Consultant Job Trends in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 112 62
Rank change year-on-year +72 -50 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,071 1,149 3,228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.72% 2.91% 3.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.96% 3.25% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,132 858 2,519
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.46% +8.33% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 77,585 35,393 86,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 89.77% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,718 20,425 64,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
London +54 1,216 £77,000 +6.21% 975
North of England +108 551 £60,000 - 384
South West +49 381 £44,000 +25.71% 219
North West +91 362 £63,000 +26.00% 256
South East +55 357 £63,000 +17.76% 292
Midlands +26 301 £55,000 -8.33% 118
East of England +73 195 £47,500 -28.26% 55
West Midlands +15 167 £60,000 -7.69% 74
Yorkshire +37 143 £43,750 -37.50% 88
East Midlands +37 133 £55,000 +29.41% 43
North East -4 46 £36,000 -37.39% 40
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 376 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 333 (10.84%) Microsoft
3 314 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
4 299 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
5 296 (9.64%) SAP
6 280 (9.12%) Business Development
7 274 (8.92%) SC Cleared
8 267 (8.69%) Azure
9 229 (7.46%) Presales
10 218 (7.10%) AI
11 191 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 170 (5.54%) ERP
13 167 (5.44%) Agile
14 164 (5.34%) Mentoring
15 161 (5.24%) Workshop Facilitation
16 150 (4.88%) Analytics
17 147 (4.79%) Degree
17 147 (4.79%) Roadmaps
18 143 (4.66%) SAP S/4HANA
19 133 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
20 128 (4.17%) Migration
21 123 (4.01%) AWS
21 123 (4.01%) DV Cleared
21 123 (4.01%) Python
22 122 (3.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 120 (3.91%) Continuous Improvement
24 119 (3.87%) Power Platform
24 119 (3.87%) Project Delivery
25 118 (3.84%) SQL
26 112 (3.65%) Coaching

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 65 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
3 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.13%) Confluence
5 3 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.098%) IIS
6 2 (0.065%) CMS
6 2 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.065%) SAS
6 2 (0.065%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.065%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.065%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.065%) WordPress
7 1 (0.033%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 43 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.065%) Lectora
8 2 (0.065%) Trello
9 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.033%) Maya
9 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 143 (4.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.27%) SAP PP
3 35 (1.14%) SAP IBP
4 18 (0.59%) Sage X3
5 16 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 14 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 14 (0.46%) SAP SD
7 12 (0.39%) Maximo
7 12 (0.39%) Sage 200
7 12 (0.39%) SAP HCM
7 12 (0.39%) SAP MDG
7 12 (0.39%) Workday HCM
8 10 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 10 (0.33%) SAP FI
8 10 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 10 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
9 9 (0.29%) Sage 50
10 8 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 8 (0.26%) SAP MDG-BP
10 8 (0.26%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 267 (8.69%) Azure
2 133 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (4.01%) AWS
4 119 (3.87%) Power Platform
5 98 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
6 66 (2.15%) SaaS
7 49 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 46 (1.50%) GCP
9 44 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
10 40 (1.30%) PowerApps
11 39 (1.27%) Azure AI
12 33 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 26 (0.85%) OCI
13 26 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
14 20 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
15 18 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (0.42%) IaaS
18 12 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
19 11 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.86%) Firewall
2 39 (1.27%) Network Security
3 31 (1.01%) WAN
4 30 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 26 (0.85%) LAN
6 24 (0.78%) Wireless
7 21 (0.68%) VPN
8 18 (0.59%) Unified Communications
9 17 (0.55%) DNS
10 15 (0.49%) DHCP
11 12 (0.39%) BGP
11 12 (0.39%) OSPF
12 11 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.33%) MPLS
13 10 (0.33%) SMTP
13 10 (0.33%) VXLAN
14 8 (0.26%) Intranet
14 8 (0.26%) VLAN
15 6 (0.20%) DMZ
15 6 (0.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (1.56%) Power BI
2 23 (0.75%) Tableau
3 20 (0.65%) SAP HANA
4 17 (0.55%) Metadata
5 16 (0.52%) Relational Database
6 15 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 13 (0.42%) SAP BW
8 12 (0.39%) Big Data
9 11 (0.36%) Db2
9 11 (0.36%) SQL Server
10 9 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.26%) GIS
11 8 (0.26%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.20%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.20%) MySQL
13 5 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.16%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (0.72%) Git
2 21 (0.68%) JIRA
3 10 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.23%) ERwin
4 7 (0.23%) GitLab
5 4 (0.13%) MLflow
5 4 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.13%) Vite
6 3 (0.098%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.098%) Selenium
7 2 (0.065%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.065%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.065%) LSMW
7 2 (0.065%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.065%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.033%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.033%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.033%) Maven
8 1 (0.033%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.033%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 549 (17.88%) Finance
2 530 (17.26%) Social Skills
