Consultant Jobs in the Midlands

Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 75 113
Rank change year-on-year +10 +38 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 406 303 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.49% 3.99% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.71% 4.43% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 290 235 231
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,800 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,125 £49,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,925 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +4.50% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the Midlands

Consultant
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands +15 279 £55,000 -15.38% 44
East Midlands +5 125 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 111 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 109 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 95 (23.40%) Finance
4 72 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (17.49%) Dynamics 365
6 68 (16.75%) Customer Service
7 54 (13.30%) Degree
8 43 (10.59%) ERP
8 43 (10.59%) SQL
9 42 (10.34%) SAP
10 40 (9.85%) CRM
11 37 (9.11%) Presales
12 36 (8.87%) Roadmaps
12 36 (8.87%) Power Platform
13 35 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
14 34 (8.37%) Security Cleared
15 33 (8.13%) Project Management
16 32 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
17 31 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
18 29 (7.14%) Public Sector
19 28 (6.90%) Project Delivery
19 28 (6.90%) Agile
20 25 (6.16%) Azure
20 25 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
21 24 (5.91%) Mentoring
21 24 (5.91%) Requirements Gathering
22 22 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 22 (5.42%) Customer Requirements
23 21 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
23 21 (5.17%) Retail

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.25%) CMS
3 1 (0.25%) IIS
3 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 12 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.97%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.97%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (1.97%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 7 (1.72%) SAP Business One
5 6 (1.48%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.49%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.49%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.49%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.25%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 71 (17.49%) Dynamics 365
2 36 (8.87%) Power Platform
3 25 (6.16%) Azure
4 16 (3.94%) AWS
4 16 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.20%) PowerApps
5 13 (3.20%) SaaS
6 11 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.97%) OCI
7 8 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (1.48%) Azure Storage
8 6 (1.48%) IaaS
8 6 (1.48%) PaaS
9 5 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.23%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.49%) GCP
10 2 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.71%) VPN
2 10 (2.46%) Firewall
3 9 (2.22%) IPsec
4 7 (1.72%) Network Security
5 6 (1.48%) Internet
6 5 (1.23%) DHCP
6 5 (1.23%) DNS
6 5 (1.23%) SNMP
6 5 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.99%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.99%) WAN
8 3 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.49%) LAN
9 2 (0.49%) NGFW
9 2 (0.49%) VLAN
9 2 (0.49%) Wireless
10 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.25%) SAN
10 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.43%) Power BI
2 17 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) DB2
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Git
2 1 (0.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) LSMW
General
1 109 (26.85%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.40%) Finance
3 32 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.17%) Retail
8 20 (4.93%) Marketing
9 19 (4.68%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.96%) Law
11 10 (2.46%) Legal
11 10 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.23%) Banking
12 5 (1.23%) Social Housing
13 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.99%) Retail Finance
14 3 (0.74%) Social Science
15 1 (0.25%) Billing
15 1 (0.25%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.43%) HTML
2 14 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.46%) .NET
3 10 (2.46%) CSS
4 7 (1.72%) JSON
5 6 (1.48%) XML
6 5 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.23%) YAML
7 3 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.74%) SAPUI5
8 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.49%) Web Dynpro
9 1 (0.25%) Apache FOP
9 1 (0.25%) HTML5
9 1 (0.25%) Node.js
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Smart Forms
9 1 (0.25%) Web Services
9 1 (0.25%) XSL
9 1 (0.25%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.43%) Data Centre
2 12 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.46%) Virtual Team
4 9 (2.22%) FMCG
4 9 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.97%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.72%) NHS
7 6 (1.48%) iPhone
7 6 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 5 (1.23%) CMDB
8 5 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.99%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (0.99%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.99%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.74%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.93%) Windows
2 10 (2.46%) Linux
3 6 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.23%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (0.74%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (16.75%) Customer Service
3 43 (10.59%) ERP
4 40 (9.85%) CRM
5 37 (9.11%) Presales
6 36 (8.87%) Roadmaps
7 33 (8.13%) Project Management
8 28 (6.90%) Agile
8 28 (6.90%) Project Delivery
9 25 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (5.91%) Mentoring
10 24 (5.91%) Requirements Gathering
11 22 (5.42%) Customer Requirements
12 20 (4.93%) Analytics
13 14 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (3.45%) ITIL
13 14 (3.45%) Migration
13 14 (3.45%) Workflow
14 13 (3.20%) Computer Science
14 13 (3.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.59%) SQL
2 21 (5.17%) JavaScript
3 17 (4.19%) C#
4 10 (2.46%) Java
5 6 (1.48%) Python
6 5 (1.23%) ABAP
6 5 (1.23%) Bicep
7 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.25%) RPG
7 1 (0.25%) RPG IV
7 1 (0.25%) SAPscript
7 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (13.30%) Degree
2 34 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.69%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.48%) MCSE
6 6 (1.48%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.99%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.74%) AAT
8 3 (0.74%) CCNP
8 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.74%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.49%) APMP
9 2 (0.49%) CCIE
9 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CISM
10 1 (0.25%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.72%) QA
2 6 (1.48%) NIST
3 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.49%) GMP
5 2 (0.49%) GRC
5 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.25%) COBIT
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.23%) Docker
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.22%) Terraform
2 6 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.23%) Ansible
3 5 (1.23%) Prometheus
3 5 (1.23%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 111 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.34%) SAP
3 17 (4.19%) Oracle
4 16 (3.94%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.46%) VMware
6 8 (1.97%) Hyperion
6 8 (1.97%) JD Edwards
6 8 (1.97%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.97%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (1.48%) Adobe
7 6 (1.48%) Sage
8 5 (1.23%) Apple
8 5 (1.23%) BMC
8 5 (1.23%) NetApp
8 5 (1.23%) Qualtrics
8 5 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.23%) SolidFire
8 5 (1.23%) Sun
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 3 (0.74%) Epicor