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 19 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 47 103
Rank change year-on-year -24 +56 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 337 362 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.63% 4.64% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 5.01% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 223 154 253
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,539 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,215 £61,875
% change year-on-year -9.39% +7.01% -4.81%

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 11,475 7,228 11,895
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 92.68% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7,033 3,602 9,750
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -32 173 £70,000 +16.67% 139
Yorkshire -3 134 £53,750 -14.00% 60
North East +13 30 £42,500 -5.56% 18
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 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 57 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (15.13%) SAP
3 43 (12.76%) Degree
4 41 (12.17%) ERP
5 30 (8.90%) Microsoft
6 24 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (7.12%) Physics
7 23 (6.82%) Presales
8 22 (6.53%) Business Development
8 22 (6.53%) Collaborative Culture
8 22 (6.53%) Migration
8 22 (6.53%) Security Cleared
8 22 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (5.93%) AI
11 19 (5.64%) SC Cleared
12 18 (5.34%) Agile
12 18 (5.34%) Requirements Gathering
12 18 (5.34%) SAP S/4HANA
13 16 (4.75%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (4.15%) Roadmaps
15 13 (3.86%) Oracle
15 13 (3.86%) Unit4 Business World
16 12 (3.56%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.56%) SAP Fiori
17 11 (3.26%) AWS
17 11 (3.26%) CRM
17 11 (3.26%) Customer Service
17 11 (3.26%) Dynamics 365

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 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.86%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (2.08%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.78%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.48%) SAP GRC
6 4 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.19%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.19%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (1.19%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.89%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.89%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.89%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.89%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.59%) iTrent
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.59%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.59%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.59%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.56%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.26%) AWS
3 11 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (2.97%) Power Automate
4 10 (2.97%) PowerApps
4 10 (2.97%) SaaS
5 8 (2.37%) Azure
6 4 (1.19%) GCP
7 3 (0.89%) OCI
7 3 (0.89%) Serverless
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.89%) SMTP
2 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.08%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.19%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
1 1 (0.30%) LSMW
General
1 88 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.77%) Finance
3 29 (8.61%) Marketing
4 24 (7.12%) Spanish Language
5 22 (6.53%) Law
6 18 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (4.75%) Retail
8 15 (4.45%) Public Sector
9 14 (4.15%) Legal
10 8 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.08%) Banking
11 7 (2.08%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.59%) Advertising
14 2 (0.59%) Automotive
14 2 (0.59%) Billing
14 2 (0.59%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.30%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.56%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.78%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.78%) SAPUI5
3 4 (1.19%) REST
4 3 (0.89%) PyTorch
4 3 (0.89%) SAML
4 3 (0.89%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.59%) Node.js
5 2 (0.59%) React
5 2 (0.59%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.30%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.30%) Express.js
6 1 (0.30%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.30%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.64%) Onboarding
2 9 (2.67%) Life Science
3 7 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (2.08%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (1.78%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.78%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.89%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.89%) NHS
6 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
6 3 (0.89%) Replication
7 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.59%) FMCG
7 2 (0.59%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.59%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.78%) Windows
2 4 (1.19%) Linux
3 3 (0.89%) SUSE
3 3 (0.89%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (12.17%) ERP
3 24 (7.12%) Physics
4 23 (6.82%) Presales
5 22 (6.53%) Business Development
5 22 (6.53%) Collaborative Culture
5 22 (6.53%) Migration
5 22 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (5.93%) AI
8 18 (5.34%) Agile
8 18 (5.34%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (4.75%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (4.15%) Roadmaps
11 11 (3.26%) CRM
11 11 (3.26%) Customer Service
11 11 (3.26%) Lead Generation
12 9 (2.67%) Change Management
12 9 (2.67%) Decision-Making
12 9 (2.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.97%) Java
2 9 (2.67%) SQL
3 7 (2.08%) Python
4 5 (1.48%) ABAP
5 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.59%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.30%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 43 (12.76%) Degree
2 22 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.64%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.78%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CCA
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%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.37%) GDPR
2 7 (2.08%) GRC
3 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.89%) QA
4 3 (0.89%) SLA
5 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.59%) NIST
5 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (15.13%) SAP
2 30 (8.90%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.86%) Oracle
4 6 (1.78%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.48%) Workday
6 3 (0.89%) Ariba
6 3 (0.89%) CyberArk
6 3 (0.89%) Sage
7 2 (0.59%) Cisco
7 2 (0.59%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.59%) Google
7 2 (0.59%) PayPal
8 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) Epicor
8 1 (0.30%) IFS
8 1 (0.30%) Juniper
8 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.30%) Zscaler