Lead Consultant Job Trends in London

Lead Consultant
England > London

The median Lead Consultant salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 398 398
Rank change year-on-year +35 0 +270
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 19 26 51
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 39
10th Percentile £71,250 £75,500 £71,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £95,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £91,875 £102,375 £105,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £108,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +1.19%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,441 14,745 16,938
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 93.26% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,234 8,645 13,674
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Lead Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Consultant job vacancies in London

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in London

Lead 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 Lead Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +47 4 - - 8
Lead Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Lead 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 London region featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (36.84%) IFS
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (31.58%) ERP
2 6 (31.58%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) ITSM
2 6 (31.58%) Observability
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) Business Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
3 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
3 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
3 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
3 4 (21.05%) Service Management
3 4 (21.05%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (15.79%) SAP
4 3 (15.79%) SAP CO
4 3 (15.79%) SAP FI
4 3 (15.79%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (10.53%) AIOps
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) AppDynamics
5 2 (10.53%) BigPanda
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
5 2 (10.53%) Datadog
5 2 (10.53%) Degree
5 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) SAP CO
1 3 (15.79%) SAP FI
1 3 (15.79%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (10.53%) SAP FSCM
2 2 (10.53%) SAP IBP
2 2 (10.53%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Datadog
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SAP BW
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Retail
3 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Games
4 2 (10.53%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) SOAP
2 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (31.58%) ERP
1 6 (31.58%) ITIL
1 6 (31.58%) ITSM
1 6 (31.58%) Observability
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
2 4 (21.05%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Business Strategy
2 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
2 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
2 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
2 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
2 4 (21.05%) Service Management
2 4 (21.05%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Migration
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
1 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CCA
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) IFS
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) AppDynamics
3 2 (10.53%) BigPanda
3 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk