Consultant Jobs 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 2 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 61 79
Rank change year-on-year -121 +18 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 179 647 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.40% 3.28% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 3.44% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 141 408 356
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £42,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,563 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,688 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% -14.81% +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 11,187 18,795 13,256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.45% 95.15% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,946 13,977 7,840
10th Percentile £25,084 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,250 £39,577
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,650
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,600 £80,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the North of England.

Salary trend for Consultant 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -99 119 £50,000 -13.04% 825
Yorkshire -74 49 £70,000 +40.00% 437
North East -3 11 £42,500 -10.53% 98
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 51 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (19.55%) Finance
4 31 (17.32%) ERP
5 29 (16.20%) Microsoft
6 28 (15.64%) Law
7 26 (14.53%) CRM
8 21 (11.73%) Migration
9 20 (11.17%) Project Management
9 20 (11.17%) Security Cleared
10 18 (10.06%) Power Platform
11 17 (9.50%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (9.50%) NetSuite
11 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (8.94%) Presales
12 16 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (8.94%) Degree
12 16 (8.94%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (8.94%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (8.38%) Data Migration
14 13 (7.26%) Business Development
15 12 (6.70%) SC Cleared
16 11 (6.15%) ServiceNow
16 11 (6.15%) Legal
16 11 (6.15%) SQL
16 11 (6.15%) Oracle
16 11 (6.15%) Agile
17 10 (5.59%) Vulnerability Management
17 10 (5.59%) Azure
17 10 (5.59%) Customer Service

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.12%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 17 (9.50%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.79%) Sage 200
2 5 (2.79%) Sage CRM
3 4 (2.23%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (1.12%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.56%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.06%) Power Platform
2 16 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.59%) Azure
4 9 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.23%) AWS
5 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.68%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.68%) SaaS
6 3 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.12%) OCI
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.56%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.56%) GCP
8 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.79%) Firewall
1 5 (2.79%) Network Security
2 4 (2.23%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (2.23%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.23%) WAN
3 2 (1.12%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) Junos
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.56%) Big Data
1 1 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 51 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.55%) Finance
3 28 (15.64%) Law
4 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.50%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.15%) Legal
6 8 (4.47%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.91%) Marketing
8 5 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.68%) German Language
11 2 (1.12%) Banking
11 2 (1.12%) Czech Language
11 2 (1.12%) Games
11 2 (1.12%) Retail
12 1 (0.56%) Billing
12 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.12%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.56%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.56%) REST
2 1 (0.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.35%) Cyberattack
2 6 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (2.23%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.23%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.68%) Life Science
5 3 (1.68%) NHS
6 2 (1.12%) ASTM
6 2 (1.12%) Blog
6 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.12%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.12%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.12%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Check Point GAiA
2 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (17.32%) ERP
3 26 (14.53%) CRM
4 21 (11.73%) Migration
5 20 (11.17%) Project Management
6 16 (8.94%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (8.94%) Presales
6 16 (8.94%) Requirements Gathering
7 15 (8.38%) Data Migration
8 13 (7.26%) Business Development
9 11 (6.15%) Agile
10 10 (5.59%) Customer Service
10 10 (5.59%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (5.03%) Fintech
11 9 (5.03%) Roadmaps
12 8 (4.47%) Business Continuity
12 8 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (4.47%) Incident Management
12 8 (4.47%) Security Operations
12 8 (4.47%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.15%) SQL
2 4 (2.23%) Python
3 3 (1.68%) Java
4 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.56%) Bash
5 1 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 20 (11.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (8.94%) Degree
3 12 (6.70%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.79%) CCSA
4 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.23%) AAT
5 4 (2.23%) CCNP
6 3 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.12%) CISSP
7 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CCSE
8 1 (0.56%) CCSP
8 1 (0.56%) CEH
8 1 (0.56%) CISM
8 1 (0.56%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.56%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.56%) OSCP
8 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (3.35%) GDPR
1 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (1.68%) SLA
3 2 (1.12%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.12%) NIST
3 2 (1.12%) PMO
3 2 (1.12%) QA
4 1 (0.56%) COBIT
4 1 (0.56%) GRC
4 1 (0.56%) P3O
4 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Automic
2 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.15%) Oracle
2 11 (6.15%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.47%) Fortinet
3 8 (4.47%) Palo Alto
4 7 (3.91%) Cisco
4 7 (3.91%) SAP
5 6 (3.35%) Sage
6 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.12%) Adobe
7 2 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.12%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.12%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.12%) Databricks
7 2 (1.12%) HP
7 2 (1.12%) Juniper
7 2 (1.12%) Okta
7 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.12%) Workday
8 1 (0.56%) Netskope