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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 71 100
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 361 258 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 3.75% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 4.04% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 240 138 294
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £28,127
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 12,809 6,382 13,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 92.71% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,018 3,626 11,280
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -17 194 £70,000 +27.27% 100
Yorkshire +20 129 £40,000 -38.46% 64
North East +14 38 £36,000 -8.86% 23
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (13.02%) SAP
3 45 (12.47%) Degree
4 30 (8.31%) Presales
5 29 (8.03%) Microsoft
6 25 (6.93%) ERP
7 24 (6.65%) Business Development
7 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Office
7 24 (6.65%) Physics
7 24 (6.65%) Security Cleared
8 23 (6.37%) Collaborative Culture
8 23 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (6.09%) AI
9 22 (6.09%) Migration
10 21 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (5.54%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (5.26%) SC Cleared
13 18 (4.99%) Agile
13 18 (4.99%) Roadmaps
14 17 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
15 14 (3.88%) AWS
15 14 (3.88%) CRM
15 14 (3.88%) Mentoring
16 13 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (3.60%) Lead Generation
16 13 (3.60%) Oracle
16 13 (3.60%) Power Platform
16 13 (3.60%) SaaS
16 13 (3.60%) Scrum
16 13 (3.60%) Workshop Facilitation

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 (1.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 17 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.66%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.11%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.11%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.11%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (1.11%) SAP GRC
3 4 (1.11%) SAP PS
4 3 (0.83%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.83%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.83%) SAP Retail
4 3 (0.83%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.55%) iTrent
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.55%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.55%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.55%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.88%) AWS
2 13 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (3.60%) Power Platform
2 13 (3.60%) SaaS
3 12 (3.32%) Azure
4 9 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.22%) Power Automate
5 8 (2.22%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.11%) GCP
7 3 (0.83%) OCI
7 3 (0.83%) Serverless
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.11%) SMTP
2 1 (0.28%) SMS
2 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.11%) SAP HANA
2 3 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (0.83%) Power BI
3 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 71 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.57%) Finance
3 33 (9.14%) Marketing
4 24 (6.65%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.65%) Spanish Language
5 21 (5.82%) Law
6 20 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.99%) Retail
8 11 (3.05%) Legal
9 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.66%) Banking
12 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Advertising
14 2 (0.55%) Billing
14 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.05%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.66%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.66%) SAPUI5
3 5 (1.39%) REST
4 4 (1.11%) SAML
5 3 (0.83%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.83%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.55%) Node.js
6 2 (0.55%) React
6 2 (0.55%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.28%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.28%) Express.js
7 1 (0.28%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.28%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.99%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.05%) Life Science
2 11 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.94%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (1.94%) Social Media
4 7 (1.94%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (1.66%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.83%) NHS
7 3 (0.83%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.83%) Replication
8 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.55%) FMCG
8 2 (0.55%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.55%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.28%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.94%) Windows
2 4 (1.11%) Linux
3 3 (0.83%) SUSE
3 3 (0.83%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (8.31%) Presales
3 25 (6.93%) ERP
4 24 (6.65%) Business Development
4 24 (6.65%) Physics
5 23 (6.37%) Collaborative Culture
5 23 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (6.09%) AI
6 22 (6.09%) Migration
7 21 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (5.54%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (4.99%) Agile
9 18 (4.99%) Roadmaps
10 14 (3.88%) CRM
10 14 (3.88%) Mentoring
11 13 (3.60%) Lead Generation
11 13 (3.60%) Scrum
11 13 (3.60%) Workshop Facilitation
12 11 (3.05%) Customer Service
13 9 (2.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.05%) Java
2 7 (1.94%) Python
3 6 (1.66%) ABAP
4 5 (1.39%) SQL
5 3 (0.83%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.28%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 45 (12.47%) Degree
2 24 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.32%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.28%) CCA
6 1 (0.28%) CISA
6 1 (0.28%) CISM
6 1 (0.28%) CISSP
6 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.22%) GDPR
2 6 (1.66%) GRC
3 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) QA
4 3 (0.83%) SLA
5 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.55%) NIST
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.83%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (13.02%) SAP
2 29 (8.03%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.60%) Oracle
4 6 (1.66%) Google
4 6 (1.66%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.39%) Databricks
5 5 (1.39%) Workday
6 4 (1.11%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.11%) Sage
7 3 (0.83%) Ariba
8 2 (0.55%) Cisco
8 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.55%) PayPal
9 1 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.28%) Epicor
9 1 (0.28%) IFS
9 1 (0.28%) Juniper
9 1 (0.28%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.28%) Zscaler