Technical Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Technical Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Technical Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 269 278
Rank change year-on-year +52 +9 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 31 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.43% 0.075% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.083% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 10
10th Percentile - £33,500 £41,100
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,625 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £74,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,802 6,013 6,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.01% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,143 3,357 4,774
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,900 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the West Midlands

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Technical Consultant in the West Midlands

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the West Midlands

Technical Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham +13 19 £63,750 +96.15% 4
Wolverhampton - 8 £42,500 -
Warwickshire +44 1 £70,000 -
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (45.16%) JavaScript
2 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
3 11 (35.48%) SQL
3 11 (35.48%) Time Management
4 10 (32.26%) SQL Server
4 10 (32.26%) HTML
4 10 (32.26%) CSS
4 10 (32.26%) Presales
4 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (25.81%) Software Licensing
5 8 (25.81%) Public Cloud
5 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
5 8 (25.81%) Adobe
5 8 (25.81%) Apple
5 8 (25.81%) Unified Communications
5 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (25.81%) Service Management
6 7 (22.58%) NHS
6 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
6 7 (22.58%) DHCP
6 7 (22.58%) DNS
6 7 (22.58%) C#
6 7 (22.58%) Java
6 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
7 6 (19.35%) Migration
7 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow
7 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (16.13%) Power Platform

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.68%) IIS
3 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon S3
3 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) Unified Communications
2 7 (22.58%) DHCP
2 7 (22.58%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (32.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.13%) Power BI
3 3 (9.68%) Oracle Database
3 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) CSS
1 10 (32.26%) HTML
2 3 (9.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
1 8 (25.81%) Public Cloud
2 7 (22.58%) NHS
3 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Time Management
2 10 (32.26%) Presales
2 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (25.81%) Service Management
3 8 (25.81%) Software Licensing
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.90%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (12.90%) DevOps
6 4 (12.90%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.68%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) JavaScript
2 11 (35.48%) SQL
3 7 (22.58%) C#
3 7 (22.58%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) PL/SQL
4 3 (9.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) AWS Certification
1 4 (12.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) Adobe
2 8 (25.81%) Apple
3 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow
4 3 (9.68%) Adaptive Insights
4 3 (9.68%) Anaplan
4 3 (9.68%) Jedox
4 3 (9.68%) Oracle
4 3 (9.68%) Tagetik