Consultant Jobs in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 77 145
Rank change year-on-year +24 +68 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,112 2,898 4,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.97% 4.08% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.19% 4.45% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,168 1,851 2,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,925 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.50% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +12 929 £70,000 - 279
North of England +23 667 £57,500 -17.86% 108
South East +46 455 £50,000 -26.39% 117
South West +87 415 £62,500 -3.85% 104
Midlands +10 406 £50,000 -20.00% 51
Yorkshire +51 319 £55,000 -15.38% 27
North West -5 298 £65,000 -7.14% 62
West Midlands +15 279 £55,000 -15.38% 44
East of England +3 161 £55,000 -12.00% 39
East Midlands +5 125 £35,000 -46.15% 7
North East +30 50 £35,000 -39.13% 19
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 803 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 756 (24.29%) Microsoft
3 603 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
4 534 (17.16%) Finance
5 474 (15.23%) Degree
6 386 (12.40%) Security Cleared
7 346 (11.12%) Azure
8 316 (10.15%) Marketing
9 313 (10.06%) Dynamics 365
10 310 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
11 282 (9.06%) Agile
12 266 (8.55%) Presales
13 245 (7.87%) Customer Service
14 241 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
15 231 (7.42%) Project Management
16 211 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
17 210 (6.75%) SQL
18 207 (6.65%) SAP
19 203 (6.52%) Public Sector
20 202 (6.49%) ERP
21 200 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
22 197 (6.33%) Roadmaps
23 192 (6.17%) Power Platform
23 192 (6.17%) CRM
24 179 (5.75%) AWS
25 176 (5.66%) SC Cleared
26 166 (5.33%) Windows
27 152 (4.88%) DevOps
28 147 (4.72%) Python
29 145 (4.66%) Firewall

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
1 114 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 75 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (1.12%) Apache
4 16 (0.51%) Confluence
5 8 (0.26%) IIS
6 7 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.16%) Appian
8 4 (0.13%) SAS
9 2 (0.064%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.064%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 1 (0.032%) CMS
10 1 (0.032%) JOnAS
10 1 (0.032%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.032%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.032%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 200 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.19%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.16%) Revit
9 3 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.032%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.032%) InDesign
10 1 (0.032%) InVision
10 1 (0.032%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.032%) Sketch
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 121 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 78 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 37 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 34 (1.09%) Workday HCM
5 28 (0.90%) Sage 200
5 28 (0.90%) SAP Business One
6 24 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
7 19 (0.61%) SAP SD
8 18 (0.58%) NetSuite
8 18 (0.58%) SAP FI
9 16 (0.51%) SAP CO
9 16 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
9 16 (0.51%) SAP PP
10 13 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
10 13 (0.42%) SAP MDG
11 11 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
12 10 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
12 10 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
12 10 (0.32%) Sage X3
12 10 (0.32%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 346 (11.12%) Azure
2 313 (10.06%) Dynamics 365
3 211 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 192 (6.17%) Power Platform
5 179 (5.75%) AWS
6 116 (3.73%) SaaS
7 75 (2.41%) Power Automate
8 64 (2.06%) Entra ID
9 56 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 45 (1.45%) IaaS
11 43 (1.38%) GCP
12 41 (1.32%) PaaS
13 40 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
14 37 (1.19%) Amazon S3
15 33 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
15 33 (1.06%) OCI
15 33 (1.06%) OneDrive
16 15 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
17 14 (0.45%) Azure Stack
17 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 145 (4.66%) Firewall
2 72 (2.31%) Network Security
3 65 (2.09%) WAN
4 57 (1.83%) Wireless
5 56 (1.80%) VPN
6 45 (1.45%) SD-WAN
7 42 (1.35%) Internet
7 42 (1.35%) LAN
8 39 (1.25%) IPsec
9 34 (1.09%) SNMP
10 31 (1.00%) DNS
11 24 (0.77%) TCP/IP
12 22 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
12 22 (0.71%) VLAN
13 20 (0.64%) DHCP
14 19 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (0.51%) MPLS
16 14 (0.45%) Unified Communications
17 11 (0.35%) NAS
17 11 (0.35%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (2.99%) Power BI
2 79 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 41 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 35 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
6 34 (1.09%) MongoDB
7 28 (0.90%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 21 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 20 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (0.51%) Tableau
11 15 (0.48%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.45%) GIS
12 14 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
12 14 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.35%) Metadata
14 8 (0.26%) SAP BW
15 7 (0.22%) Big Data
15 7 (0.22%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 39 (1.25%) JIRA
2 22 (0.71%) PowerBuilder
3 18 (0.58%) Git
4 16 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.42%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.42%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.42%) Robot Framework
6 10 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (0.19%) Hudson
9 6 (0.19%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.096%) GitLab
11 2 (0.064%) LoadRunner
12 1 (0.032%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.032%) ERwin
12 1 (0.032%) Selenium
12 1 (0.032%) WebDriver
General
1 803 (25.80%) Social Skills
2 534 (17.16%) Finance
3 316 (10.15%) Marketing
4 241 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 203 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 145 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
7 140 (4.50%) Retail
8 109 (3.50%) Law
9 99 (3.18%) French Language
