Consultant Jobs in Belfast

Consultant
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Consultant salary in Belfast is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 37 70
Rank change year-on-year +22 +33 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 17 23 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 9.94% 4.52% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.83% 4.73% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 15
10th Percentile - - £47,950
25th Percentile £47,500 £22,000 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £30,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -51.61% +30.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £66,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £76,000 -
County Antrim median annual salary £70,000 £30,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +133.33% -51.61% +30.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 157 486 711
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 95.48% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 41 249 397
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,000 £32,038
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £68,750
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Belfast

Consultant
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Belfast

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Belfast over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Belfast region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) ERP
2 4 (23.53%) ITSM
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (17.65%) Fintech
3 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) IT Audit
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) Workflow
3 3 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.76%) IPsec
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (11.76%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 2 (11.76%) Hyperion
4 2 (11.76%) JD Edwards
4 2 (11.76%) PeopleSoft

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (11.76%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) OCI
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) IPsec
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.76%) Law
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) ERP
2 4 (23.53%) ITSM
3 3 (17.65%) Fintech
3 3 (17.65%) IT Audit
3 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (17.65%) Workflow
4 2 (11.76%) Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Coaching
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Retention
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Internal Audit
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) Presales
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Insight
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CISM
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
3 2 (11.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Ansible
1 2 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle
1 4 (23.53%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Hyperion
2 2 (11.76%) JD Edwards
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) PeopleSoft