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 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 16 101
Rank change year-on-year -50 +85 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 323 826 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.92% 9.08% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.29% 9.68% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 199 174 215
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,575 £31,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - +0.75% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £86,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -

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 9,817 8,531 8,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 93.82% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,760 4,026 7,068
10th Percentile £28,091 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,094 £40,000 £37,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,308 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.39%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -26 165 £65,000 +8.33% 96
Yorkshire -50 136 £55,000 -8.33% 76
North East +12 24 £42,500 -5.56% 22
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 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 53 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (13.93%) Degree
3 43 (13.31%) SAP
4 36 (11.15%) ERP
4 36 (11.15%) Microsoft
5 26 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (8.05%) Physics
6 22 (6.81%) Presales
7 21 (6.50%) Collaborative Culture
7 21 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (6.50%) Security Cleared
7 21 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (6.19%) Agile
9 19 (5.88%) AI
9 19 (5.88%) SC Cleared
10 17 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (4.95%) Business Development
12 15 (4.64%) SAP S/4HANA
13 14 (4.33%) Azure
13 14 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (4.33%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (4.02%) Migration
14 13 (4.02%) Power Platform
14 13 (4.02%) Unit4 Business World
15 12 (3.72%) Roadmaps
16 11 (3.41%) Customer Service
16 11 (3.41%) Oracle
16 11 (3.41%) SQL
17 10 (3.10%) AWS
17 10 (3.10%) CRM

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 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.31%) InVision
3 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (4.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (4.02%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (2.17%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.86%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.55%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.93%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.93%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.93%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.93%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.93%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.93%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.93%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.62%) iTrent
7 2 (0.62%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.62%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.31%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.33%) Azure
1 14 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (4.02%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.10%) AWS
3 10 (3.10%) Power Automate
4 9 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (2.79%) PowerApps
5 8 (2.48%) SaaS
6 4 (1.24%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.24%) GCP
7 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (0.93%) OCI
8 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.31%) Figma
9 1 (0.31%) Intacct
9 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.17%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.24%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.62%) 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 5 (1.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Axure RP
General
1 91 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.55%) Finance
3 28 (8.67%) Marketing
4 24 (7.43%) Spanish Language
5 20 (6.19%) Law
6 16 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.64%) Retail
8 12 (3.72%) Legal
9 9 (2.79%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.24%) Banking
13 2 (0.62%) German Language
13 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Advertising
14 1 (0.31%) Automotive
14 1 (0.31%) Electronics
14 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.79%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.86%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.86%) SAPUI5
3 3 (0.93%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.93%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.62%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.31%) CSS
5 1 (0.31%) HTML
5 1 (0.31%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 8 (2.48%) Augmented Reality
2 8 (2.48%) Cloud Native
2 8 (2.48%) Virtual Reality
3 6 (1.86%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.86%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.24%) Life Science
4 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.93%) NHS
5 3 (0.93%) Private Cloud
5 3 (0.93%) Replication
5 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.62%) FMCG
6 2 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.31%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.93%) Linux
1 3 (0.93%) SUSE
1 3 (0.93%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (0.93%) Windows
1 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (11.15%) ERP
3 26 (8.05%) Physics
4 22 (6.81%) Presales
5 21 (6.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 21 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (6.19%) Agile
7 19 (5.88%) AI
8 17 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (4.95%) Business Development
10 14 (4.33%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (4.02%) Migration
12 12 (3.72%) Roadmaps
13 11 (3.41%) Customer Service
14 10 (3.10%) CRM
14 10 (3.10%) Mentoring
15 9 (2.79%) Lead Generation
15 9 (2.79%) Time Management
16 8 (2.48%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.41%) SQL
2 6 (1.86%) Python
3 5 (1.55%) Java
4 3 (0.93%) ABAP
5 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (13.93%) Degree
2 21 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) CISA
5 1 (0.31%) CISM
5 1 (0.31%) CISSP
5 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.48%) GDPR
2 7 (2.17%) GRC
2 7 (2.17%) QA
3 4 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.93%) SLA
5 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.62%) NIST
5 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (13.31%) SAP
2 36 (11.15%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.41%) Oracle
4 6 (1.86%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.24%) Sage
6 3 (0.93%) Ariba
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco
7 2 (0.62%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.62%) PayPal
7 2 (0.62%) Workday
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe
8 1 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.31%) Databricks
8 1 (0.31%) Epicor
8 1 (0.31%) IFS
8 1 (0.31%) Juniper
8 1 (0.31%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.31%) Zscaler