Consultant Jobs in the Midlands

Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the Midlands is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 72 119
Rank change year-on-year -58 +47 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 150 409 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.17% 3.18% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 3.36% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 96 311 183
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% -24.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,625 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

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 6,368 12,163 7,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 94.57% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 8,888 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,313 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
West Midlands -34 106 £65,000 +30.00% 95
East Midlands -24 44 £40,000 +6.67% 44
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 55 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.67%) Finance
3 39 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (22.00%) SAP
5 32 (21.33%) ERP
5 32 (21.33%) Project Management
6 31 (20.67%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (16.00%) CRM
9 23 (15.33%) Data Privacy
9 23 (15.33%) Mentoring
9 23 (15.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (14.67%) Migration
11 21 (14.00%) Oracle
11 21 (14.00%) Security Cleared
12 19 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (12.67%) Microsoft
13 18 (12.00%) Data Migration
13 18 (12.00%) Public Sector
13 18 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (11.33%) Project Delivery
14 17 (11.33%) Requirements Gathering
14 17 (11.33%) Coaching
14 17 (11.33%) Artificial Intelligence
14 17 (11.33%) e-Learning
15 16 (10.67%) NetSuite
16 15 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
16 15 (10.00%) API Management
16 15 (10.00%) IBM
16 15 (10.00%) Red Hat

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 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.33%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (10.67%) NetSuite
2 13 (8.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (4.00%) SAP CO
4 6 (4.00%) SAP FI
5 5 (3.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (3.33%) Magento
5 5 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (3.33%) Shopify
6 4 (2.67%) SAP HR
7 2 (1.33%) SAP SCM
7 2 (1.33%) SAP SD
7 2 (1.33%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.67%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.67%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.67%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (6.67%) Azure
3 8 (5.33%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.67%) SaaS
5 5 (3.33%) BigCommerce
5 5 (3.33%) Boomi
6 4 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.33%) AWS
7 2 (1.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.67%) GCP
8 1 (0.67%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.67%) MailChimp
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.67%) OCI
8 1 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.00%) Firewall
1 3 (2.00%) Network Security
2 2 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.33%) LAN
2 2 (1.33%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.33%) VPN
2 2 (1.33%) WAN
2 2 (1.33%) Wireless
3 1 (0.67%) IPsec
3 1 (0.67%) SAN
3 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.00%) SAP HANA
1 6 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.67%) DB2
2 4 (2.67%) MaxDB
2 4 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.67%) Big Data
4 1 (0.67%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.67%) Power BI
4 1 (0.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.67%) Finance
3 25 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (15.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (12.00%) Public Sector
6 14 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.67%) Retail
8 7 (4.67%) Law
8 7 (4.67%) Marketing
9 5 (3.33%) Billing
9 5 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.33%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.33%) Legal
11 2 (1.33%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.67%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.67%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.67%) HTML
1 4 (2.67%) SAP Basis
2 3 (2.00%) Restlet
2 3 (2.00%) SOAP
2 3 (2.00%) XML
3 1 (0.67%) .NET
3 1 (0.67%) BAPI
3 1 (0.67%) CSS
3 1 (0.67%) EDI
3 1 (0.67%) EJB
3 1 (0.67%) JDBC
3 1 (0.67%) Middleware
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.67%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.67%) SAP ALE
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.33%) e-Learning
2 15 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.00%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.67%) EPoS
6 6 (4.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.67%) Hackathon
7 4 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.67%) NHS
8 3 (2.00%) Learning Management System
8 3 (2.00%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.00%) Social Media
9 2 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.33%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.00%) Windows
2 4 (2.67%) AIX
2 4 (2.67%) Unix
3 2 (1.33%) Linux
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (21.33%) ERP
2 32 (21.33%) Project Management
3 31 (20.67%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (16.00%) CRM
5 23 (15.33%) Data Privacy
5 23 (15.33%) Mentoring
6 22 (14.67%) Migration
7 19 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.00%) Data Migration
9 17 (11.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 17 (11.33%) Coaching
9 17 (11.33%) Project Delivery
9 17 (11.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (10.00%) API Management
11 14 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (8.67%) Customer Service
13 9 (6.00%) Agile
13 9 (6.00%) Analytics
13 9 (6.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.67%) SQL
2 7 (4.67%) ABAP
2 7 (4.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.67%) C#
3 4 (2.67%) Java
4 3 (2.00%) C
4 3 (2.00%) X++
5 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.67%) Degree
3 5 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.67%) CCNP
4 4 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.00%) HNC
5 3 (2.00%) HND
5 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.33%) CCIE
6 2 (1.33%) CCSA
7 1 (0.67%) CCA
7 1 (0.67%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.67%) PMO
2 3 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.67%) GRC
3 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) Ansible
1 1 (0.67%) Automic
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (22.00%) SAP
2 21 (14.00%) Oracle
3 19 (12.67%) Microsoft
4 15 (10.00%) IBM
4 15 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.33%) Cisco
6 4 (2.67%) Dell
7 3 (2.00%) Adobe
7 3 (2.00%) Google
8 2 (1.33%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.33%) IFS
8 2 (1.33%) Okta
8 2 (1.33%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.67%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.67%) Concur
9 1 (0.67%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.67%) Databricks
9 1 (0.67%) Workday