Technical Consultant Job Trends in England

Technical Consultant
UK > England

The median Technical Consultant salary in England is £65,000 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 365 199 444
Rank change year-on-year -166 +245 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 264 732 243
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.52% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.64% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 176 189 195
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -16.00% -

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%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in England

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in England

Technical 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 Technical 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 +37 81 £77,500 +19.23% 15
North of England -167 70 £77,500 +82.35% 6
Yorkshire -112 43 £24,000 -56.36% 1
South West +13 38 £60,000 +6.67% 9
Midlands +19 37 £55,000 +29.41% 1
South East +26 28 £55,000 +15.79% 7
North West +15 27 £85,000 +100.00% 5
East Midlands +6 19 £55,000 +37.50%
West Midlands +5 18 £100,000 +135.29% 1
East of England +14 9 £55,000 -
Technical Consultant
UK

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

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

1 51 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (12.50%) Degree
3 32 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 30 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 27 (10.23%) Microsoft Office
5 27 (10.23%) Physics
5 27 (10.23%) ServiceNow
6 20 (7.58%) Microsoft
7 19 (7.20%) DevOps
8 18 (6.82%) ITSM
8 18 (6.82%) Presales
9 16 (6.06%) Azure
10 15 (5.68%) Agile
10 15 (5.68%) AI
10 15 (5.68%) ITIL
10 15 (5.68%) JavaScript
11 14 (5.30%) Service Management
12 13 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (4.92%) SQL
13 11 (4.17%) Business Strategy
13 11 (4.17%) Security Operations
14 10 (3.79%) Decision-Making
14 10 (3.79%) Incident Management
14 10 (3.79%) JSON
14 10 (3.79%) Observability
14 10 (3.79%) Problem Management
14 10 (3.79%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (3.79%) VPN
15 9 (3.41%) Cisco
15 9 (3.41%) Incident Response

Technical 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 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (10.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.06%) Azure
2 9 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.41%) SaaS
3 7 (2.65%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.27%) AWS
5 4 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.52%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (1.14%) Datadog
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.14%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.76%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.76%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.38%) Serverless
8 1 (0.38%) Social Studio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.79%) VPN
2 6 (2.27%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.52%) Junos
3 4 (1.52%) LAN
3 4 (1.52%) WAN
3 4 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
1 6 (2.27%) MySQL
2 4 (1.52%) GIS
3 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.76%) Metadata
4 2 (0.76%) MS Access
4 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.38%) DB2
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (18.56%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.12%) Marketing
3 24 (9.09%) Finance
3 24 (9.09%) Spanish Language
4 14 (5.30%) Legal
5 12 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.79%) Law
7 8 (3.03%) Banking
8 7 (2.65%) Retail
9 6 (2.27%) Advertising
9 6 (2.27%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.14%) German Language
10 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.76%) Billing
11 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Automotive
12 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.79%) JSON
2 6 (2.27%) FHIR
2 6 (2.27%) HTML
3 5 (1.89%) CSS
3 5 (1.89%) XML
4 4 (1.52%) SAP Basis
5 3 (1.14%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.76%) .NET
6 2 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.76%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.76%) Web Services
7 1 (0.38%) Kafka
7 1 (0.38%) React
7 1 (0.38%) REST
7 1 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
1 6 (2.27%) NHS
2 3 (1.14%) Private Cloud
3 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.76%) Low-Code
3 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
3 2 (0.76%) Replication
3 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.38%) CMDB
4 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.38%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.41%) Linux
2 3 (1.14%) Windows
3 2 (0.76%) SUSE
3 2 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) AIX
4 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (10.23%) Physics
3 19 (7.20%) DevOps
4 18 (6.82%) ITSM
4 18 (6.82%) Presales
5 15 (5.68%) Agile
5 15 (5.68%) AI
5 15 (5.68%) ITIL
6 14 (5.30%) Service Management
7 13 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (4.17%) Business Strategy
8 11 (4.17%) Security Operations
9 10 (3.79%) Decision-Making
9 10 (3.79%) Incident Management
9 10 (3.79%) Observability
9 10 (3.79%) Problem Management
9 10 (3.79%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (3.41%) Incident Response
11 8 (3.03%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (3.03%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.68%) JavaScript
2 13 (4.92%) SQL
3 8 (3.03%) Java
4 6 (2.27%) Python
5 5 (1.89%) C#
6 3 (1.14%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.76%) VBA
7 2 (0.76%) X++
8 1 (0.38%) C++
8 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.38%) R
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (12.50%) Degree
2 32 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 30 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.52%) CCNA
5 4 (1.52%) CCNP
5 4 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.52%) JNCIA
5 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.14%) PhD
7 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.27%) HL7
2 4 (1.52%) GRC
2 4 (1.52%) QA
3 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
4 1 (0.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (10.23%) ServiceNow
2 20 (7.58%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.41%) Cisco
4 4 (1.52%) Juniper
4 4 (1.52%) SAP
5 3 (1.14%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.14%) BigPanda
5 3 (1.14%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle
5 3 (1.14%) Splunk
6 2 (0.76%) Genesys
6 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe
7 1 (0.38%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.38%) Foundry
7 1 (0.38%) Google
7 1 (0.38%) Palantir
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.38%) Samsung