Consultant Jobs in London

Consultant
England > London

The median Consultant salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 57 82
Rank change year-on-year -32 +25 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 453 1,073 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.57% 4.48% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.95% 4.74% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 831 879
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,513 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £99,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Consultant in London

Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in London

Consultant
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London -47 58 £61,250 -2.00% 156
West London +13 3 £62,500 +28.21% 306
South London -6 1 - - 8
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 161 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 151 (33.33%) Finance
3 114 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (20.97%) Microsoft
6 82 (18.10%) Degree
7 74 (16.34%) Azure
8 66 (14.57%) AWS
9 64 (14.13%) Migration
10 60 (13.25%) Business Development
10 60 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
11 58 (12.80%) Agile
11 58 (12.80%) CRM
12 56 (12.36%) JavaScript
13 55 (12.14%) Requirements Gathering
14 53 (11.70%) Project Management
14 53 (11.70%) Security Cleared
15 51 (11.26%) ERP
16 50 (11.04%) Presales
17 49 (10.82%) SAP
18 47 (10.38%) SQL
19 45 (9.93%) Dynamics 365
20 44 (9.71%) Law
20 44 (9.71%) Analytics
21 42 (9.27%) Data Migration
22 41 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
23 40 (8.83%) Python
24 39 (8.61%) Mentoring
25 37 (8.17%) ServiceNow
26 36 (7.95%) Presentation Skills

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.77%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.77%) Maya
3 7 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.32%) InVision
4 6 (1.32%) Sketch
5 5 (1.10%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (5.96%) NetSuite
2 23 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (3.75%) SAP CO
4 17 (3.75%) SAP FI
4 17 (3.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (1.32%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.88%) Maximo
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.88%) SAP FSCM
6 4 (0.88%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.88%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.66%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.66%) SAP IS-U
8 2 (0.44%) SAP LE
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (16.34%) Azure
2 66 (14.57%) AWS
3 45 (9.93%) Dynamics 365
4 29 (6.40%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.18%) SaaS
6 27 (5.96%) GCP
7 18 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (3.53%) Snowflake
9 13 (2.87%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.99%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.77%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.32%) Figma
13 6 (1.32%) IaaS
13 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.32%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.32%) PaaS
14 5 (1.10%) Rubrik
14 5 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.87%) WAN
2 12 (2.65%) Firewall
3 9 (1.99%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.77%) MPLS
5 7 (1.55%) DHCP
5 7 (1.55%) DNS
5 7 (1.55%) LAN
5 7 (1.55%) Wireless
6 4 (0.88%) BGP
6 4 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (0.88%) FTP
6 4 (0.88%) IGRP
6 4 (0.88%) IPv4
6 4 (0.88%) PBX
6 4 (0.88%) SAN
6 4 (0.88%) SMTP
6 4 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.88%) VLAN
6 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.66%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.31%) Big Data
2 14 (3.09%) GIS
3 10 (2.21%) Power BI
4 6 (1.32%) DB2
4 6 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.10%) Tableau
6 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.88%) SAP BW
6 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.44%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.44%) Looker
7 2 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Axure RP
1 8 (1.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Balsamiq
2 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.44%) MSI
2 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 161 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 151 (33.33%) Finance
3 99 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (9.71%) Law
5 36 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
6 29 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (6.40%) Public Sector
7 28 (6.18%) Marketing
8 25 (5.52%) Banking
9 12 (2.65%) Billing
9 12 (2.65%) Retail
10 11 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.21%) Games
11 10 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.99%) Legal
13 8 (1.77%) Back Office
13 8 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.55%) German Language
15 6 (1.32%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.28%) HTML
2 29 (6.40%) AngularJS
3 11 (2.43%) CSS
4 9 (1.99%) Web Services
5 8 (1.77%) SOAP
6 7 (1.55%) Node.js
6 7 (1.55%) React
7 6 (1.32%) XML
8 5 (1.10%) .NET
8 5 (1.10%) JSON
8 5 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.10%) REST
9 3 (0.66%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.66%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.66%) Restlet
9 3 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.44%) Loki
10 2 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
11 1 (0.22%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.74%) Life Science
2 13 (2.87%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (1.99%) Cloud Native
4 9 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.55%) CMDB
5 7 (1.55%) IoT
5 7 (1.55%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (1.32%) Derivative
6 6 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.32%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.10%) Blockchain
7 5 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.10%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.64%) Windows
2 10 (2.21%) Linux
3 9 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.55%) Unix
5 5 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.88%) Android
7 2 (0.44%) CentOS
7 2 (0.44%) HPUX
7 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.44%) Solaris
7 2 (0.44%) zOS
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (14.13%) Migration
3 60 (13.25%) Business Development
3 60 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
4 58 (12.80%) Agile
4 58 (12.80%) CRM
5 55 (12.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 53 (11.70%) Project Management
7 51 (11.26%) ERP
8 50 (11.04%) Presales
9 44 (9.71%) Analytics
10 42 (9.27%) Data Migration
11 41 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (8.61%) Mentoring
13 36 (7.95%) Risk Management
14 35 (7.73%) Roadmaps
15 33 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (6.18%) Artificial Intelligence
17 27 (5.96%) Regulatory Compliance
17 27 (5.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 56 (12.36%) JavaScript
2 47 (10.38%) SQL
3 40 (8.83%) Python
4 15 (3.31%) Java
5 9 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.10%) C#
7 3 (0.66%) Bash
7 3 (0.66%) C
7 3 (0.66%) Go
8 2 (0.44%) ABAP
8 2 (0.44%) COBOL
8 2 (0.44%) JCL
8 2 (0.44%) R
8 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.44%) VBA
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) Groovy
9 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 82 (18.10%) Degree
2 53 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.73%) CISSP
4 33 (7.28%) CISM
4 33 (7.28%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.55%) CCNA
9 6 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.10%) CCNP
10 5 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.10%) MCP
11 4 (0.88%) CISA
11 4 (0.88%) CRISC
11 4 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.66%) CCSAM
12 3 (0.66%) CCSAS
12 3 (0.66%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.64%) QA
2 16 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.43%) NIST
4 8 (1.77%) WCAG
5 7 (1.55%) GRC
5 7 (1.55%) IFRS
5 7 (1.55%) IFRS 9
6 5 (1.10%) GDPR
7 3 (0.66%) ITGC
8 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.44%) HL7
8 2 (0.44%) P3O
8 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Basel III
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) DICOM
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.32%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Docker
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.32%) SCCM
4 5 (1.10%) Terraform
5 4 (0.88%) Avamar
5 4 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (0.88%) WSUS
6 3 (0.66%) Grafana
6 3 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.44%) Ansible
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Automic
8 1 (0.22%) HP UCMDB
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) logstash
Vendors
1 95 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.82%) SAP
3 37 (8.17%) ServiceNow
4 28 (6.18%) Oracle
5 18 (3.97%) Cisco
6 15 (3.31%) VMware
7 14 (3.09%) Alteryx
8 13 (2.87%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.43%) Adobe
10 9 (1.99%) Veeam
11 8 (1.77%) Google
11 8 (1.77%) Workday
12 7 (1.55%) Dell
13 6 (1.32%) Citrix
13 6 (1.32%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.32%) IBM
14 5 (1.10%) Juniper
14 5 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.88%) EMC
16 3 (0.66%) Intel