Consultant Jobs in Bristol

Consultant
South West > Bristol

The median Consultant salary in Bristol is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 27 67
Rank change year-on-year -29 +40 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 52 226 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 4.20% 7.29% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.41% 7.50% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 48 147 81
10th Percentile £25,000 £39,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.17% -2.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £107,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,178 3,012 2,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 97.13% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 796 2,262 1,509
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,933 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Bristol

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Bristol region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (40.38%) Finance
2 9 (17.31%) Mentoring
3 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.46%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
4 7 (13.46%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (11.54%) Business Development
5 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 6 (11.54%) Law
6 5 (9.62%) Data Management
6 5 (9.62%) Migration
6 5 (9.62%) ERP
6 5 (9.62%) QA
6 5 (9.62%) Coaching
6 5 (9.62%) Analytics
6 5 (9.62%) Data Strategy
6 5 (9.62%) Order to Cash
6 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 5 (9.62%) Requirements Workshops
6 5 (9.62%) Social Skills
7 4 (7.69%) Data Governance
7 4 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.77%) Agile
8 3 (5.77%) CCNP
8 3 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.77%) Cisco
8 3 (5.77%) Data Protection
8 3 (5.77%) Degree
8 3 (5.77%) Master Data Management

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

Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.77%) Matillion
2 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Snowflake
3 2 (3.85%) Azure
4 1 (1.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) GCP
4 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (3.85%) LAN
1 2 (3.85%) Wireless
2 1 (1.92%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.92%) Firewall
2 1 (1.92%) Network Security
2 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.92%) MS Access
General
1 21 (40.38%) Finance
2 6 (11.54%) Law
3 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.62%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Local Government
4 2 (3.85%) Marketing
4 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Retail
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Automotive
5 1 (1.92%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
1 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.31%) Mentoring
2 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (13.46%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (11.54%) Business Development
5 5 (9.62%) Analytics
5 5 (9.62%) Coaching
5 5 (9.62%) Data Management
5 5 (9.62%) Data Strategy
5 5 (9.62%) ERP
5 5 (9.62%) Migration
5 5 (9.62%) Order to Cash
5 5 (9.62%) Requirements Workshops
6 4 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (7.69%) Data Governance
7 3 (5.77%) Agile
7 3 (5.77%) Business Case
7 3 (5.77%) DAMA
7 3 (5.77%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.77%) Master Data Management
7 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) C#
1 1 (1.92%) SQL
1 1 (1.92%) VB.NET
1 1 (1.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) CCNP
3 3 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) CCIE
5 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) CCSA
5 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) QA
2 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.92%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) Cisco
3 2 (3.85%) Databricks
3 2 (3.85%) Splunk
4 1 (1.92%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.92%) Cribl.io
4 1 (1.92%) F5
4 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.92%) Informatica
4 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow