Consultant Jobs in Wales

Consultant
UK > Wales

The median Consultant salary in Wales is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 91 118
Rank change year-on-year +42 +27 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 82 37 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.01% 2.24% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 2.61% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 43 26 17
10th Percentile £31,250 £55,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £58,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +21.74% +76.92%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 - £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,892 1,416 1,822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 85.87% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 806 1,147
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Wales over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 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 Wales +30 69 £45,000 -35.71% 12
West Wales +15 9 £55,000 +12.24% 1
North Wales - 2 - - 2
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 31 (37.80%) Actionable Insight
2 30 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 25 (30.49%) Data Centre
4 24 (29.27%) Oracle
5 21 (25.61%) Firewall
6 20 (24.39%) Finance
7 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
8 17 (20.73%) Palo Alto
9 16 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
9 16 (19.51%) Migration
9 16 (19.51%) VMware
10 15 (18.29%) ITIL
10 15 (18.29%) Customer Service
11 14 (17.07%) SAP
11 14 (17.07%) Project Management
11 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
12 13 (15.85%) Red Hat
12 13 (15.85%) Roadmaps
12 13 (15.85%) Ansible
13 12 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (14.63%) CCNA
13 12 (14.63%) Cisco
13 12 (14.63%) CheckPoint
13 12 (14.63%) McAfee
13 12 (14.63%) Network Design
13 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
14 11 (13.41%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (13.41%) Fortinet
14 11 (13.41%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (13.41%) Software Engineering

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (6.10%) Apache
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.22%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) Azure
2 9 (10.98%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.10%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.66%) AWS
6 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.66%) OCI
6 3 (3.66%) SaaS
7 2 (2.44%) IaaS
7 2 (2.44%) PaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.61%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (13.41%) Cisco IOS
2 11 (13.41%) LAN
2 11 (13.41%) TCP/IP
2 11 (13.41%) WAN
3 7 (8.54%) VPN
4 6 (7.32%) IPsec
5 5 (6.10%) Internet
5 5 (6.10%) SNMP
6 3 (3.66%) DHCP
6 3 (3.66%) DNS
7 1 (1.22%) Extranet
7 1 (1.22%) Network Security
7 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (6.10%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.66%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.66%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.44%) Power BI
4 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.22%) GIS
5 1 (1.22%) Metadata
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.22%) Spatial Data
General
1 30 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.39%) Finance
3 11 (13.41%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Marketing
5 5 (6.10%) Retail
6 4 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.66%) Advertising
7 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.44%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.10%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.10%) YAML
2 1 (1.22%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (30.49%) Data Centre
2 10 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 10 (12.20%) Social Media
3 8 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.44%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.22%) Replication
5 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.76%) AIX
1 8 (9.76%) Solaris
1 8 (9.76%) Unix
1 8 (9.76%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Linux
3 5 (6.10%) Data ONTAP
4 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.44%) VMS
6 1 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.80%) Actionable Insight
2 16 (19.51%) Migration
3 15 (18.29%) Customer Service
3 15 (18.29%) ITIL
4 14 (17.07%) Project Management
5 13 (15.85%) Roadmaps
6 12 (14.63%) Network Design
7 11 (13.41%) Analytics
7 11 (13.41%) Change Control
7 11 (13.41%) Change Management
7 11 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (13.41%) Knowledge Transfer
7 11 (13.41%) Software Engineering
8 10 (12.20%) Coaching
8 10 (12.20%) Customer Experience
8 10 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (12.20%) Lead Generation
8 10 (12.20%) Mentoring
9 8 (9.76%) Agile
9 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.63%) CCNA
2 12 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.54%) Degree
4 3 (3.66%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.22%) CCNP
6 1 (1.22%) CISSP
6 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (12.20%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (9.76%) Firmware
4 5 (6.10%) Docker
5 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
6 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Ansible
2 5 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.10%) Prometheus
2 5 (6.10%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (29.27%) Oracle
2 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
3 17 (20.73%) Palo Alto
4 16 (19.51%) VMware
5 14 (17.07%) SAP
6 13 (15.85%) Red Hat
7 12 (14.63%) CheckPoint
7 12 (14.63%) Cisco
7 12 (14.63%) McAfee
8 11 (13.41%) Fortinet
9 10 (12.20%) Sage
10 5 (6.10%) NetApp
10 5 (6.10%) SolidFire
11 3 (3.66%) Veeam
12 1 (1.22%) ESRI
12 1 (1.22%) Forcepoint
12 1 (1.22%) Juniper
12 1 (1.22%) Sophos
12 1 (1.22%) Thales