Consultant Jobs in Manchester

Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Consultant salary in Manchester is £59,556 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 78 85
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 183 232 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.59% 4.61% 3.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 5.03% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 134 113 75
10th Percentile £26,550 £50,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,125 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,556 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.92% +7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,836 4,616 5,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.77% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,696 3,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Manchester

Consultant
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Stockport +30 5 £22,145 - 2
Salford - 3 - - 3
Bolton - 3 £25,000 -
Bury - 2 £27,500 -
Oldham - 1 £61,750 -
Consultant
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 66 (36.07%) Microsoft
2 51 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 44 (24.04%) Finance
4 30 (16.39%) Azure
5 29 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (14.21%) Customer Service
8 24 (13.11%) Power Platform
8 24 (13.11%) Agile
9 21 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (9.84%) ERP
11 17 (9.29%) Service Delivery
11 17 (9.29%) DevOps
11 17 (9.29%) Decision-Making
12 16 (8.74%) Power BI
12 16 (8.74%) Degree
12 16 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (8.20%) Project Management
13 15 (8.20%) Analytics
13 15 (8.20%) Public Sector
14 14 (7.65%) Actionable Insight
14 14 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (7.65%) Kubernetes
14 14 (7.65%) Data Centre
14 14 (7.65%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (7.10%) Product Management
15 13 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (7.10%) Windows
15 13 (7.10%) CRM
15 13 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.73%) Apache
3 4 (2.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (3.28%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.73%) Sage 200
4 3 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.64%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.55%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.55%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.55%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.39%) Azure
2 24 (13.11%) Power Platform
3 21 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (4.92%) Amazon S3
5 8 (4.37%) AWS
5 8 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.83%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.83%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.73%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.19%) SaaS
9 2 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.09%) GCP
10 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.37%) Unified Communications
2 6 (3.28%) Firewall
3 5 (2.73%) Internet
3 5 (2.73%) IPsec
3 5 (2.73%) SNMP
3 5 (2.73%) VPN
4 4 (2.19%) DHCP
4 4 (2.19%) DNS
5 2 (1.09%) Wireless
6 1 (0.55%) Extranet
6 1 (0.55%) LAN
6 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.74%) Power BI
2 7 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.73%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.73%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.64%) Data Hub
6 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.09%) Big Data
7 2 (1.09%) Tableau
8 1 (0.55%) Power Query
General
1 51 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.04%) Finance
3 28 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.83%) Law
7 5 (2.73%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.19%) Marketing
8 4 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Retail
9 3 (1.64%) Banking
10 2 (1.09%) Electronics
10 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Games
11 1 (0.55%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.55%) Legal
11 1 (0.55%) Local Government
11 1 (0.55%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.73%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.73%) YAML
2 4 (2.19%) EDI
3 1 (0.55%) ADO
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.65%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.37%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.28%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.09%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.55%) FMCG
7 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.55%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.10%) Windows
2 8 (4.37%) Linux
3 5 (2.73%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (14.21%) Customer Service
3 24 (13.11%) Agile
4 18 (9.84%) ERP
5 17 (9.29%) Decision-Making
5 17 (9.29%) DevOps
5 17 (9.29%) Service Delivery
6 16 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (8.20%) Analytics
7 15 (8.20%) Project Management
8 14 (7.65%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (7.65%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (7.10%) CRM
9 13 (7.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (7.10%) Product Management
10 12 (6.56%) Analytical Thinking
10 12 (6.56%) Presales
11 11 (6.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.56%) SQL
2 6 (3.28%) Python
3 3 (1.64%) Java
4 2 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.55%) Bash
5 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (8.74%) Degree
2 10 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (5.46%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.28%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (2.19%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.09%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.55%) CCNA
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.55%) CISSP
6 1 (0.55%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.55%) GCFA
6 1 (0.55%) GCFE
6 1 (0.55%) GCIH
6 1 (0.55%) OSCP
6 1 (0.55%) PCI QSA
6 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.73%) QA
2 3 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.09%) NCSC
3 2 (1.09%) NIST
4 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.55%) GRC
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.73%) Ansible
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.73%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 66 (36.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.92%) Apple
3 8 (4.37%) Adobe
4 7 (3.83%) Oracle
4 7 (3.83%) Sage
4 7 (3.83%) SAP
5 6 (3.28%) Infor
5 6 (3.28%) VMware
6 5 (2.73%) NetApp
6 5 (2.73%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.73%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.73%) SolidFire
7 4 (2.19%) Sun
8 3 (1.64%) Ariba
9 1 (0.55%) Aruba
9 1 (0.55%) Google
9 1 (0.55%) HP
9 1 (0.55%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.55%) IFS
9 1 (0.55%) NEC