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 to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 99 130
Rank change year-on-year +32 +31 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,036 3,179 3,931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.58% 3.41% 3.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.79% 3.72% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,350 1,953 2,509
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +3.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +31 1,067 £70,000 - 509
South East +52 466 £50,000 -23.08% 146
North of England +28 462 £55,000 -18.52% 179
South West +59 383 £59,778 -8.03% 123
Midlands +65 381 £48,750 -22.00% 104
West Midlands +69 279 £50,000 -20.00% 79
North West +7 274 £57,500 -14.81% 123
East of England +25 171 £47,500 -24.00% 50
Yorkshire +35 131 £50,000 -27.27% 41
East Midlands +28 99 £37,500 -42.31% 25
North East +45 57 £57,500 +4.55% 17
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 992 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 826 (27.21%) Microsoft
3 646 (21.28%) Finance
4 501 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
5 459 (15.12%) Security Cleared
6 424 (13.97%) Azure
7 422 (13.90%) Degree
8 361 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
9 342 (11.26%) Agile
10 326 (10.74%) Project Management
11 322 (10.61%) SQL
12 314 (10.34%) Power Platform
13 292 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
14 288 (9.49%) Public Sector
15 270 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
16 265 (8.73%) SAP
17 259 (8.53%) Roadmaps
18 254 (8.37%) Presales
19 251 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
20 245 (8.07%) Customer Service
21 244 (8.04%) Migration
22 235 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
23 220 (7.25%) Windows
24 219 (7.21%) Retail
25 212 (6.98%) SQL Server
26 210 (6.92%) Power BI
27 209 (6.88%) Mentoring
28 204 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
29 201 (6.62%) CRM
30 199 (6.55%) SC Cleared

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
1 156 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 115 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (1.38%) IIS
4 40 (1.32%) Apache
5 14 (0.46%) Confluence
6 12 (0.40%) SAS
7 11 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.20%) Appian
9 5 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.16%) CMS
10 3 (0.099%) Drupal
10 3 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.099%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.066%) nginx
11 2 (0.066%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.066%) Papyrus
12 1 (0.033%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.033%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 122 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.46%) Adobe XD
6 12 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.13%) Revit
9 2 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.066%) InDesign
9 2 (0.066%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.033%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.033%) InVision
10 1 (0.033%) SPSS
10 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 128 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 102 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (1.71%) Workday HCM
4 38 (1.25%) SAP FI
5 35 (1.15%) SAP CO
5 35 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 33 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
7 30 (0.99%) NetSuite
8 26 (0.86%) SAP SCM
9 25 (0.82%) SAP Business One
10 24 (0.79%) SAP MM
11 22 (0.72%) SAP SD
12 19 (0.63%) Sage 200
13 18 (0.59%) SAP PP
14 17 (0.56%) SAP HR
15 16 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
16 15 (0.49%) Sage X3
16 15 (0.49%) SAP WM
17 14 (0.46%) SAP EWM
18 13 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 424 (13.97%) Azure
2 314 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 292 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
4 251 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
5 194 (6.39%) AWS
6 129 (4.25%) SaaS
7 87 (2.87%) Power Automate
8 73 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 66 (2.17%) PowerApps
10 53 (1.75%) IaaS
11 51 (1.68%) PaaS
12 46 (1.52%) Amazon S3
13 44 (1.45%) GCP
14 42 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
14 42 (1.38%) OneDrive
15 36 (1.19%) OCI
16 31 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
17 30 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
18 23 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
19 16 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 114 (3.75%) Firewall
2 64 (2.11%) Network Security
3 61 (2.01%) VPN
4 51 (1.68%) Internet
5 50 (1.65%) DNS
6 46 (1.52%) WAN
7 45 (1.48%) LAN
8 39 (1.28%) Wireless
9 36 (1.19%) SNMP
10 34 (1.12%) IPsec
11 31 (1.02%) DHCP
12 28 (0.92%) Unified Communications
13 21 (0.69%) TCP/IP
14 19 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (0.53%) SAN
16 14 (0.46%) NAS
17 12 (0.40%) Broadband
17 12 (0.40%) SSL
18 11 (0.36%) SD-WAN
19 10 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 210 (6.92%) Power BI
3 106 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
4 104 (3.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 41 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 37 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 36 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 28 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
9 23 (0.76%) Tableau
10 22 (0.72%) Big Data
11 20 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
12 15 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 14 (0.46%) Oracle Database
13 14 (0.46%) SAP BW
14 13 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.43%) GIS
15 12 (0.40%) Data Hub
15 12 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (0.96%) JIRA
2 21 (0.69%) Git
3 17 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.43%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.43%) Balsamiq
5 9 (0.30%) Robot Framework
5 9 (0.30%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.23%) GitLab
6 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.16%) Hudson
8 5 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.13%) Subversion
10 3 (0.099%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.099%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.066%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.066%) LSMW
General
1 992 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 646 (21.28%) Finance
3 288 (9.49%) Public Sector
4 270 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 219 (7.21%) Retail
6 166 (5.47%) Marketing
7 154 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
