Consultant Jobs 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 17 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 60 87
Rank change year-on-year -81 +27 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 1,144 3,508 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.32% 3.64% 3.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 3.84% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 847 2,622 1,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,025 £43,575
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £53,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -12.59% +3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,711 91,342 73,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.65% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,895 66,536 48,955
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

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 17 June 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
London -44 445 £72,500 +3.57% 4,690
South East -71 185 £53,500 +7.00% 4,282
Midlands -51 152 £62,500 +31.58% 3,005
North of England -133 151 £60,000 +9.09% 3,984
West Midlands -43 103 £65,000 +30.00% 1,687
North West -120 101 £52,500 -8.70% 2,019
South West -56 87 £35,000 -41.67% 1,979
East of England -69 59 £66,215 +29.20% 2,626
East Midlands -25 49 £45,000 +20.00% 1,303
Yorkshire -49 43 £70,000 +40.00% 1,644
North East -8 7 £35,000 -39.13% 324
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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 England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 358 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 305 (26.66%) Finance
3 222 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
4 197 (17.22%) Microsoft
5 155 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
6 145 (12.67%) ERP
7 140 (12.24%) Degree
8 138 (12.06%) Security Cleared
9 133 (11.63%) Migration
10 130 (11.36%) Presales
11 125 (10.93%) CRM
11 125 (10.93%) Oracle
12 119 (10.40%) Azure
13 115 (10.05%) Project Management
14 108 (9.44%) Dynamics 365
15 105 (9.18%) SQL
15 105 (9.18%) SAP
16 104 (9.09%) Business Development
17 99 (8.65%) Mentoring
18 98 (8.57%) Law
19 97 (8.48%) Agile
20 94 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
21 92 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
22 90 (7.87%) Data Migration
23 83 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
24 78 (6.82%) Public Sector
24 78 (6.82%) Artificial Intelligence
25 77 (6.73%) SC Cleared
26 75 (6.56%) Analytics
26 75 (6.56%) Presentation Skills

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 20 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.52%) Confluence
4 3 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.087%) CMS
6 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 34 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.14%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.70%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.61%) Maya
5 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.52%) InVision
6 6 (0.52%) Sketch
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.087%) Revit
Business Applications
1 60 (5.24%) NetSuite
2 45 (3.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 44 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 35 (3.06%) Oracle SCM
5 26 (2.27%) SAP CO
5 26 (2.27%) SAP FI
6 24 (2.10%) SAP FI/CO
7 16 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
8 8 (0.70%) SAP MM
8 8 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
9 7 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.61%) Sage 200
9 7 (0.61%) SAP IBP
10 6 (0.52%) SAP HR
10 6 (0.52%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.44%) SAP EWM
11 5 (0.44%) SAP FSCM
11 5 (0.44%) SAP SCM
11 5 (0.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 119 (10.40%) Azure
2 108 (9.44%) Dynamics 365
3 72 (6.29%) Power Platform
4 70 (6.12%) AWS
5 47 (4.11%) OCI
6 43 (3.76%) SaaS
7 39 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (2.62%) GCP
9 20 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.66%) Snowflake
11 16 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 15 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.22%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.05%) Entra ID
15 10 (0.87%) OneDrive
16 9 (0.79%) Boomi
16 9 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
17 8 (0.70%) Serverless
18 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.71%) Firewall
2 25 (2.19%) WAN
3 20 (1.75%) SD-WAN
4 13 (1.14%) Network Security
5 11 (0.96%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (0.79%) LAN
7 8 (0.70%) MPLS
8 6 (0.52%) BGP
8 6 (0.52%) VPN
9 5 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.35%) DHCP
10 4 (0.35%) DNS
10 4 (0.35%) IGRP
10 4 (0.35%) OSPF
10 4 (0.35%) VXLAN
10 4 (0.35%) Wireless
11 3 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.26%) GLBP
11 3 (0.26%) Multicast
11 3 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.92%) Power BI
2 17 (1.49%) Big Data
2 17 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
3 16 (1.40%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (1.22%) GIS
6 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (0.87%) DB2
8 9 (0.79%) SAP HANA
9 8 (0.70%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.61%) Tableau
11 5 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.44%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.44%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.35%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.35%) Looker
12 4 (0.35%) MaxDB
12 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.14%) JIRA
2 8 (0.70%) Axure RP
2 8 (0.70%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.087%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.087%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.087%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.087%) MSI
