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 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 14 83
Rank change year-on-year -52 +69 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 328 1,038 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.42% 8.50% 3.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.90% 8.97% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 201 256 212
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -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 8,409 11,571 7,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.62% 94.74% 96.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,046 6,033 5,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -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 18 November 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 18 November 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 -18 176 £60,000 -4.00% 144
Yorkshire -49 130 £60,000 +9.09% 73
North East +3 24 £42,500 +41.67% 24
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 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 59 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (15.85%) Microsoft
3 48 (14.63%) Degree
3 48 (14.63%) ERP
4 39 (11.89%) SAP
5 36 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
6 35 (10.67%) Physics
7 24 (7.32%) Security Cleared
8 22 (6.71%) SC Cleared
9 21 (6.40%) Azure
10 20 (6.10%) Agile
11 19 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (5.18%) AI
12 17 (5.18%) Unit4 Business World
13 16 (4.88%) Customer Service
14 15 (4.57%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (4.57%) SQL
15 14 (4.27%) Oracle
15 14 (4.27%) Power Platform
15 14 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
16 13 (3.96%) CRM
16 13 (3.96%) Presales
16 13 (3.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 12 (3.66%) Business Development
17 12 (3.66%) Business Strategy
17 12 (3.66%) Mentoring
17 12 (3.66%) Migration
18 11 (3.35%) AWS
18 11 (3.35%) E-Commerce

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 (1.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) CMS
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.30%) InVision
3 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (5.18%) Unit4 Business World
2 14 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.83%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.83%) SAP Business One
4 5 (1.52%) SAP GRC
5 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.22%) SAP CO
5 4 (1.22%) SAP FI
5 4 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.91%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.91%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.91%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.61%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.61%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.30%) Sage CRM
8 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.30%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.40%) Azure
2 19 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (4.27%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.35%) AWS
4 11 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.05%) SaaS
6 5 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.52%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.22%) GCP
7 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.22%) OCI
7 4 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.91%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.30%) Figma
10 1 (0.30%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.30%) Firewall
1 1 (0.30%) Internet
1 1 (0.30%) Junos
1 1 (0.30%) Network Security
1 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (0.91%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Axure RP
General
1 96 (29.27%) Finance
1 96 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.59%) Marketing
3 24 (7.32%) Spanish Language
4 14 (4.27%) Law
5 13 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.96%) Legal
5 13 (3.96%) Retail
6 11 (3.35%) German Language
7 10 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.22%) Banking
12 2 (0.61%) Automotive
12 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.30%) Advertising
13 1 (0.30%) Billing
13 1 (0.30%) Electronics
13 1 (0.30%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.74%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.83%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.83%) SAPUI5
3 3 (0.91%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.91%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.61%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.30%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.30%) CSS
5 1 (0.30%) HTML
5 1 (0.30%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.71%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.66%) Augmented Reality
2 12 (3.66%) Virtual Reality
3 8 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.13%) Life Science
5 6 (1.83%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.83%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.91%) NHS
7 3 (0.91%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.91%) Replication
8 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.30%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.30%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.91%) Linux
1 3 (0.91%) SUSE
1 3 (0.91%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (0.91%) Windows
1 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.30%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (14.63%) ERP
3 35 (10.67%) Physics
4 20 (6.10%) Agile
5 19 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (5.18%) AI
7 16 (4.88%) Customer Service
8 15 (4.57%) Collaborative Culture
9 13 (3.96%) CRM
9 13 (3.96%) Presales
9 13 (3.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (3.66%) Business Development
10 12 (3.66%) Business Strategy
10 12 (3.66%) Mentoring
10 12 (3.66%) Migration
11 11 (3.35%) E-Commerce
11 11 (3.35%) Scrum
12 10 (3.05%) Requirements Gathering
13 9 (2.74%) Computer Science
13 9 (2.74%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.57%) SQL
2 7 (2.13%) Python
3 3 (0.91%) ABAP
4 1 (0.30%) Bash
4 1 (0.30%) Java
4 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 48 (14.63%) Degree
2 24 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.61%) AAT
5 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CCSA
6 1 (0.30%) CCSE
6 1 (0.30%) CISA
6 1 (0.30%) CISM
6 1 (0.30%) CISSP
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) JNCIP
6 1 (0.30%) JNCIS
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.30%) PMP
6 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.83%) QA
1 6 (1.83%) SLA
2 5 (1.52%) GRC
3 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.61%) PMO
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 52 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.89%) SAP
3 14 (4.27%) Oracle
4 4 (1.22%) Fortinet
4 4 (1.22%) Palo Alto
5 3 (0.91%) Ariba
5 3 (0.91%) Cisco
5 3 (0.91%) Databricks
5 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.61%) HP
6 2 (0.61%) Juniper
6 2 (0.61%) PayPal
6 2 (0.61%) Sage
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe
7 1 (0.30%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.30%) Spotify
7 1 (0.30%) Zscaler