Lead Consultant Job Trends in England

Lead Consultant
UK > England

The median Lead Consultant salary in England is £80,050 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 597 596
Rank change year-on-year +39 -1 +287
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 47 79 88
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.089% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 53 58
10th Percentile £50,250 £59,000 £71,250
25th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,050 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,250 £96,875
90th Percentile £93,375 £103,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -

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 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
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 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
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%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in England

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in England

Lead 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 Lead Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 +47 19 £85,000 -10.53% 6
Midlands +29 11 £75,000 -16.67% 6
West Midlands +26 9 £75,000 -16.67% 3
North of England +20 8 £90,000 - 6
North West +21 4 £90,000 - 5
South West +3 4 £50,000 -45.36%
Yorkshire -8 4 £90,000 - 1
South East +22 2 £90,000 - 2
East Midlands -7 2 £65,000 -27.78% 3
East of England +12 1 £55,000 -38.89% 3
Lead Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (23.40%) Agile
1 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (21.28%) ITIL
2 10 (21.28%) Observability
3 9 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (19.15%) ITSM
3 9 (19.15%) Mentoring
3 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
3 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
4 8 (17.02%) Business Strategy
4 8 (17.02%) IFS
4 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
4 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
5 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
5 7 (14.89%) Incident Management
5 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
5 7 (14.89%) SAP
5 7 (14.89%) Service Management
5 7 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (12.77%) ERP
7 5 (10.64%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (8.51%) Migration
8 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
9 3 (6.38%) AIOps
9 3 (6.38%) AppDynamics
9 3 (6.38%) BigPanda
9 3 (6.38%) Business Analysis

Lead 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) SAP CO
1 3 (6.38%) SAP FI
1 3 (6.38%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.26%) SAP FSCM
2 2 (4.26%) SAP IBP
2 2 (4.26%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (2.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (2.13%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.13%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.38%) Datadog
2 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (4.26%) SAP BW
1 2 (4.26%) SAP HANA
General
1 16 (34.04%) Finance
2 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Banking
3 8 (17.02%) Retail
4 7 (14.89%) Legal
4 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Law
6 2 (4.26%) Games
6 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Billing
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) OpenTelemetry
1 3 (6.38%) SAP Basis
2 2 (4.26%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.26%) SAPUI5
3 1 (2.13%) REST
3 1 (2.13%) SOAP
3 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.26%) Replication
3 1 (2.13%) CMDB
3 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
1 2 (4.26%) SUSE
1 2 (4.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
1 2 (4.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Agile
1 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (21.28%) ITIL
2 10 (21.28%) Observability
3 9 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (19.15%) ITSM
3 9 (19.15%) Mentoring
3 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
3 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
4 8 (17.02%) Business Strategy
5 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
5 7 (14.89%) Incident Management
5 7 (14.89%) Problem Management
5 7 (14.89%) Service Management
5 7 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (12.77%) ERP
7 5 (10.64%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (8.51%) Migration
9 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
1 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.13%) CCA
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
1 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) IFS
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) SAP
3 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.38%) AppDynamics
4 3 (6.38%) BigPanda
4 3 (6.38%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.38%) Splunk
5 1 (2.13%) Tenable