5 1 (0.087%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.087%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.087%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 305 (26.66%) Finance
3 155 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.57%) Law
5 78 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 75 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
7 65 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (4.20%) Marketing
9 38 (3.32%) Legal
10 34 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (2.80%) Billing
11 32 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.53%) Retail
13 26 (2.27%) Banking
14 17 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 11 (0.96%) Games
17 9 (0.79%) Back Office
18 8 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (0.61%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.62%) HTML
2 26 (2.27%) AngularJS
3 21 (1.84%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (1.05%) CSS
5 10 (0.87%) .NET
6 9 (0.79%) Web Services
7 8 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.52%) Node.js
8 6 (0.52%) React
8 6 (0.52%) REST
8 6 (0.52%) SOAP
9 5 (0.44%) JSON
9 5 (0.44%) RESTful
10 4 (0.35%) SAP Basis
11 3 (0.26%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.26%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.26%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.26%) XML
12 2 (0.17%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (3.50%) Driving Licence
3 37 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.71%) Life Science
6 22 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 19 (1.66%) Data Structures
7 19 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.49%) e-Learning
10 16 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 13 (1.14%) NHS
13 12 (1.05%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.87%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
16 8 (0.70%) Hackathon
17 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.61%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.53%) Windows
2 19 (1.66%) Linux
3 16 (1.40%) Unix
4 12 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.44%) CentOS
6 5 (0.44%) HPUX
6 5 (0.44%) Solaris
7 4 (0.35%) AIX
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.17%) zOS
9 1 (0.087%) Android
9 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (12.67%) ERP
3 133 (11.63%) Migration
4 130 (11.36%) Presales
5 125 (10.93%) CRM
6 115 (10.05%) Project Management
7 104 (9.09%) Business Development
8 99 (8.65%) Mentoring
9 97 (8.48%) Agile
10 94 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
11 92 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
12 90 (7.87%) Data Migration
13 83 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 78 (6.82%) Artificial Intelligence
15 75 (6.56%) Analytics
16 74 (6.47%) Collaborative Working
17 70 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
18 69 (6.03%) Service Delivery
19 61 (5.33%) Project Delivery
20 60 (5.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 105 (9.18%) SQL
2 64 (5.59%) JavaScript
3 50 (4.37%) Python
4 22 (1.92%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.84%) Java
6 16 (1.40%) C#
7 10 (0.87%) ABAP
8 8 (0.70%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.70%) X++
9 7 (0.61%) C
10 3 (0.26%) Bash
10 3 (0.26%) C++
10 3 (0.26%) Go
10 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.17%) COBOL
11 2 (0.17%) Groovy
11 2 (0.17%) JCL
11 2 (0.17%) R
11 2 (0.17%) VBA
12 1 (0.087%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (12.24%) Degree
2 138 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 77 (6.73%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.85%) CISSP
5 41 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 39 (3.41%) CISM
7 22 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.14%) CCNP
10 13 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.96%) CCSA
12 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.61%) MCP
14 6 (0.52%) CISA
15 5 (0.44%) CCNA
15 5 (0.44%) CEH
16 4 (0.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.10%) QA
2 21 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (1.66%) NIST
4 18 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.22%) GDPR
6 12 (1.05%) GRC
7 10 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.79%) WCAG
9 7 (0.61%) IFRS
9 7 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (0.61%) PMO
10 6 (0.52%) IFRS 9
10 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
12 4 (0.35%) ITGC
12 4 (0.35%) NCSC
13 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.26%) P3O
14 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.17%) HL7
System Software
1 10 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.26%) Docker
5 2 (0.17%) IAG
5 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.087%) Firmware
6 1 (0.087%) NFS
6 1 (0.087%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.44%) Automic
3 5 (0.44%) SCCM
3 5 (0.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.26%) Avamar
5 3 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (0.26%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.087%) cPanel
7 1 (0.087%) Demisto
7 1 (0.087%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.087%) Kibana
7 1 (0.087%) logstash
7 1 (0.087%) Nessus
7 1 (0.087%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 197 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 125 (10.93%) Oracle
3 105 (9.18%) SAP
4 57 (4.98%) IBM
5 55 (4.81%) ServiceNow
6 34 (2.97%) Cisco
7 29 (2.53%) Sun
8 22 (1.92%) Fortinet
9 20 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 20 (1.75%) Salesforce
10 17 (1.49%) Adobe
10 17 (1.49%) VMware
11 16 (1.40%) Alteryx
11 16 (1.40%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.40%) Workday
12 15 (1.31%) Dell
13 14 (1.22%) Google
14 12 (1.05%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.87%) Juniper
16 9 (0.79%) Sage