8 143 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 134 (4.41%) Law
10 131 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 78 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 57 (1.88%) Military
14 51 (1.68%) Banking
15 49 (1.61%) Automotive
16 48 (1.58%) Aerospace
17 29 (0.96%) Legal
18 23 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
19 22 (0.72%) General Ledger
20 21 (0.69%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (3.13%) HTML
2 47 (1.55%) CSS
3 44 (1.45%) XML
4 39 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
5 38 (1.25%) Web Services
6 34 (1.12%) YAML
7 31 (1.02%) REST
8 26 (0.86%) .NET
8 26 (0.86%) JSON
9 25 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
10 23 (0.76%) AngularJS
10 23 (0.76%) SOAP
11 22 (0.72%) EDI
12 13 (0.43%) Node.js
13 10 (0.33%) ARM Templates
14 9 (0.30%) LDAP
15 8 (0.26%) Ajax
15 8 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
15 8 (0.26%) SAP TM
16 7 (0.23%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 204 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
2 117 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 113 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 63 (2.08%) Driving Licence
5 56 (1.84%) IoT
6 54 (1.78%) Operational Technology
7 53 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 52 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 38 (1.25%) Product Ownership
10 34 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 31 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 27 (0.89%) Cloud Native
13 25 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 25 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (0.79%) Client/Server
15 23 (0.76%) FMCG
15 23 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (0.72%) Mobile App
17 21 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 220 (7.25%) Windows
2 128 (4.22%) Linux
3 98 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.12%) Data ONTAP
5 26 (0.86%) Android
6 25 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 24 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 16 (0.53%) Unix
9 11 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.16%) VMS
12 4 (0.13%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.099%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.033%) Debian
15 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
2 361 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
3 342 (11.26%) Agile
4 326 (10.74%) Project Management
5 259 (8.53%) Roadmaps
6 254 (8.37%) Presales
7 245 (8.07%) Customer Service
8 244 (8.04%) Migration
9 235 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
10 209 (6.88%) Mentoring
11 201 (6.62%) CRM
12 196 (6.46%) Project Delivery
13 195 (6.42%) Analytics
14 190 (6.26%) ERP
15 182 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence
16 176 (5.80%) DevOps
17 170 (5.60%) Stakeholder Management
18 158 (5.20%) Risk Management
19 156 (5.14%) Requirements Gathering
20 131 (4.31%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 322 (10.61%) SQL
2 150 (4.94%) Python
3 119 (3.92%) JavaScript
4 72 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 51 (1.68%) C#
6 48 (1.58%) Java
7 36 (1.19%) Bash
8 25 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.66%) Bicep
9 20 (0.66%) C
10 19 (0.63%) R
11 14 (0.46%) PL/SQL
12 13 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.36%) C++
14 9 (0.30%) Go
14 9 (0.30%) Ruby
15 8 (0.26%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 459 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 422 (13.90%) Degree
3 199 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 111 (3.66%) DV Cleared
5 108 (3.56%) CISSP
6 91 (3.00%) CISM
7 90 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 67 (2.21%) CRISC
9 56 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 55 (1.81%) CESG Certified Professional
11 47 (1.55%) Azure Certification
12 43 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 41 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 33 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
15 31 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.89%) CISMP
17 24 (0.79%) PMI Certification
18 23 (0.76%) CREST Certified
19 18 (0.59%) CEH
19 18 (0.59%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (4.38%) NIST
2 107 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (1.55%) JSP 440
4 43 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (1.35%) GDPR
5 41 (1.35%) GRC
6 38 (1.25%) NIST 800
7 37 (1.22%) NCSC
8 33 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 31 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 31 (1.02%) QA
10 29 (0.96%) RMADS
11 22 (0.72%) PCI DSS
12 20 (0.66%) Accessibility
13 19 (0.63%) GMP
13 19 (0.63%) PMO
14 13 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.43%) WCAG
15 12 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 12 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 144 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 79 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (1.42%) Docker
4 33 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 32 (1.05%) vSphere
6 7 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.066%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.066%) XenApp
10 1 (0.033%) Firmware
10 1 (0.033%) KVM
10 1 (0.033%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.033%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.033%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 94 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 69 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (1.75%) Ansible
3 53 (1.75%) Terraform
4 42 (1.38%) vCenter Server
5 34 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.56%) Puppet
7 12 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.26%) HP UCMDB
9 7 (0.23%) SCCM
10 6 (0.20%) VxRail
11 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.099%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.099%) Nessus
12 3 (0.099%) Nmap
13 2 (0.066%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.066%) Nagios
13 2 (0.066%) Netcool
13 2 (0.066%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.066%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 826 (27.21%) Microsoft
2 265 (8.73%) SAP
3 127 (4.18%) Oracle
4 106 (3.49%) VMware
5 93 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 60 (1.98%) Workday
7 57 (1.88%) Adobe
8 51 (1.68%) Sage
9 42 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 41 (1.35%) Palo Alto
11 40 (1.32%) Cisco
12 39 (1.28%) Apple
13 38 (1.25%) Salesforce
14 36 (1.19%) NetApp
15 34 (1.12%) Google
15 34 (1.12%) SolidFire
16 28 (0.92%) SolarWinds
17 24 (0.79%) Tanium
17 24 (0.79%) Tripwire
18 22 (0.72%) IBM