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 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 34 102
Rank change year-on-year -33 +68 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 318 491 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.62% 5.94% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 6.37% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 202 159 263
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,700
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,750
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.26% -5.00%

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 10,805 7,704 11,792
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.16% 93.19% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,473 3,756 9,702
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -30 161 £70,000 +16.67% 115
Yorkshire -44 131 £52,500 -12.50% 59
North East +11 26 £42,500 +41.67% 7
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 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 51 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (15.41%) SAP
3 43 (13.52%) Degree
4 37 (11.64%) ERP
5 31 (9.75%) Microsoft
6 24 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (7.55%) Physics
7 22 (6.92%) Presales
8 21 (6.60%) Security Cleared
8 21 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (6.29%) Business Development
9 20 (6.29%) Collaborative Culture
10 19 (5.97%) AI
10 19 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (5.97%) SC Cleared
11 18 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
12 17 (5.35%) Agile
13 16 (5.03%) Requirements Gathering
14 15 (4.72%) Migration
14 15 (4.72%) Workshop Facilitation
15 14 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (4.09%) Power Platform
16 13 (4.09%) Roadmaps
16 13 (4.09%) Unit4 Business World
17 12 (3.77%) Oracle
17 12 (3.77%) SAP Fiori
18 11 (3.46%) Customer Service
19 10 (3.14%) CRM
19 10 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
19 10 (3.14%) Power Automate

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 7 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.09%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (2.20%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.89%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.57%) SAP GRC
6 4 (1.26%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.26%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.26%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (1.26%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.94%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.94%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.94%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.94%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.63%) iTrent
8 2 (0.63%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.63%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.63%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.31%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (4.09%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (3.14%) Power Automate
3 10 (3.14%) PowerApps
4 8 (2.52%) AWS
4 8 (2.52%) Azure
4 8 (2.52%) SaaS
5 2 (0.63%) GCP
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (0.63%) OCI
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.63%) SMTP
2 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.20%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.26%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.63%) Power BI
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) LSMW
General
1 86 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 74 (23.27%) Finance
3 26 (8.18%) Marketing
4 24 (7.55%) Spanish Language
5 22 (6.92%) Law
6 15 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.72%) Retail
7 12 (3.77%) Legal
7 12 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.57%) Banking
10 5 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.31%) Automotive
12 1 (0.31%) Electronics
12 1 (0.31%) French Language
12 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.77%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.89%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.89%) SAPUI5
3 3 (0.94%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.94%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.63%) SAML
4 2 (0.63%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.31%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.72%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.20%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (2.20%) Life Science
2 7 (2.20%) Virtual Reality
3 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.89%) Public Cloud
4 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (0.94%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.94%) NHS
4 3 (0.94%) Private Cloud
4 3 (0.94%) Replication
4 3 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.63%) FMCG
5 2 (0.63%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.57%) Windows
2 4 (1.26%) Linux
3 3 (0.94%) SUSE
3 3 (0.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (11.64%) ERP
3 24 (7.55%) Physics
4 22 (6.92%) Presales
5 21 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (6.29%) Business Development
6 20 (6.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 19 (5.97%) AI
7 19 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (5.35%) Agile
9 16 (5.03%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (4.72%) Migration
10 15 (4.72%) Workshop Facilitation
11 13 (4.09%) Roadmaps
12 11 (3.46%) Customer Service
13 10 (3.14%) CRM
14 9 (2.83%) Lead Generation
15 8 (2.52%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (2.52%) Mentoring
15 8 (2.52%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.83%) SQL
2 8 (2.52%) Java
3 6 (1.89%) Python
4 5 (1.57%) ABAP
5 1 (0.31%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 43 (13.52%) Degree
2 21 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.31%) CCA
6 1 (0.31%) CISA
6 1 (0.31%) CISM
6 1 (0.31%) CISSP
6 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.52%) GDPR
2 7 (2.20%) GRC
3 4 (1.26%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.26%) QA
4 3 (0.94%) SLA
5 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.63%) NIST
5 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (15.41%) SAP
2 31 (9.75%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.77%) Oracle
4 6 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.57%) Workday
6 3 (0.94%) Ariba
6 3 (0.94%) Sage
7 2 (0.63%) Cisco
7 2 (0.63%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.63%) PayPal
8 1 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.31%) Databricks
8 1 (0.31%) Epicor
8 1 (0.31%) Google
8 1 (0.31%) IFS
8 1 (0.31%) Juniper
8 1 (0.31%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.31%) Zscaler