Consultant Jobs in Birmingham

Consultant
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Consultant salary in Birmingham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 40 75
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 86 133 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.46% 4.76% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.84% 5.04% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 61 109 56
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £56,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £80,000 £73,750
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,257 2,637 1,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.41% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 712 2,142 1,348
10th Percentile £31,615 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,991 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,251
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Birmingham

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Birmingham region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (37.21%) Collaborative Working
3 29 (33.72%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (33.72%) Project Management
4 26 (30.23%) Finance
5 24 (27.91%) ERP
6 23 (26.74%) SAP
7 22 (25.58%) CRM
7 22 (25.58%) Security Cleared
8 21 (24.42%) Migration
9 18 (20.93%) NetSuite
9 18 (20.93%) Data Migration
9 18 (20.93%) Data Privacy
9 18 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (18.60%) Project Delivery
11 15 (17.44%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (15.12%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
13 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (12.79%) Degree
15 9 (10.47%) ITIL
15 9 (10.47%) SQL
15 9 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (9.30%) SAP S/4HANA
16 8 (9.30%) Analytics
16 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
17 7 (8.14%) Management Information System
17 7 (8.14%) Oracle
17 7 (8.14%) Dynamics CRM

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (20.93%) NetSuite
2 8 (9.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (8.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (5.81%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (4.65%) SAP HR
6 3 (3.49%) SAP CO
6 3 (3.49%) SAP FI
7 2 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (2.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (1.16%) SAP ERP
8 1 (1.16%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.16%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (1.16%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.12%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (6.98%) Azure
3 5 (5.81%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.65%) Boomi
4 4 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (2.33%) AWS
5 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.33%) OCI
5 2 (2.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.16%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) Network Security
2 2 (2.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (2.33%) IPsec
2 2 (2.33%) LAN
2 2 (2.33%) VPN
2 2 (2.33%) Wireless
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.16%) Firewall
3 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) DB2
1 4 (4.65%) MaxDB
1 4 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (4.65%) SAP HANA
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.33%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.16%) Power BI
General
1 36 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 26 (30.23%) Finance
3 18 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.81%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Billing
8 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (2.33%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Czech Language
9 1 (1.16%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) HTML
1 4 (4.65%) Restlet
1 4 (4.65%) SAP Basis
1 4 (4.65%) SOAP
1 4 (4.65%) XML
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.16%) BAPI
3 1 (1.16%) EJB
3 1 (1.16%) JDBC
3 1 (1.16%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.16%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.16%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.16%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.14%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.65%) Hackathon
3 4 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.49%) Low-Code
4 3 (3.49%) NHS
4 3 (3.49%) Social Media
5 2 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.16%) IoT
6 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.81%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) AIX
2 4 (4.65%) Unix
3 2 (2.33%) Linux
3 2 (2.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.21%) Collaborative Working
2 29 (33.72%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (33.72%) Project Management
3 24 (27.91%) ERP
4 22 (25.58%) CRM
5 21 (24.42%) Migration
6 18 (20.93%) Data Migration
6 18 (20.93%) Data Privacy
7 16 (18.60%) Project Delivery
8 15 (17.44%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (10.47%) ITIL
11 8 (9.30%) Analytics
11 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
12 7 (8.14%) Architectural Design
12 7 (8.14%) Business Transformation
12 7 (8.14%) Capacity Planning
13 6 (6.98%) Agile
13 6 (6.98%) Mentoring
13 6 (6.98%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.47%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) ABAP
2 6 (6.98%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.79%) Degree
3 5 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.49%) CCNP
5 3 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.49%) HNC
5 3 (3.49%) HND
6 2 (2.33%) CCIE
6 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.16%) CCA
7 1 (1.16%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) PMO
2 3 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
3 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.33%) NIST
4 1 (1.16%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Ansible
1 2 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (2.33%) Terraform
2 1 (1.16%) Automic
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) SAP
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.14%) Oracle
4 4 (4.65%) Dell
5 3 (3.49%) Cisco
6 2 (2.33%) Hyperion
6 2 (2.33%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.16%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.16%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.16%) Concur
7 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.16%) Databricks
7 1 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.16%) Okta
7 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.16%) Workday