6 (1.43%) Publishing
12 4 (0.95%) Games
12 4 (0.95%) Legal
13 3 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.48%) Automotive
14 2 (0.48%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (12.38%) HTML
2 22 (5.24%) CSS
3 21 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 21 (5.00%) Web Services
3 21 (5.00%) XML
4 11 (2.62%) SOAP
5 10 (2.38%) JSON
5 10 (2.38%) LDAP
6 9 (2.14%) .NET
7 8 (1.90%) Ajax
8 5 (1.19%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.95%) React
10 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.71%) Semantic UI
10 3 (0.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 3 (0.71%) XSD
11 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.48%) DOM
11 2 (0.48%) WCF
11 2 (0.48%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 31 (7.38%) Public Cloud
3 24 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.14%) CMDB
7 7 (1.67%) NHS
8 6 (1.43%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.43%) Home Automation
8 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.43%) Smart Home
9 5 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.19%) IoT
9 5 (1.19%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.19%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (17.38%) Windows
2 44 (10.48%) Windows Server
3 22 (5.24%) Linux
4 20 (4.76%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.19%) Unix
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.48%) VMS
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) Debian
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.29%) Presales
2 58 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (11.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 37 (8.81%) CRM
4 37 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (8.33%) Migration
6 31 (7.38%) Customer Service
7 30 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
8 29 (6.90%) DevOps
8 29 (6.90%) Software Licensing
9 27 (6.43%) Project Management
10 26 (6.19%) Agile
10 26 (6.19%) ITIL
10 26 (6.19%) Service Management
10 26 (6.19%) Time Management
11 22 (5.24%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (4.76%) Requirements Workshops
13 18 (4.29%) ITSM
13 18 (4.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 66 (15.71%) JavaScript
2 47 (11.19%) SQL
3 20 (4.76%) Python
3 20 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 17 (4.05%) C#
4 17 (4.05%) PowerShell
5 16 (3.81%) Java
6 11 (2.62%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.19%) C
7 5 (1.19%) PHP
8 4 (0.95%) Bash
9 2 (0.48%) XPath
10 1 (0.24%) ABAP
10 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.24%) Perl
10 1 (0.24%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) VB
10 1 (0.24%) X++
10 1 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 59 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.90%) Degree
3 34 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.24%) AWS Certification
5 15 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.19%) PCI QSA
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.71%) RIBA
11 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.48%) MCP
12 1 (0.24%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.24%) CCSP
12 1 (0.24%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (0.24%) CISSP
12 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.43%) GRC
3 5 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.71%) QA
4 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.71%) SLA
5 2 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 27 (6.43%) Hyper-V
3 21 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.48%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) Docker
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.38%) SCCM
3 8 (1.90%) HP UCMDB
4 7 (1.67%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.19%) Ansible
5 5 (1.19%) Puppet
5 5 (1.19%) Terraform
6 4 (0.95%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.48%) Aspera SmartTrack
8 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 149 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.62%) ServiceNow
3 31 (7.38%) VMware
4 30 (7.14%) Adobe
5 27 (6.43%) Apple
5 27 (6.43%) Oracle
6 11 (2.62%) Adaptive Insights
6 11 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.38%) Anaplan
7 10 (2.38%) Jedox
7 10 (2.38%) Tagetik
8 9 (2.14%) BMC
8 9 (2.14%) Remedy
9 8 (1.90%) Cisco
9 8 (1.90%) HP
9 8 (1.90%) Veeam
10 6 (1.43%) Meraki
10 6 (1.43%) Sun
11 5 (1.19%) SAP
11 5 (1.19%) Sophos