Data Consultant Job Trends in England

Data Consultant
UK > England

The median Data Consultant salary in England is £70,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 592 586
Rank change year-on-year +32 -6 +196
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Consultant 57 87 94
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50 41 66
10th Percentile £30,000 £52,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £51,438 £60,750 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £100,000 £108,125
UK median annual salary £73,250 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.03% - +3.57%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Data Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in England

Data Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Consultant in England

Data 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 Data Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +41 33 £75,000 -2.60% 22
North of England +12 11 £45,000 -24.69% 3
South West +13 7 £80,000 +12.28% 1
North West +20 6 £67,500 +3.45% 1
Yorkshire -8 5 £30,000 -49.79% 1
South East +19 4 £31,500 -57.29% 18
Data Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Data 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 Data Consultant in the job title.

1 20 (35.09%) AI
2 18 (31.58%) Python
2 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 16 (28.07%) Analytics
3 16 (28.07%) SQL
4 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 14 (24.56%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (22.81%) Data Engineering
6 13 (22.81%) Data Modelling
7 12 (21.05%) Data Governance
7 12 (21.05%) Data Strategy
8 11 (19.30%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (19.30%) Mentoring
8 11 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (19.30%) SAP
9 10 (17.54%) Data Science
9 10 (17.54%) ETL
9 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
10 9 (15.79%) Azure
10 9 (15.79%) Data Management
10 9 (15.79%) Data Protection
10 9 (15.79%) Databricks
10 9 (15.79%) Foundry
10 9 (15.79%) GDPR
10 9 (15.79%) Power BI
11 8 (14.04%) Machine Learning
11 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
11 8 (14.04%) Migration
12 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
12 7 (12.28%) Degree

Data 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 6 (10.53%) AWS
4 5 (8.77%) Snowflake
5 4 (7.02%) Azure AI
5 4 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (7.02%) Azure Machine Learning
5 4 (7.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.26%) Matillion
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.75%) GCP
7 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.56%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (15.79%) Power BI
3 5 (8.77%) Data Lake
3 5 (8.77%) Metadata
3 5 (8.77%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (8.77%) SQL Server
4 4 (7.02%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) Power Query
6 1 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) MLflow
2 1 (1.75%) LSMW
General
1 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
3 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Marketing
5 1 (1.75%) Banking
5 1 (1.75%) Electronics
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) PyTorch
1 7 (12.28%) TensorFlow
2 6 (10.53%) scikit-learn
3 4 (7.02%) CSS
3 4 (7.02%) LangChain
3 4 (7.02%) Pandas
3 4 (7.02%) PySpark
3 4 (7.02%) React
3 4 (7.02%) XGBoost
4 1 (1.75%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.75%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Data Structures
1 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) AI
2 16 (28.07%) Analytics
3 13 (22.81%) Data Engineering
3 13 (22.81%) Data Modelling
4 12 (21.05%) Data Governance
4 12 (21.05%) Data Strategy
5 11 (19.30%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (19.30%) Mentoring
5 11 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (17.54%) Data Science
6 10 (17.54%) ETL
7 9 (15.79%) Data Management
7 9 (15.79%) Data Protection
8 8 (14.04%) Machine Learning
8 8 (14.04%) Migration
9 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.53%) Agile
10 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
10 6 (10.53%) Data Migration
10 6 (10.53%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.58%) Python
2 16 (28.07%) SQL
3 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.02%) R
4 2 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.75%) C#
5 1 (1.75%) C++
5 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) GDPR
2 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.75%) GAAP
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) SAP
2 9 (15.79%) Databricks
2 9 (15.79%) Foundry
3 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
4 5 (8.77%) Palantir
5 4 (7.02%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (7.02%) Fortinet
5 4 (7.02%) OpenAI
5 4 (7.02%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.75%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.75%) Refinitiv