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 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 715 836
Rank change year-on-year +116 +121 +122
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 72 116 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 37 99 71
10th Percentile £24,550 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -18.10% +5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £60,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -18.10% +1.75%

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 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 9 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 9 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 +101 23 £47,250 -5.50% 23
South East +83 14 £45,000 -12.20% 10
Midlands +65 14 £30,000 -14.89% 4
North of England +48 13 £70,000 +100.00% 13
West Midlands +64 12 £50,000 +63.93% 2
Yorkshire +62 8 £55,000 +12.82% 6
North West +10 5 £70,000 +124.00% 5
South West +108 4 £32,500 -4.41% 3
East of England +21 4 £25,000 -28.57% 1
East Midlands +42 2 £23,500 -41.25% 2
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
3 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 17 (23.61%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (19.44%) ITIL
6 11 (15.28%) Management Information System
6 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.28%) Project Management
6 11 (15.28%) Business Transformation
6 11 (15.28%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (15.28%) Public Sector
7 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (13.89%) Finance
7 10 (13.89%) Law
7 10 (13.89%) Risk Management
7 10 (13.89%) Degree
8 9 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 9 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
8 9 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (12.50%) Architectural Design
9 8 (11.11%) Azure
9 8 (11.11%) Business Development
10 7 (9.72%) Games
10 7 (9.72%) Maya
10 7 (9.72%) SAP
10 7 (9.72%) ERP
10 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (9.72%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.72%) Business Strategy

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 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Maya
2 5 (6.94%) Chatbot
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.78%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.78%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.78%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.78%) SAP FSCM
2 2 (2.78%) SAP IBP
2 2 (2.78%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.11%) Azure
3 6 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 5 (6.94%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.94%) SaaS
5 2 (2.78%) AWS
5 2 (2.78%) IaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.78%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.94%) LAN
2 4 (5.56%) Firewall
2 4 (5.56%) WAN
3 3 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (1.39%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) SAP BW
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Public Sector
3 10 (13.89%) Finance
3 10 (13.89%) Law
4 9 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.72%) Games
6 6 (8.33%) Banking
7 5 (6.94%) Billing
7 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.94%) Marketing
8 3 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Retail
9 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.39%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.39%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.39%) French Language
10 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.39%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.28%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.94%) Blockchain
3 5 (6.94%) IoT
4 4 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.78%) EPoS
5 2 (2.78%) Social Media
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.39%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Unix
3 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (23.61%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (19.44%) ITIL
4 11 (15.28%) Business Transformation
4 11 (15.28%) Project Management
4 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (13.89%) Risk Management
6 9 (12.50%) Architectural Design
6 9 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
6 9 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 8 (11.11%) Business Development
8 7 (9.72%) Business Strategy
8 7 (9.72%) ERP
8 7 (9.72%) IT Strategy
8 7 (9.72%) Mentoring
9 6 (8.33%) CRM
10 5 (6.94%) Agile
10 5 (6.94%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (6.94%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (6.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) Degree
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (2.78%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.78%) ISSAP
3 2 (2.78%) MCP
3 2 (2.78%) MCSA
3 2 (2.78%) MCSE
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.39%) CCNA
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.39%) Firmware
3 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.94%) SCCM
3 3 (4.17%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) SAP
3 3 (4.17%) Cisco
3 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.17%) Veritas
4 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.39%) Acronis
5 1 (1.39%) Citrix
5 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.39%) Dell
5 1 (1.39%) HP
5 1 (1.39%) IBM
5 1 (1.39%) Instagram
5 1 (1.39%) Meraki
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle
5 1 (1.39%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.39%) Qualys
5 1 (1.39%) Sophos
5 1 (1.39%) VMware