Consultant Jobs in the Midlands

Consultant
England > Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 79 130
Rank change year-on-year -46 +51 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 152 381 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.18% 3.21% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 3.40% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 98 301 178
10th Percentile £31,300 £24,000 £40,950
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -25.49% +15.91%
75th Percentile £80,938 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,125 £73,750 £77,500
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 6,421 11,194 8,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 94.31% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 8,318 4,674
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 14 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 14 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 -34 110 £65,000 +30.00% 112
East Midlands -22 42 £48,750 +30.00% 74
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 42 (27.63%) Finance
3 41 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (23.68%) ERP
5 34 (22.37%) Collaborative Working
6 33 (21.71%) Project Management
7 30 (19.74%) SAP
8 28 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
9 25 (16.45%) Migration
9 25 (16.45%) CRM
9 25 (16.45%) Microsoft
9 25 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (15.79%) Data Privacy
10 24 (15.79%) Security Cleared
11 23 (15.13%) Mentoring
12 22 (14.47%) Oracle
13 21 (13.82%) Data Migration
13 21 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (13.82%) NetSuite
13 21 (13.82%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (12.50%) Coaching
15 18 (11.84%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
15 18 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (11.84%) Artificial Intelligence
16 17 (11.18%) e-Learning
16 17 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (11.18%) Project Delivery
17 15 (9.87%) SQL
17 15 (9.87%) IBM

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 2 (1.32%) IIS
2 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.32%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 21 (13.82%) NetSuite
2 12 (7.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (4.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (3.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (3.29%) Magento
4 5 (3.29%) Shopify
5 4 (2.63%) SAP CO
5 4 (2.63%) SAP FI
5 4 (2.63%) SAP HR
6 3 (1.97%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (1.32%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (1.32%) Sage 200
7 2 (1.32%) SAP SCM
7 2 (1.32%) SAP SD
7 2 (1.32%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.66%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.84%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (7.24%) Azure
3 9 (5.92%) SaaS
4 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.29%) BigCommerce
6 4 (2.63%) Boomi
6 4 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.97%) AWS
8 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.32%) OCI
9 1 (0.66%) GCP
9 1 (0.66%) Intacct
9 1 (0.66%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.63%) Firewall
1 4 (2.63%) Network Security
1 4 (2.63%) VPN
2 2 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.32%) IPsec
2 2 (1.32%) LAN
2 2 (1.32%) SAN
2 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.32%) WAN
2 2 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.29%) SAP HANA
3 4 (2.63%) DB2
3 4 (2.63%) MaxDB
3 4 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.66%) Big Data
6 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.66%) Power BI
6 1 (0.66%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (1.97%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.66%) LSMW
General
1 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 42 (27.63%) Finance
3 28 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (11.84%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.26%) Law
6 8 (5.26%) Retail
7 5 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.29%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.29%) Marketing
8 4 (2.63%) Billing
9 3 (1.97%) Legal
9 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.32%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.66%) Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.66%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) HTML
1 5 (3.29%) Restlet
1 5 (3.29%) SOAP
1 5 (3.29%) XML
2 4 (2.63%) SAP Basis
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.66%) BAPI
4 1 (0.66%) EJB
4 1 (0.66%) JDBC
4 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.66%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.66%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.66%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.18%) e-Learning
2 15 (9.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.58%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 8 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.61%) EPoS
5 7 (4.61%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.63%) Hackathon
7 3 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.97%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.97%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.97%) NHS
7 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.97%) Social Media
8 2 (1.32%) Clustering
8 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.61%) Windows
2 4 (2.63%) AIX
2 4 (2.63%) Unix
3 2 (1.32%) Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (23.68%) ERP
3 34 (22.37%) Collaborative Working
4 33 (21.71%) Project Management
5 25 (16.45%) CRM
5 25 (16.45%) Migration
6 24 (15.79%) Data Privacy
7 23 (15.13%) Mentoring
8 21 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (13.82%) Data Migration
8 21 (13.82%) Requirements Gathering
9 19 (12.50%) Coaching
10 18 (11.84%) Artificial Intelligence
11 17 (11.18%) Project Delivery
11 17 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.87%) API Management
13 11 (7.24%) Customer Service
13 11 (7.24%) ITIL
14 10 (6.58%) Analytics
15 9 (5.92%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.87%) SQL
2 7 (4.61%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.95%) ABAP
4 4 (2.63%) Java
5 3 (1.97%) C
5 3 (1.97%) C#
5 3 (1.97%) X++
6 1 (0.66%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.89%) Degree
3 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.63%) CCNP
4 4 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.97%) HNC
5 3 (1.97%) HND
5 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.32%) CCIE
6 2 (1.32%) CCSA
7 1 (0.66%) CCA
7 1 (0.66%) CIPD
7 1 (0.66%) CISM
7 1 (0.66%) CISSP
7 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.63%) PMO
2 3 (1.97%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.97%) NIST
3 2 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.66%) GRC
4 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Ansible
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (1.32%) Terraform
2 1 (0.66%) Automic
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (19.74%) SAP
2 25 (16.45%) Microsoft
3 22 (14.47%) Oracle
4 15 (9.87%) IBM
4 15 (9.87%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.63%) Cisco
5 4 (2.63%) Dell
6 3 (1.97%) Sage
6 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.32%) Adobe
7 2 (1.32%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.32%) Epicor
7 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.32%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.32%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.32%) Pegasus
7 2 (1.32%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.66%) Veeam