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 25 March 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 86 96
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 374 208 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.51% 3.24% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 3.51% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 258 136 314
10th Percentile £25,000 £34,375 £28,127
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,164 £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 13,543 5,927 14,540
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.39% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,579 3,687 11,710
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,550 £83,750 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 25 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 25 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 -10 214 £65,000 +18.18% 106
Yorkshire +37 119 £40,000 -33.33% 55
North East +9 41 £36,000 +2.86% 12
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 55 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (12.30%) Degree
3 38 (10.16%) SAP
4 34 (9.09%) Presales
5 30 (8.02%) Microsoft
6 27 (7.22%) Security Cleared
7 25 (6.68%) ERP
8 24 (6.42%) Business Development
8 24 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
8 24 (6.42%) Physics
8 24 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (5.88%) AI
9 22 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
10 20 (5.35%) SC Cleared
11 18 (4.81%) Migration
12 17 (4.55%) Roadmaps
13 16 (4.28%) CRM
14 15 (4.01%) AWS
14 15 (4.01%) Mentoring
14 15 (4.01%) Scrum
14 15 (4.01%) Workshop Facilitation
15 14 (3.74%) Agile
15 14 (3.74%) DV Cleared
15 14 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (3.74%) Oracle
16 13 (3.48%) Azure
16 13 (3.48%) Lead Generation
16 13 (3.48%) Power Platform
16 13 (3.48%) SaaS
16 13 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA

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 (1.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.60%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.80%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.80%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.80%) SAP Retail
4 3 (0.80%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.53%) iTrent
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.53%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.53%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.53%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.53%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.53%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.01%) AWS
2 14 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (3.48%) Azure
3 13 (3.48%) Power Platform
3 13 (3.48%) SaaS
4 9 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (1.87%) Power Automate
5 7 (1.87%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.07%) GCP
7 3 (0.80%) OCI
7 3 (0.80%) Serverless
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.27%) Intacct
8 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.07%) SMTP
2 1 (0.27%) SMS
2 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.07%) SAP HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Power BI
3 2 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 69 (18.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (12.57%) Finance
3 34 (9.09%) Marketing
4 27 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.42%) Spanish Language
6 21 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.61%) Law
7 19 (5.08%) Retail
8 10 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.67%) Legal
9 8 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.60%) Banking
12 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Advertising
14 2 (0.53%) Billing
14 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.34%) REST
4 4 (1.07%) SAML
5 3 (0.80%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.80%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.53%) Node.js
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.53%) SAPUI5
6 2 (0.53%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.27%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.27%) CSS
7 1 (0.27%) Express.js
7 1 (0.27%) HTML
7 1 (0.27%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.27%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.08%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.94%) Life Science
4 9 (2.41%) Social Media
5 7 (1.87%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (1.87%) Virtual Reality
6 6 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.80%) NHS
8 3 (0.80%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.53%) FMCG
9 2 (0.53%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.53%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.27%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.27%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.34%) Windows
2 2 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) SUSE
3 1 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (9.09%) Presales
3 25 (6.68%) ERP
4 24 (6.42%) Business Development
4 24 (6.42%) Physics
4 24 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (5.88%) AI
5 22 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
6 18 (4.81%) Migration
7 17 (4.55%) Roadmaps
8 16 (4.28%) CRM
9 15 (4.01%) Mentoring
9 15 (4.01%) Scrum
9 15 (4.01%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (3.74%) Agile
11 13 (3.48%) Lead Generation
12 11 (2.94%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (2.94%) Customer Service
13 9 (2.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.94%) Java
2 7 (1.87%) Python
2 7 (1.87%) SQL
3 4 (1.07%) ABAP
3 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.53%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 46 (12.30%) Degree
2 27 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.74%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.27%) CCA
6 1 (0.27%) CISA
6 1 (0.27%) CISM
6 1 (0.27%) CISSP
6 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.14%) GDPR
2 4 (1.07%) GRC
3 3 (0.80%) QA
3 3 (0.80%) SLA
4 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.53%) NIST
4 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.87%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (10.16%) SAP
2 30 (8.02%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.74%) Oracle
4 7 (1.87%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.60%) Databricks
5 6 (1.60%) Google
6 5 (1.34%) Sage
6 5 (1.34%) Workday
7 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.53%) Cisco
8 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.53%) PayPal
9 1 (0.27%) Ariba
9 1 (0.27%) Epicor
9 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.27%) IFS
9 1 (0.27%) Juniper
9 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.27%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.27%) Zscaler