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 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 15 60
Rank change year-on-year -93 +45 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 263 1,023 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.88% 7.94% 4.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 8.36% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 167 263 287
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £90,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,009 12,240 7,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.79% 94.96% 96.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,360 6,612 6,061
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 16 October 2025.

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 16 October 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
North West -56 150 £60,000 -7.69% 234
Yorkshire -66 98 £60,000 +9.09% 61
North East 0 17 £46,250 +54.17% 25
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 92 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 89 (33.84%) Finance
3 54 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (19.77%) ERP
5 50 (19.01%) Microsoft
6 35 (13.31%) Degree
7 31 (11.79%) SAP
8 30 (11.41%) Marketing
9 27 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
10 26 (9.89%) Physics
11 22 (8.37%) Security Cleared
12 19 (7.22%) SQL
13 18 (6.84%) CRM
13 18 (6.84%) Agile
13 18 (6.84%) SC Cleared
13 18 (6.84%) Azure
14 17 (6.46%) Unit4 Business World
14 17 (6.46%) Onboarding
14 17 (6.46%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (6.08%) Customer Service
16 15 (5.70%) Collaborative Culture
16 15 (5.70%) Spanish Language
16 15 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 14 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (5.32%) Project Management
17 14 (5.32%) Law
17 14 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (5.32%) Presales
18 13 (4.94%) Migration
19 11 (4.18%) Mentoring

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 4 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) CMS
2 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.38%) InVision
2 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (6.46%) Unit4 Business World
2 10 (3.80%) NetSuite
3 9 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (2.28%) Sage 200
4 6 (2.28%) SAP Business One
5 5 (1.90%) Sage CRM
6 3 (1.14%) SAP CO
6 3 (1.14%) SAP FI
6 3 (1.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (1.14%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.76%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.76%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.76%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.76%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.38%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.38%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.84%) Azure
2 17 (6.46%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.18%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.42%) AWS
6 7 (2.66%) SaaS
7 5 (1.90%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.90%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.52%) GCP
8 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.14%) OCI
9 3 (1.14%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.38%) Intacct
11 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.76%) Internet
2 1 (0.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.38%) Junos
2 1 (0.38%) Network Security
2 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.28%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Big Data
3 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (3.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Axure RP
General
1 92 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 89 (33.84%) Finance
3 30 (11.41%) Marketing
4 15 (5.70%) Spanish Language
5 14 (5.32%) Law
5 14 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.18%) German Language
7 10 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.80%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.42%) Retail
9 8 (3.04%) Legal
10 5 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.14%) Banking
12 2 (0.76%) Automotive
12 2 (0.76%) Czech Language
12 2 (0.76%) Games
12 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.28%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (1.52%) SAP Basis
2 4 (1.52%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.38%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.42%) Augmented Reality
2 9 (3.42%) Virtual Reality
3 6 (2.28%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.90%) Life Science
4 5 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.14%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.14%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.14%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.76%) Blog
7 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.76%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.76%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.76%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.14%) Windows
1 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.76%) Linux
2 2 (0.76%) SUSE
2 2 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.38%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (19.77%) ERP
3 26 (9.89%) Physics
4 18 (6.84%) Agile
4 18 (6.84%) CRM
5 16 (6.08%) Customer Service
6 15 (5.70%) Collaborative Culture
6 15 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (5.32%) Presales
7 14 (5.32%) Project Management
8 13 (4.94%) Migration
9 11 (4.18%) Business Strategy
9 11 (4.18%) E-Commerce
9 11 (4.18%) Mentoring
10 10 (3.80%) Scrum
11 9 (3.42%) Business Development
11 9 (3.42%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (3.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (3.04%) Workshop Facilitation
13 7 (2.66%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.22%) SQL
2 5 (1.90%) Python
3 2 (0.76%) ABAP
4 1 (0.38%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (13.31%) Degree
2 22 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.76%) AAT
5 2 (0.76%) CISSP
5 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.38%) APMG
6 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.38%) CCSA
6 1 (0.38%) CCSE
6 1 (0.38%) CISA
6 1 (0.38%) CISM
6 1 (0.38%) JNCIP
6 1 (0.38%) JNCIS
6 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.38%) PMP
6 1 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.28%) QA
1 6 (2.28%) SLA
2 3 (1.14%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.14%) GDPR
2 3 (1.14%) GRC
2 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (0.76%) PMO
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
4 1 (0.38%) P3O
4 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.76%) Automic
2 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (11.79%) SAP
3 8 (3.04%) Oracle
4 6 (2.28%) Sage
5 4 (1.52%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.52%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.14%) Cisco
7 2 (0.76%) Ariba
7 2 (0.76%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.76%) Databricks
7 2 (0.76%) HP
7 2 (0.76%) Juniper
7 2 (0.76%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe
8 1 (0.38%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.38%) Netskope
8 1 (0.38%) Spotify
8 1 (0.38%) Zscaler