10 92 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 83 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 53 (1.70%) German Language
14 51 (1.64%) Telecoms
15 37 (1.19%) Legal
16 31 (1.00%) Banking
17 26 (0.84%) Aerospace
18 23 (0.74%) Military
19 17 (0.55%) Back Office
19 17 (0.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (3.18%) HTML
2 59 (1.90%) XML
3 48 (1.54%) Web Services
4 44 (1.41%) .NET
5 43 (1.38%) CSS
6 34 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
6 34 (1.09%) YAML
7 27 (0.87%) JSON
8 26 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
9 22 (0.71%) REST
10 20 (0.64%) AngularJS
11 19 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
12 18 (0.58%) EDI
13 12 (0.39%) SOAP
14 10 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
15 7 (0.22%) ASP.NET
15 7 (0.22%) SAP ALE
16 6 (0.19%) .NET Framework
16 6 (0.19%) ASP.NET MVC
16 6 (0.19%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 111 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 100 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
3 92 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 55 (1.77%) Onboarding
5 40 (1.29%) Operational Technology
6 39 (1.25%) Public Cloud
7 37 (1.19%) IoT
7 37 (1.19%) Product Ownership
8 31 (1.00%) Mobile App
9 30 (0.96%) Driving Licence
10 27 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 26 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (0.77%) Low-Code
13 23 (0.74%) Cloud Native
13 23 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
14 19 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
15 18 (0.58%) Data Structures
15 18 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
16 17 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
16 17 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 166 (5.33%) Windows
2 112 (3.60%) Linux
3 65 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.09%) Data ONTAP
5 19 (0.61%) Unix
6 17 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.22%) Android
9 6 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.19%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.096%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.032%) Debian
13 1 (0.032%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.032%) VMS
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 603 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
3 282 (9.06%) Agile
4 266 (8.55%) Presales
5 245 (7.87%) Customer Service
6 231 (7.42%) Project Management
7 202 (6.49%) ERP
8 197 (6.33%) Roadmaps
9 192 (6.17%) CRM
10 152 (4.88%) DevOps
11 145 (4.66%) Analytics
12 144 (4.63%) Mentoring
13 138 (4.43%) Stakeholder Management
14 135 (4.34%) Migration
15 134 (4.31%) Project Delivery
16 132 (4.24%) Requirements Gathering
17 126 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence
17 126 (4.05%) Risk Management
18 125 (4.02%) Business Development
19 108 (3.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 210 (6.75%) SQL
2 147 (4.72%) Python
3 108 (3.47%) JavaScript
4 62 (1.99%) C#
5 37 (1.19%) Java
6 36 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 32 (1.03%) Bash
7 32 (1.03%) PL/SQL
8 18 (0.58%) VB.NET
9 16 (0.51%) Bicep
10 14 (0.45%) R
10 14 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.26%) ABAP
11 8 (0.26%) C
11 8 (0.26%) C++
12 7 (0.22%) Perl
12 7 (0.22%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.16%) VBA
15 4 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 474 (15.23%) Degree
2 386 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 176 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 102 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 89 (2.86%) CISSP
6 75 (2.41%) CISM
7 65 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 61 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 53 (1.70%) CRISC
10 50 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
11 47 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 47 (1.51%) DBS Check
12 45 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 38 (1.22%) AWS Certification
14 33 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
15 29 (0.93%) CCNP
16 26 (0.84%) Master's Degree
17 25 (0.80%) CCIE
18 23 (0.74%) CREST Certified
19 20 (0.64%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (2.83%) NIST
2 78 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (1.41%) GDPR
4 33 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (0.96%) GRC
5 30 (0.96%) QA
6 26 (0.84%) Data Quality
7 24 (0.77%) JSP 440
8 22 (0.71%) NCSC
9 19 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.61%) NIST 800
10 18 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 17 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 17 (0.55%) PMO
12 13 (0.42%) WCAG
13 12 (0.39%) COBIT
13 12 (0.39%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.32%) SLA
15 6 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 110 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (1.19%) vSphere
4 36 (1.16%) Docker
5 30 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.13%) Lustre
7 4 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.064%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.064%) NFS
8 2 (0.064%) XenApp
9 1 (0.032%) Firmware
9 1 (0.032%) FreeRADIUS
9 1 (0.032%) KVM
9 1 (0.032%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.032%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.032%) Shibboleth
9 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 82 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 53 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (1.64%) Ansible
3 51 (1.64%) Terraform
4 43 (1.38%) vCenter Server
5 34 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.55%) Puppet
7 12 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.22%) VxRail
10 6 (0.19%) Nmap
10 6 (0.19%) SCCM
11 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.16%) Nessus
12 2 (0.064%) Aspera SmartTrack
12 2 (0.064%) Avamar
12 2 (0.064%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.064%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.064%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.064%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 756 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 207 (6.65%) SAP
3 142 (4.56%) Oracle
4 123 (3.95%) VMware
5 105 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 74 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 60 (1.93%) Cisco
8 50 (1.61%) Sage
9 44 (1.41%) Adobe
10 43 (1.38%) Fortinet
11 38 (1.22%) Workday
12 36 (1.16%) NetApp
13 35 (1.12%) Google
13 35 (1.12%) Red Hat
14 34 (1.09%) Salesforce
14 34 (1.09%) SolidFire
15 33 (1.06%) Juniper
16 29 (0.93%) Meraki
17 28 (0.90%) SolarWinds
18 26 (0.84%) Tanium