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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 56 85
Rank change year-on-year -31 +29 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 501 1,040 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.88% 4.41% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.29% 4.68% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 387 804 927
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £100,000 £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 11,673 22,210 32,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.15% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 16,626 24,091
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +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 14 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 14 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 -40 64 £61,250 -5.77% 135
West London +18 2 £57,500 +35.29% 33
South London -5 2 £28,500 +1.79% 6
East London -10 1 £27,500 - 29
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 183 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 152 (30.34%) Finance
3 122 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (20.56%) Microsoft
5 102 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (17.37%) Degree
6 87 (17.37%) Azure
7 76 (15.17%) AWS
8 73 (14.57%) Migration
9 66 (13.17%) CRM
10 65 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
11 63 (12.57%) JavaScript
12 61 (12.18%) Requirements Gathering
13 60 (11.98%) Presales
13 60 (11.98%) Project Management
13 60 (11.98%) Agile
14 58 (11.58%) Business Development
15 53 (10.58%) Security Cleared
15 53 (10.58%) ERP
16 52 (10.38%) Data Migration
17 51 (10.18%) SAP
18 47 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
19 46 (9.18%) Analytics
20 45 (8.98%) SQL
20 45 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
21 43 (8.58%) Python
21 43 (8.58%) ServiceNow
22 42 (8.38%) Law
23 40 (7.98%) CISSP
24 39 (7.78%) HTML

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 14 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.80%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.60%) Maya
4 7 (1.40%) Adobe XD
5 5 (1.00%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.00%) InVision
5 5 (1.00%) Sketch
6 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (6.19%) NetSuite
2 25 (4.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (3.19%) SAP CO
4 16 (3.19%) SAP FI
4 16 (3.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (1.00%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.80%) SAP FSCM
7 4 (0.80%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.80%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.60%) Maximo
8 3 (0.60%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.60%) SAP IS-U
8 3 (0.60%) SAP LE
8 3 (0.60%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.20%) Infor M3
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 87 (17.37%) Azure
2 76 (15.17%) AWS
3 47 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
4 35 (6.99%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.39%) GCP
5 32 (6.39%) SaaS
6 26 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.39%) Snowflake
8 16 (3.19%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.99%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.00%) IaaS
10 10 (2.00%) PaaS
10 10 (2.00%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.40%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.00%) Figma
13 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.19%) WAN
2 13 (2.59%) Firewall
3 12 (2.40%) Network Security
3 12 (2.40%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.20%) DHCP
4 11 (2.20%) DNS
5 9 (1.80%) Structured Cabling
5 9 (1.80%) Wireless
6 8 (1.60%) Cisco IOS
6 8 (1.60%) FTP
6 8 (1.60%) IPv4
6 8 (1.60%) LAN
6 8 (1.60%) MPLS
6 8 (1.60%) PBX
6 8 (1.60%) SAN
6 8 (1.60%) SMTP
6 8 (1.60%) VLAN
7 4 (0.80%) BGP
7 4 (0.80%) VPN
7 4 (0.80%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.59%) Big Data
2 14 (2.79%) GIS
2 14 (2.79%) Power BI
3 9 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.00%) DB2
6 5 (1.00%) Tableau
7 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.80%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.40%) Looker
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 9 (1.80%) JIRA
2 7 (1.40%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.40%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.40%) Git
3 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.40%) MSI
3 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 183 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 152 (30.34%) Finance
3 102 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.38%) Law
5 39 (7.78%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (7.19%) Marketing
7 35 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (5.99%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.39%) Banking
10 13 (2.59%) Billing
10 13 (2.59%) Retail
11 12 (2.40%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.20%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.00%) Games
14 9 (1.80%) Legal
15 8 (1.60%) Back Office
15 8 (1.60%) German Language
16 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.78%) HTML
2 32 (6.39%) AngularJS
3 13 (2.59%) CSS
4 11 (2.20%) SOAP
5 9 (1.80%) Web Services
6 8 (1.60%) XML
7 7 (1.40%) .NET
7 7 (1.40%) JSON
7 7 (1.40%) Node.js
7 7 (1.40%) React
8 6 (1.20%) REST
9 5 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.00%) Restlet
10 4 (0.80%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.60%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.60%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
12 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.40%) Loki
12 2 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.39%) Life Science
2 12 (2.40%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.40%) Public Cloud
3 11 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.80%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.80%) Private Cloud
6 8 (1.60%) CMDB
6 8 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.40%) IoT
7 7 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.20%) Derivative
8 6 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.00%) PropTech
9 5 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.39%) Windows
2 10 (2.00%) Windows 10
2 10 (2.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.80%) Linux
4 8 (1.60%) Android
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
5 2 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (14.57%) Migration
3 66 (13.17%) CRM
4 65 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (12.18%) Requirements Gathering
6 60 (11.98%) Agile
6 60 (11.98%) Presales
6 60 (11.98%) Project Management
7 58 (11.58%) Business Development
8 53 (10.58%) ERP
9 52 (10.38%) Data Migration
10 46 (9.18%) Analytics
11 45 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (7.58%) Roadmaps
13 37 (7.39%) Mentoring
14 35 (6.99%) Risk Management
15 31 (6.19%) DevOps
16 30 (5.99%) Project Delivery
16 30 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.57%) JavaScript
2 45 (8.98%) SQL
3 43 (8.58%) Python
4 16 (3.19%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.79%) Java
6 7 (1.40%) C#
7 4 (0.80%) Bash
8 3 (0.60%) ABAP
8 3 (0.60%) C
8 3 (0.60%) Go
8 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.40%) COBOL
9 2 (0.40%) JCL
9 2 (0.40%) R
9 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.40%) VBA
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Groovy
10 1 (0.20%) Ruby
10 1 (0.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 87 (17.37%) Degree
2 53 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.98%) CISSP
4 37 (7.39%) CISM
5 32 (6.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (5.79%) SC Cleared
7 24 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (2.40%) CCNA
9 11 (2.20%) CCNP
10 9 (1.80%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.20%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.00%) APMG
13 5 (1.00%) CCIE
13 5 (1.00%) CRISC
13 5 (1.00%) MCP
14 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.80%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.79%) QA
2 15 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.40%) NIST
4 7 (1.40%) GDPR
4 7 (1.40%) GRC
4 7 (1.40%) WCAG
5 5 (1.00%) IFRS
5 5 (1.00%) IFRS 9
6 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) HL7
8 2 (0.40%) P3O
8 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.20%) Hyper-V
2 11 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.20%) Docker
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.20%) SCCM
3 9 (1.80%) Terraform
4 8 (1.60%) WSUS
5 5 (1.00%) Ansible
6 4 (0.80%) Avamar
6 4 (0.80%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.60%) Grafana
8 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.20%) Automic
8 1 (0.20%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.20%) HP UCMDB
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.18%) SAP
3 43 (8.58%) ServiceNow
4 30 (5.99%) Cisco
5 24 (4.79%) Oracle
6 19 (3.79%) VMware
7 18 (3.59%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.99%) Fortinet
9 14 (2.79%) Alteryx
9 14 (2.79%) Veeam
10 12 (2.40%) Adobe
10 12 (2.40%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.00%) Citrix
11 10 (2.00%) Google
11 10 (2.00%) Workday
12 8 (1.60%) Dell
13 6 (1.20%) Arista
13 6 (1.20%) IBM
14 5 (1.00%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.00%) Marketo