3 211 (6.87%) Public Sector
4 175 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 139 (4.53%) Manufacturing
6 138 (4.49%) Law
7 113 (3.68%) Retail
8 105 (3.42%) Marketing
9 95 (3.09%) Legal
10 78 (2.54%) Banking
11 73 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 72 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 65 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (1.66%) Billing
15 47 (1.53%) Telecoms
16 43 (1.40%) Local Government
17 31 (1.01%) Advertising
18 29 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
20 21 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (1.89%) SAP Fiori
2 37 (1.20%) REST
3 32 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 20 (0.65%) JSON
5 17 (0.55%) XML
6 15 (0.49%) CSS
6 15 (0.49%) React
6 15 (0.49%) SAML
7 13 (0.42%) Middleware
8 11 (0.36%) HTML
8 11 (0.36%) LangChain
8 11 (0.36%) Web Services
9 10 (0.33%) PyTorch
9 10 (0.33%) SOAP
9 10 (0.33%) TensorFlow
10 9 (0.29%) SAP Basis
10 9 (0.29%) SAP TM
11 8 (0.26%) Node.js
12 7 (0.23%) Matplotlib
12 7 (0.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 73 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
2 69 (2.25%) Onboarding
3 65 (2.12%) Life Science
4 61 (1.99%) Security Posture
5 59 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 55 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 39 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 39 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 34 (1.11%) PKI
9 26 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 26 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 25 (0.81%) Social Media
11 21 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (0.68%) Product Ownership
12 20 (0.65%) e-Learning
13 19 (0.62%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.49%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.46%) Blog
16 13 (0.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.02%) Windows
2 45 (1.47%) Linux
3 12 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.29%) Android
4 9 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.26%) Unix
6 4 (0.13%) VMS
6 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.098%) CentOS
8 1 (0.033%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.033%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.033%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.033%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
2 299 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
3 280 (9.12%) Business Development
4 229 (7.46%) Presales
5 218 (7.10%) AI
6 191 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 170 (5.54%) ERP
8 167 (5.44%) Agile
9 164 (5.34%) Mentoring
10 161 (5.24%) Workshop Facilitation
11 150 (4.88%) Analytics
12 147 (4.79%) Roadmaps
13 128 (4.17%) Migration
14 122 (3.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 120 (3.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 119 (3.87%) Project Delivery
17 112 (3.65%) Coaching
18 105 (3.42%) Risk Management
19 104 (3.39%) User Acceptance Testing
20 102 (3.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (4.01%) Python
2 118 (3.84%) SQL
3 52 (1.69%) Java
4 35 (1.14%) PowerShell
5 32 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 24 (0.78%) ABAP
7 17 (0.55%) VBA
8 10 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.29%) Bicep
10 8 (0.26%) C#
11 6 (0.20%) R
12 5 (0.16%) Bash
12 5 (0.16%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.16%) VB
12 5 (0.16%) VBScript
13 4 (0.13%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.098%) Perl
15 2 (0.065%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.065%) X++
Qualifications
1 376 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 274 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 147 (4.79%) Degree
4 123 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 70 (2.28%) CISSP
6 59 (1.92%) CISM
7 49 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 35 (1.14%) CCNP
11 24 (0.78%) CRISC
11 24 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.65%) CREST Certified
13 19 (0.62%) CCIE
14 17 (0.55%) MBA
15 15 (0.49%) OSCP
16 14 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (0.42%) CEH
17 13 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 12 (0.39%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 88 (2.87%) NIST
3 77 (2.51%) GRC
4 56 (1.82%) QA
5 49 (1.60%) GDPR
6 36 (1.17%) Data Quality
7 28 (0.91%) PCI DSS
8 25 (0.81%) NIST 800
9 24 (0.78%) PMO
10 20 (0.65%) NCSC
11 19 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 17 (0.55%) SLA
13 15 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
14 14 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.39%) Accessibility
16 10 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.33%) EU AI Act
17 8 (0.26%) IFRS
17 8 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 8 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 46 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (0.65%) Docker
4 15 (0.49%) vSphere
5 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.098%) Firmware
7 3 (0.098%) IAG
8 2 (0.065%) vCloud
9 1 (0.033%) KVM
Systems Management
1 27 (0.88%) Terraform
2 26 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 24 (0.78%) Functional Safety
4 20 (0.65%) Ansible
5 18 (0.59%) SCCM
6 15 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.13%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.065%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.065%) Nagios
10 2 (0.065%) Netcool
10 2 (0.065%) Nmap
10 2 (0.065%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.065%) VxRail
10 2 (0.065%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.033%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.033%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 333 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 296 (9.64%) SAP
3 107 (3.48%) Oracle
4 84 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 73 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 59 (1.92%) Computacenter
7 56 (1.82%) Databricks
8 53 (1.73%) Cisco
9 45 (1.47%) Sage
10 38 (1.24%) VMware
11 35 (1.14%) Workday
12 33 (1.07%) Fortinet
12 33 (1.07%) Google
13 31 (1.01%) Foundry
14 28 (0.91%) HP
15 26 (0.85%) IBM
15 26 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 19 (0.62%) IFS
17 17 (0.55%) Ariba
18 16 (0.52%) Palo Alto