Consultant Job Trends in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant salary in the North of England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 109 21
Rank change year-on-year +71 -88 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 773 265 994
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.33% 2.82% 6.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 3.23% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 523 185 310
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £77,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

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 21,820 8,213 13,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 87.51% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 15,952 4,465 8,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 +75 502 £62,500 +4.17% 117
Yorkshire +26 193 £65,000 +8.33% 38
North East -7 78 £50,000 - 35
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 99 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (11.38%) Presales
3 79 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (9.96%) SAP
5 75 (9.70%) Security Cleared
6 71 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (8.80%) Microsoft
8 58 (7.50%) Azure
9 50 (6.47%) ERP
10 48 (6.21%) SC Cleared
11 46 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
11 46 (5.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (5.95%) User Acceptance Testing
12 40 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
13 38 (4.92%) SaaS
14 36 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (4.53%) AI
15 35 (4.53%) Data Governance
15 35 (4.53%) Risk Management
15 35 (4.53%) Workshop Facilitation
16 34 (4.40%) Databricks
16 34 (4.40%) Regulatory Compliance
17 32 (4.14%) SQL
18 31 (4.01%) Data Architecture
18 31 (4.01%) Power Platform
19 29 (3.75%) Business Development
19 29 (3.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 29 (3.75%) Oracle
20 28 (3.62%) Functional Safety
20 28 (3.62%) Sage

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 6 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.26%) CMS
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Trello
3 2 (0.26%) Windchill
4 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.68%) Sage X3
3 12 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.55%) SAP SD
4 11 (1.42%) SAP MDG
5 10 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.03%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.91%) SAP GTS
7 7 (0.91%) SAP Travel Management
8 4 (0.52%) Sage 50
8 4 (0.52%) SAP Business One
8 4 (0.52%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG-F
8 4 (0.52%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.39%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 58 (7.50%) Azure
2 46 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
3 38 (4.92%) SaaS
4 31 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 25 (3.23%) AWS
6 10 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (0.91%) Azure AI
8 7 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
8 7 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 7 (0.91%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.78%) Collibra
9 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.52%) Azure Databricks
10 4 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.52%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.52%) OCI
11 3 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (0.39%) GCP
11 3 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.20%) Network Security
2 16 (2.07%) Firewall
3 15 (1.94%) SD-WAN
4 14 (1.81%) WAN
5 12 (1.55%) LAN
6 6 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.78%) Wireless
7 5 (0.65%) BGP
7 5 (0.65%) HTTP
7 5 (0.65%) OSPF
8 3 (0.39%) Intranet
9 2 (0.26%) DNS
10 1 (0.13%) DHCP
10 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.20%) SAP HANA
2 15 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
3 12 (1.55%) Power BI
4 9 (1.16%) SAP BW
5 8 (1.03%) Metadata
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.39%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 3 (0.39%) Data Vault
7 3 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 85 (11.00%) Social Skills
2 75 (9.70%) Finance
3 45 (5.82%) Public Sector
4 32 (4.14%) Law
5 28 (3.62%) Manufacturing
6 27 (3.49%) Retail
7 22 (2.85%) Legal
8 21 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.59%) Marketing
10 10 (1.29%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.65%) Agriculture
12 5 (0.65%) Billing
12 5 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.39%) Automotive
13 3 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.26%) Back Office
14 2 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.81%) SAP Fiori
2 12 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.91%) Middleware
3 7 (0.91%) SAP Core Interface
3 7 (0.91%) SAP TM
4 5 (0.65%) SAP ALE
4 5 (0.65%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (0.39%) Terraform
6 2 (0.26%) CSS
6 2 (0.26%) HTML
7 1 (0.13%) CrewAI
7 1 (0.13%) EDI
7 1 (0.13%) LangGraph
7 1 (0.13%) REST
7 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.72%) NHS
2 20 (2.59%) SystemC
3 19 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.29%) Data Structures
4 10 (1.29%) Life Science
5 8 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.03%) Robotics
6 7 (0.91%) Driving Licence
6 7 (0.91%) Operational Technology
6 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (0.78%) Cloud Native
7 6 (0.78%) Self-Driving Car
8 5 (0.65%) Replication
8 5 (0.65%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.52%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.52%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.65%) Windows
2 4 (0.52%) Android
2 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.52%) Linux
2 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (11.38%) Presales
3 79 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (6.47%) ERP
6 46 (5.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 46 (5.95%) User Acceptance Testing
7 36 (4.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (4.53%) AI
8 35 (4.53%) Data Governance
8 35 (4.53%) Risk Management
8 35 (4.53%) Workshop Facilitation
9 34 (4.40%) Regulatory Compliance
10 31 (4.01%) Data Architecture
11 29 (3.75%) Business Development
11 29 (3.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 27 (3.49%) Analytics
12 27 (3.49%) System Integration Testing
13 26 (3.36%) Project Delivery
13 26 (3.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.14%) SQL
2 23 (2.98%) Python
3 18 (2.33%) Java
4 16 (2.07%) ABAP
5 11 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.29%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.65%) Scala
8 4 (0.52%) Bash
9 3 (0.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.13%) Bicep
10 1 (0.13%) C#
10 1 (0.13%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 48 (6.21%) SC Cleared
3 22 (2.85%) Degree
4 15 (1.94%) DBS Check
5 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.78%) CCNP
7 6 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.78%) CISSP
8 5 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.52%) CISA
9 4 (0.52%) CISM
9 4 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.52%) CRISC
10 2 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.13%) CCA
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.72%) Data Quality
2 15 (1.94%) GDPR
2 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.16%) NIST
4 7 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.65%) GRC
6 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.39%) WCAG
8 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (3.62%) Functional Safety
2 7 (0.91%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (9.96%) SAP
2 68 (8.80%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.40%) Databricks
4 29 (3.75%) Oracle
5 28 (3.62%) Sage
6 25 (3.23%) Fortinet
7 21 (2.72%) Cisco
8 12 (1.55%) OpenText
9 11 (1.42%) Juniper
10 7 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.78%) Aruba
11 6 (0.78%) HP
12 5 (0.65%) Ariba
12 5 (0.65%) Informatica
13 4 (0.52%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.52%) Xero
14 3 (0.39%) Foundry
14 3 (0.39%) HubSpot
14 3 (0.39%) Synthesia
15 1 (0.13%) Adyen