Lead Consultant Jobs in London

Lead Consultant
England > London

The median Lead Consultant salary in London is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 452 576
Rank change year-on-year +80 +124 +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 20 40 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 20 32 43
10th Percentile £70,875 £71,250 -
25th Percentile £81,875 £73,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% +21.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £106,563 £91,250 £83,125
90th Percentile £136,000 £104,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £86,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +23.21% -6.67%

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 11,325 22,537 31,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.40% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,851 16,746 23,073
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,108 £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%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in London

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Consultant in London

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in London

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) QA
1 9 (45.00%) AWS
1 9 (45.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (40.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Technology Transformation
3 7 (35.00%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (35.00%) Node.js
3 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 7 (35.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (35.00%) Java
3 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (35.00%) GCP
3 7 (35.00%) React
4 5 (25.00%) Fintech
5 4 (20.00%) Marketing
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (15.00%) SQL
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (10.00%) Offensive Security
7 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (10.00%) Red Team
7 2 (10.00%) Blue Team

Lead 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.00%) Endur
1 1 (5.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) GCP
3 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
5 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (5.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Serverless
5 1 (5.00%) Stitch
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Looker
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) Parquet
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.00%) French Language
4 2 (10.00%) Italian Language
4 2 (10.00%) Polish Language
4 2 (10.00%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Node.js
1 7 (35.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (5.00%) Derivative
2 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (40.00%) Project Management
3 7 (35.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (35.00%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (35.00%) Technology Transformation
4 5 (25.00%) Fintech
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Blue Team
7 2 (10.00%) Customer Acquisition
7 2 (10.00%) Data Strategy
7 2 (10.00%) Offensive Security
7 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (10.00%) Presales
7 2 (10.00%) Purple Team
7 2 (10.00%) Red Team
7 2 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Java
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) CCSAM
1 2 (10.00%) CCSAS
1 2 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) SAP