IT Consultant Jobs in England

IT Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Consultant salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 708 807
Rank change year-on-year +103 +99 +190
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 80 135 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 43 108 71
10th Percentile £26,100 £26,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £29,938 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £91,500 £60,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in England

IT 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 IT Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 +106 29 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Midlands +88 16 £45,000 +47.54% 10
South East +79 14 £45,000 -14.29% 25
West Midlands +63 14 £45,000 +47.54% 3
North of England +46 13 £70,000 +118.75% 10
Yorkshire +58 7 £70,000 +75.00% 5
North West +5 6 £72,500 +163.64% 5
South West +87 4 £32,500 -4.41% 4
East of England +31 4 £25,000 -28.57% 2
East Midlands +43 2 £23,500 -41.25% 7
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 23 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.75%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (21.25%) Microsoft
4 16 (20.00%) Degree
5 15 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 14 (17.50%) Finance
6 14 (17.50%) Law
7 12 (15.00%) Project Management
7 12 (15.00%) ERP
8 11 (13.75%) Agile
8 11 (13.75%) SAP
9 10 (12.50%) ITIL
9 10 (12.50%) Games
9 10 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (12.50%) Business Strategy
10 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
10 9 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (11.25%) Business Transformation
10 9 (11.25%) Azure
10 9 (11.25%) IT Strategy
10 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (11.25%) Marketing
10 9 (11.25%) Business Development
10 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
11 8 (10.00%) Windows
11 8 (10.00%) Maya
11 8 (10.00%) Presales

IT 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 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Maya
2 5 (6.25%) Chatbot
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) NetSuite
1 3 (3.75%) SAP CO
1 3 (3.75%) SAP FI
1 3 (3.75%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (3.75%) SAP FSCM
1 3 (3.75%) SAP IBP
1 3 (3.75%) SAP IS-U
1 3 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.25%) Lorenzo
2 1 (1.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.25%) Azure
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.50%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.75%) AWS
6 2 (2.50%) IaaS
6 2 (2.50%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.50%) PaaS
6 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.50%) SaaS
7 1 (1.25%) GCP
7 1 (1.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) Firewall
1 4 (5.00%) LAN
2 3 (3.75%) WAN
3 2 (2.50%) VPN
4 1 (1.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) Tableau
General
1 23 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 14 (17.50%) Finance
3 14 (17.50%) Law
4 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.50%) Games
5 9 (11.25%) Marketing
6 8 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (7.50%) Banking
7 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.25%) Billing
8 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
9 4 (5.00%) Czech Language
9 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.50%) Retail
12 1 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (1.25%) Dutch Language
12 1 (1.25%) French Language
12 1 (1.25%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.25%) Blockchain
3 5 (6.25%) IoT
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.50%) EPoS
4 2 (2.50%) Social Media
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.25%) Cyber Warfare
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) PMI
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.00%) Linux
3 4 (5.00%) Unix
4 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.75%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (15.00%) ERP
2 12 (15.00%) Project Management
3 11 (13.75%) Agile
4 10 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 10 (12.50%) ITIL
5 9 (11.25%) Business Development
5 9 (11.25%) Business Transformation
5 9 (11.25%) IT Strategy
5 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
5 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
5 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.00%) Presales
7 7 (8.75%) Migration
8 6 (7.50%) Architectural Design
8 6 (7.50%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (7.50%) DevOps
8 6 (7.50%) Machine Learning
8 6 (7.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.25%) C
2 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.25%) Python
2 1 (1.25%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) CISA
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.50%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (2.50%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.50%) ISSAP
3 2 (2.50%) MCP
3 2 (2.50%) MCSA
3 2 (2.50%) MCSE
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.25%) CCNA
4 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.75%) ITGC
2 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.25%) DICOM
3 1 (1.25%) GDPR
3 1 (1.25%) HL7
3 1 (1.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.25%) Firmware
4 1 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.00%) Automic
2 4 (5.00%) SCCM
3 2 (2.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.75%) SAP
3 4 (5.00%) Broadcom
4 3 (3.75%) Cisco
4 3 (3.75%) Oracle
4 3 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.50%) Veritas
6 1 (1.25%) Acronis
6 1 (1.25%) Citrix
6 1 (1.25%) Dell
6 1 (1.25%) Foundry
6 1 (1.25%) Google
6 1 (1.25%) HP
6 1 (1.25%) InterSystems
6 1 (1.25%) MEDITECH
6 1 (1.25%) Palantir
6 1 (1.25%) Qualys
6 1 (1.25%) Sophos
6 1 (1.25%) VMware