Consultant Jobs in Leicestershire

Consultant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Consultant salary in Leicestershire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 71 83
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 12 38 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.72% 3.46% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 3.65% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 6
10th Percentile - £26,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £27,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £29,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +132.76% -57.04% +17.39%
75th Percentile £83,125 £41,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £49,500 £74,375
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.67% -42.31% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 660 1,040 754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 94.63% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 165 581 263
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £25,067
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Leicestershire

Consultant
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Leicester +23 6 £82,500 +120.00% 7
Hinckley - 2 - -
Melton Mowbray - 2 - -
Consultant
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 Leicestershire region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) e-Learning
1 8 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Oracle
1 8 (66.67%) IBM
1 8 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 8 (66.67%) Coaching
1 8 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 8 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 8 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (66.67%) API Management
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
3 2 (16.67%) Clustering
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (16.67%) IIS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (16.67%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP MM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (8.33%) SAP SCM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) SAN
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) e-Learning
1 8 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) API Management
1 8 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Coaching
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (16.67%) High Availability
2 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CCNP
1 1 (8.33%) CCSA
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) IBM
1 8 (66.67%) Oracle
1 8 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) SAP