Consultant Job Trends in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 112 88
Rank change year-on-year +47 -24 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 467 185 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.53% 2.49% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.77% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 337 153 322
10th Percentile £26,000 £33,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,000 £88,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 17,066 6,671 15,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 89.87% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 3,796 12,773
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Consultant job vacancy trend in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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
North West +49 291 £62,500 +19.05% 185
Yorkshire +27 140 £51,250 -27.81% 73
North East -19 36 £36,000 -10.00% 30
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2026, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 77 (16.49%) SAP
2 52 (11.13%) Presales
3 47 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (9.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 39 (8.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 36 (7.71%) ERP
7 32 (6.85%) Security Cleared
8 30 (6.42%) Microsoft
9 29 (6.21%) Azure
9 29 (6.21%) System Integration Testing
10 26 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (5.35%) Workshop Facilitation
12 24 (5.14%) Business Development
12 24 (5.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (5.14%) Databricks
12 24 (5.14%) Degree
12 24 (5.14%) SC Cleared
13 23 (4.93%) Requirements Gathering
14 20 (4.28%) AI
14 20 (4.28%) Functional Safety
14 20 (4.28%) Regulatory Compliance
15 19 (4.07%) Roadmaps
16 18 (3.85%) CRM
16 18 (3.85%) Data Architecture
16 18 (3.85%) DevOps
16 18 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (3.85%) Migration
16 18 (3.85%) Oracle
16 18 (3.85%) Power Platform
16 18 (3.85%) SAP Fiori

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 44 (9.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.78%) SAP SD
3 11 (2.36%) Sage X3
3 11 (2.36%) SAP MDG
4 8 (1.71%) SAP MDG-BP
5 7 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (1.50%) SAP GTS
5 7 (1.50%) SAP Travel Management
6 6 (1.28%) SAP PP
7 5 (1.07%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.86%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.86%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.86%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 4 (0.86%) SAP MDG-F
9 3 (0.64%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.64%) SAP SCM
10 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.21%) Azure
2 18 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
2 18 (3.85%) Power Platform
3 12 (2.57%) AWS
4 9 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (1.93%) SaaS
5 8 (1.71%) Power Automate
5 8 (1.71%) PowerApps
6 5 (1.07%) GCP
7 4 (0.86%) Azure AI
7 4 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (0.64%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (0.64%) dbt
8 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.64%) Serverless
8 3 (0.64%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.43%) OCI
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.21%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.28%) LAN
1 6 (1.28%) Network Security
2 5 (1.07%) HTTP
3 4 (0.86%) Firewall
3 4 (0.86%) SMTP
3 4 (0.86%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.64%) Intranet
4 3 (0.64%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.64%) WAN
4 3 (0.64%) Wireless
5 1 (0.21%) DHCP
5 1 (0.21%) DNS
5 1 (0.21%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.43%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.93%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.28%) Power BI
4 4 (0.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.64%) Data Vault
5 3 (0.64%) Metadata
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) LSMW
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 54 (11.56%) Social Skills
2 42 (8.99%) Finance
3 30 (6.42%) Retail
4 26 (5.57%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.28%) Law
8 12 (2.57%) Legal
8 12 (2.57%) Marketing
8 12 (2.57%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.07%) Billing
10 5 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.64%) Banking
12 2 (0.43%) Advertising
12 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.43%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.21%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (1.50%) Middleware
2 7 (1.50%) SAP Core Interface
2 7 (1.50%) SAP TM
3 5 (1.07%) REST
3 5 (1.07%) SAP ALE
3 5 (1.07%) Web Dynpro
4 4 (0.86%) SAML
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.43%) CSS
6 2 (0.43%) HTML
6 2 (0.43%) Node.js
6 2 (0.43%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.43%) React
6 2 (0.43%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.21%) EDI
7 1 (0.21%) Express.js
7 1 (0.21%) NestJS
7 1 (0.21%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.00%) Onboarding
2 12 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (1.71%) Social Media
5 7 (1.50%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.50%) Life Science
6 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.07%) Replication
8 4 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (0.86%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.86%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.43%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.43%) FMCG
9 2 (0.43%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.43%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.21%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.21%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.07%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Android
2 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.21%) Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (11.13%) Presales
2 47 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (8.35%) User Acceptance Testing
4 36 (7.71%) ERP
5 29 (6.21%) System Integration Testing
6 26 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (5.35%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (5.14%) Business Development
8 24 (5.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (4.93%) Requirements Gathering
10 20 (4.28%) AI
10 20 (4.28%) Regulatory Compliance
11 19 (4.07%) Roadmaps
12 18 (3.85%) CRM
12 18 (3.85%) Data Architecture
12 18 (3.85%) DevOps
12 18 (3.85%) Migration
13 17 (3.64%) Agile
13 17 (3.64%) Analytics
13 17 (3.64%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.64%) ABAP
2 16 (3.43%) Java
3 13 (2.78%) SQL
4 7 (1.50%) Python
5 5 (1.07%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.64%) Perl
7 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.21%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) C#
8 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.21%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 32 (6.85%) Security Cleared
2 24 (5.14%) Degree
2 24 (5.14%) SC Cleared
3 13 (2.78%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.50%) DBS Check
5 4 (0.86%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.64%) CCNP
6 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.43%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.43%) GDPR
2 11 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
4 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
4 3 (0.64%) SLA
5 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.43%) GRC
5 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.43%) QA
5 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) SEPA
6 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (4.28%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.64%) Terraform
3 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (16.49%) SAP
2 30 (6.42%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.14%) Databricks
4 18 (3.85%) Oracle
5 17 (3.64%) Sage
6 12 (2.57%) OpenText
7 6 (1.28%) Cisco
7 6 (1.28%) Google
8 5 (1.07%) Ariba
8 5 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.07%) Workday
9 4 (0.86%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.86%) Juniper
10 3 (0.64%) Aruba
10 3 (0.64%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.43%) HP
11 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.43%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.43%) Xero