Consultant Jobs in the East of England

Consultant
England > East of England

The median Consultant salary in the East of England is £66,215 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 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 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 77 111
Rank change year-on-year -36 +34 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 63 153 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.96% 2.88% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 3.06% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 37 112 48
10th Percentile £36,250 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,215 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.40% -24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 2,843 4,996 5,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.51% 94.05% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,465 3,874 2,516
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £28,583
25th Percentile £37,770 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £49,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -10.45% +12.24%
75th Percentile £66,253 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% -9.84% +1.67%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the East of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the East of England.

Salary trend for Consultant in the East of England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the East of England

Consultant
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 March 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +10 32 £80,000 +60.00% 42
Suffolk -6 9 £66,215 +140.78% 9
Cambridgeshire -20 8 £54,862 +4.50% 33
Norfolk +15 6 £51,250 +7.89% 14
Essex +10 6 £55,000 +15.79% 39
Bedfordshire -35 2 £52,500 -16.00% 24
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 15 March 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 East of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 22 (34.92%) SQL
2 21 (33.33%) Finance
3 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
4 15 (23.81%) Degree
5 13 (20.63%) DBS Check
6 12 (19.05%) NEC Housing
6 12 (19.05%) Accessibility
6 12 (19.05%) Housing Management
6 12 (19.05%) Social Housing
6 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
6 12 (19.05%) Police
6 12 (19.05%) Housing Association
6 12 (19.05%) Local Government
6 12 (19.05%) NEC
6 12 (19.05%) Unix
7 11 (17.46%) Azure
8 9 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.70%) Presales
9 8 (12.70%) Chatbot
9 8 (12.70%) PayPal
9 8 (12.70%) Conversational UI
9 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
9 8 (12.70%) Code Quality
9 8 (12.70%) C#
9 8 (12.70%) JavaScript
9 8 (12.70%) Python
9 8 (12.70%) ERP
10 7 (11.11%) AWS

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (1.59%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.59%) PTC Creo
3 1 (1.59%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (19.05%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.59%) ResourceLink
2 1 (1.59%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.46%) Azure
2 7 (11.11%) AWS
3 6 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.17%) IaaS
5 2 (3.17%) PaaS
6 1 (1.59%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (1.59%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.94%) BGP
2 4 (6.35%) 802.11
2 4 (6.35%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (6.35%) DHCP
2 4 (6.35%) DNS
2 4 (6.35%) DWDM
2 4 (6.35%) GLBP
2 4 (6.35%) IGRP
2 4 (6.35%) Internet
2 4 (6.35%) LAN
2 4 (6.35%) MPLS
2 4 (6.35%) Multicast
2 4 (6.35%) OSPF
2 4 (6.35%) WAN
2 4 (6.35%) Wireless
2 4 (6.35%) WLAN
3 1 (1.59%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (1.59%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.94%) Power BI
2 4 (6.35%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.35%) QlikView
2 4 (6.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.59%) MS Access
General
1 21 (33.33%) Finance
2 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Local Government
3 12 (19.05%) Police
3 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 12 (19.05%) Social Housing
4 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.35%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) HTML
2 4 (6.35%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.59%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Housing Association
2 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.59%) IoT
5 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.05%) Unix
2 4 (6.35%) Linux
2 4 (6.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.05%) Housing Management
2 9 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (12.70%) Code Quality
3 8 (12.70%) Conversational UI
3 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
3 8 (12.70%) ERP
3 8 (12.70%) Presales
4 7 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 6 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 5 (7.94%) Business Development
6 5 (7.94%) Project Management
7 4 (6.35%) Agile
7 4 (6.35%) Cloud Security
7 4 (6.35%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.35%) Network Management
7 4 (6.35%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (6.35%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.92%) SQL
2 8 (12.70%) C#
2 8 (12.70%) JavaScript
2 8 (12.70%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) Degree
2 13 (20.63%) DBS Check
3 6 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.17%) ISSAP
5 1 (1.59%) ACCA
5 1 (1.59%) CIMA
5 1 (1.59%) CISM
5 1 (1.59%) CISSP
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (4.76%) vSphere
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) NEC
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.70%) PayPal
4 6 (9.52%) Arista
4 6 (9.52%) Cisco
4 6 (9.52%) Juniper
5 4 (6.35%) Cognos
5 4 (6.35%) Riverbed
6 3 (4.76%) VMware
7 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.17%) SAP
8 1 (1.59%) PTC
8 1 (1.59%) Sage