Consultant Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Consultant
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Consultant salary in Gloucestershire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 68 82
Rank change year-on-year +49 +14 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 53 8 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 8.19% 1.21% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.75% 1.26% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 52 8 14
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,875 £50,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,375 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +28.57%
75th Percentile £83,125 £82,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,250 £91,750
South West median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% -1.46% +14.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 606 635 853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 96.36% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 442 294 559
10th Percentile £31,138 £32,500 £29,790
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,125 £78,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,997 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -0.96% +5.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Gloucestershire

Consultant
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Cheltenham +17 12 £85,000 +30.77% 72
Gloucester - 7 £35,000 - 73
Tewkesbury - 6 £87,500 -
Consultant
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (45.28%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (37.74%) SC Cleared
2 20 (37.74%) Security Cleared
3 19 (35.85%) Information Assurance
3 19 (35.85%) RMADS
4 16 (30.19%) Active Listening
4 16 (30.19%) CESG Certified Professional
4 16 (30.19%) CISM
4 16 (30.19%) CISMP
4 16 (30.19%) CISSP
4 16 (30.19%) Creative Thinking
4 16 (30.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 16 (30.19%) IIS
4 16 (30.19%) IISP
4 16 (30.19%) Information Security
4 16 (30.19%) Information Security Management
4 16 (30.19%) Innovative Thinking
4 16 (30.19%) ISMS
4 16 (30.19%) JSP 440
4 16 (30.19%) Matrix Organization
4 16 (30.19%) NCSC
4 16 (30.19%) NIST
4 16 (30.19%) NIST 800
4 16 (30.19%) Risk Management
4 16 (30.19%) Security Management
5 9 (16.98%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (13.21%) IT Strategy
7 6 (11.32%) Agile
7 6 (11.32%) Red Team
8 5 (9.43%) Presales

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 16 (30.19%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) Azure
2 3 (5.66%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Balsamiq
General
1 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.32%) Military
2 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.85%) Management Information System
2 16 (30.19%) CESG
3 3 (5.66%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (45.28%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (35.85%) Information Assurance
3 16 (30.19%) Active Listening
3 16 (30.19%) Creative Thinking
3 16 (30.19%) Information Security
3 16 (30.19%) Information Security Management
3 16 (30.19%) Innovative Thinking
3 16 (30.19%) ISMS
3 16 (30.19%) Matrix Organization
3 16 (30.19%) Risk Management
3 16 (30.19%) Security Management
4 9 (16.98%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (13.21%) IT Strategy
6 6 (11.32%) Agile
6 6 (11.32%) Red Team
7 5 (9.43%) Presales
8 3 (5.66%) DevOps
8 3 (5.66%) Protective Monitoring
8 3 (5.66%) User Experience
8 3 (5.66%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) Bash
1 3 (5.66%) C#
1 3 (5.66%) Go
1 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
1 3 (5.66%) Python
1 3 (5.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) SC Cleared
1 20 (37.74%) Security Cleared
2 16 (30.19%) CESG Certified Professional
2 16 (30.19%) CISM
2 16 (30.19%) CISMP
2 16 (30.19%) CISSP
2 16 (30.19%) IISP
3 3 (5.66%) CITP
3 3 (5.66%) CREST Certified
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 3 (5.66%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (35.85%) RMADS
2 16 (30.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 16 (30.19%) JSP 440
2 16 (30.19%) NCSC
2 16 (30.19%) NIST
2 16 (30.19%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft