Consultant Jobs in the North East

Consultant
England > North East

The median Consultant salary in the North East is £40,000 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 63 59 104
Rank change year-on-year -4 +45 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 10 58 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.33% 3.12% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 3.27% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8 52 6
10th Percentile £29,725 £23,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £31,938 £35,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £86,250 £71,125 £66,250
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
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 686 1,776 1,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.59% 80.11%
Number of salaries quoted 381 1,428 603
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,920 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,624 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £72,500
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North East

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the North East

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North East

Consultant
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +6 8 £62,500 +8.70% 31
Consultant
England

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

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 North East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Law
1 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) ERP
2 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) ASTM
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) ArcGIS
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe
3 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) NHS
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (20.00%) Data Entry
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (20.00%) QA

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (20.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) ASTM
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
1 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) ERP
2 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (20.00%) Data Entry
3 2 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Office Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) CCIE
2 2 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP