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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 69 102
Rank change year-on-year -58 +33 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 50 179 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.47% 2.93% 2.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 3.11% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 40 138 47
10th Percentile £39,515 £26,250 £51,150
25th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,215 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.40% -24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

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 3,109 5,748 4,440
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 93.94% 84.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 4,388 2,227
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,200 £63,338 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £82,050
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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
Cambridgeshire -17 13 £70,000 +55.56% 19
Hertfordshire -7 11 £75,000 +36.36% 49
Norfolk +24 9 £55,000 +7.32% 6
Suffolk -17 8 £66,215 +140.78% 3
Bedfordshire -23 8 £53,000 -15.20% 10
Essex +6 1 - - 18
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 East of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 10 (20.00%) SQL
3 9 (18.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (18.00%) Degree
4 8 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (16.00%) PayPal
4 8 (16.00%) C#
4 8 (16.00%) Python
4 8 (16.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (16.00%) Chatbot
4 8 (16.00%) Conversational UI
4 8 (16.00%) Code Quality
5 7 (14.00%) ERP
6 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
7 5 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (10.00%) Azure
7 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.00%) Legal
8 4 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (8.00%) Oracle
8 4 (8.00%) Project Management
8 4 (8.00%) AWS
8 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.00%) Arista
9 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
9 3 (6.00%) Internal Audit
9 3 (6.00%) Data Centre

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:

Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.00%) Sage 200
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) SaaS
4 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.00%) IaaS
4 2 (4.00%) PaaS
4 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.00%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (2.00%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) BGP
2 1 (2.00%) 802.11
2 1 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.00%) DHCP
2 1 (2.00%) DNS
2 1 (2.00%) DWDM
2 1 (2.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (2.00%) GLBP
2 1 (2.00%) IGRP
2 1 (2.00%) LAN
2 1 (2.00%) MPLS
2 1 (2.00%) Multicast
2 1 (2.00%) OSPF
2 1 (2.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) Wireless
2 1 (2.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.00%) MS Access
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
General
1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.00%) Legal
3 5 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.00%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (16.00%) Code Quality
2 8 (16.00%) Conversational UI
2 8 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (14.00%) ERP
4 5 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.00%) Project Management
5 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (6.00%) Agile
6 3 (6.00%) Business Development
6 3 (6.00%) Internal Audit
6 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.00%) Time Management
7 2 (4.00%) Accounts Payable
7 2 (4.00%) Accounts Receivable
7 2 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (4.00%) Disruptive Innovation
7 2 (4.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 8 (16.00%) C#
2 8 (16.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (16.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (4.00%) ISSAP
3 1 (2.00%) ACCA
3 1 (2.00%) CIMA
3 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) PayPal
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle
3 3 (6.00%) Arista
3 3 (6.00%) Cisco
3 3 (6.00%) Juniper
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 2 (4.00%) Sun
5 1 (2.00%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.00%) Sage