Consultant Job Trends in Cambridge

Consultant
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Consultant salary in Cambridge is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 49 30
Rank change year-on-year +1 -19 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 10 3 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.65% 0.83% 5.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 0.90% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 41
10th Percentile - - £28,750
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - £60,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £61,750 £54,862 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.56% +4.50% -16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 547 335 876
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 93.06% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 378 189 663
10th Percentile £34,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -0.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% - -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Consultant
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Cambridge

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Capacity Management
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Cost Management
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) IaaS
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (40.00%) PaaS
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Runbook
2 4 (40.00%) Server Building
2 4 (40.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (40.00%) IaaS
1 4 (40.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Google JAX
1 3 (30.00%) JAX
1 3 (30.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (30.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) VMS
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Capacity Management
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Cost Management
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (40.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Runbook
2 4 (40.00%) Server Building
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (30.00%) Physics
3 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Postgraduate
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (40.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 4 (40.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (40.00%) VMware