Consultant Jobs in Manchester

Consultant
North West > Manchester

The median Consultant salary in Manchester is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 59 77
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 192 272 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.57% 5.78% 4.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.78% 6.28% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 139 144 76
10th Percentile £27,050 £50,000 £39,375
25th Percentile £43,125 £60,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,938 £77,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,400 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% +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 5,078 4,331 5,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 92.11% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,901 2,588 3,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £82,500 £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 May 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 May 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
Salford - 4 £45,000 - 3
Stockport - 4 £22,145 - 2
Bolton - 3 £25,000 - 1
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 May 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 67 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 50 (26.04%) Social Skills
3 46 (23.96%) Finance
4 34 (17.71%) Azure
5 26 (13.54%) Customer Service
6 25 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (11.98%) Power Platform
9 22 (11.46%) Agile
10 20 (10.42%) Service Delivery
11 19 (9.90%) DevOps
12 17 (8.85%) ERP
13 16 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (8.33%) Degree
13 16 (8.33%) Roadmaps
13 16 (8.33%) Public Sector
14 15 (7.81%) Power BI
14 15 (7.81%) Presales
14 15 (7.81%) Data Centre
14 15 (7.81%) Project Management
15 14 (7.29%) Kubernetes
15 14 (7.29%) Decision-Making
16 13 (6.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 13 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
16 13 (6.77%) Analytics
16 13 (6.77%) User Acceptance Testing
16 13 (6.77%) Product Management
16 13 (6.77%) CRM
17 12 (6.25%) Windows

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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.60%) Apache
3 4 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Sketch
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (3.13%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.60%) Sage 200
5 3 (1.56%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (1.56%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.52%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 34 (17.71%) Azure
2 24 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 23 (11.98%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.21%) AWS
5 9 (4.69%) Amazon S3
6 7 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.65%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.65%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.60%) SaaS
8 4 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.04%) GCP
10 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.52%) Figma
10 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.17%) Unified Communications
2 6 (3.13%) Firewall
3 5 (2.60%) Internet
3 5 (2.60%) IPsec
3 5 (2.60%) SNMP
3 5 (2.60%) VPN
4 4 (2.08%) DHCP
4 4 (2.08%) DNS
5 2 (1.04%) WAN
5 2 (1.04%) Wireless
6 1 (0.52%) Extranet
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
6 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.81%) Power BI
2 9 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.13%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.60%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.60%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.04%) Big Data
7 2 (1.04%) Tableau
8 1 (0.52%) Power Query
General
1 50 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.96%) Finance
3 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.65%) Marketing
7 6 (3.13%) Law
7 6 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.08%) Retail
10 2 (1.04%) Electronics
10 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.60%) YAML
2 4 (2.08%) EDI
3 1 (0.52%) ADO
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.81%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.13%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.52%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.52%) FMCG
6 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.52%) IoT
6 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.25%) Windows
2 7 (3.65%) Linux
3 5 (2.60%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (13.54%) Customer Service
2 25 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (11.46%) Agile
4 20 (10.42%) Service Delivery
5 19 (9.90%) DevOps
6 17 (8.85%) ERP
7 16 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 15 (7.81%) Presales
8 15 (7.81%) Project Management
9 14 (7.29%) Decision-Making
10 13 (6.77%) Analytics
10 13 (6.77%) CRM
10 13 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (6.77%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (6.77%) Product Management
10 13 (6.77%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
12 10 (5.21%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (5.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.73%) SQL
2 6 (3.13%) Python
3 3 (1.56%) Java
4 2 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Bash
5 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (8.33%) Degree
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.17%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.52%) CCIE
7 1 (0.52%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 1 (0.52%) CCNA
7 1 (0.52%) CISSP
7 1 (0.52%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.52%) GCFA
7 1 (0.52%) GCFE
7 1 (0.52%) GCIH
7 1 (0.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.08%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) NCSC
2 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.60%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (7.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.60%) Ansible
2 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.69%) Apple
3 8 (4.17%) Adobe
3 8 (4.17%) Oracle
4 7 (3.65%) Sage
5 6 (3.13%) Infor
5 6 (3.13%) SAP
5 6 (3.13%) VMware
6 5 (2.60%) NetApp
6 5 (2.60%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.60%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.60%) SolidFire
7 4 (2.08%) Sun
8 3 (1.56%) Ariba
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco
9 1 (0.52%) Google
9 1 (0.52%) HP
9 1 (0.52%) IFS
9 1 (0.52%) Juniper
9 1 (0.52%) NEC