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 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 50 106
Rank change year-on-year -19 +56 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 340 340 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.58% 4.50% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.88% 4.84% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 226 149 254
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,700 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,625 £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 11,819 7,024 12,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 92.87% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,271 3,548 9,890
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
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% -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% -10.57%

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 27 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 27 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 -30 177 £70,000 +27.27% 94
Yorkshire 0 129 £50,000 -16.67% 49
North East +18 34 £36,000 -20.00% 11
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (14.71%) SAP
3 43 (12.65%) Degree
4 33 (9.71%) ERP
5 30 (8.82%) Microsoft
6 26 (7.65%) Presales
7 25 (7.35%) Security Cleared
8 24 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
8 24 (7.06%) Physics
9 23 (6.76%) Business Development
9 23 (6.76%) Migration
9 23 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (6.47%) Collaborative Culture
11 21 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (6.18%) SC Cleared
12 20 (5.88%) AI
13 19 (5.59%) Agile
13 19 (5.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 19 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
14 15 (4.41%) Roadmaps
14 15 (4.41%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (3.82%) CRM
15 13 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (3.82%) Oracle
16 12 (3.53%) AWS
16 12 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (3.53%) Lead Generation
16 12 (3.53%) Mentoring
16 12 (3.53%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.53%) SAP Fiori

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 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.76%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.76%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (1.47%) SAP Business One
3 5 (1.47%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.18%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.18%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (1.18%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.88%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.88%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.88%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.88%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.59%) iTrent
6 2 (0.59%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.59%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.59%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.59%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.53%) AWS
2 12 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
2 12 (3.53%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.24%) SaaS
4 8 (2.35%) Azure
4 8 (2.35%) Power Automate
4 8 (2.35%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.18%) GCP
6 3 (0.88%) OCI
6 3 (0.88%) Serverless
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.18%) SMTP
2 1 (0.29%) SMS
2 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.47%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.18%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) JIRA
1 1 (0.29%) LSMW
General
1 79 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.06%) Finance
3 31 (9.12%) Marketing
4 24 (7.06%) Spanish Language
5 22 (6.47%) Law
6 20 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.00%) Retail
9 11 (3.24%) Legal
10 9 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.06%) Banking
13 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.47%) 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 (0.29%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.53%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.76%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.76%) SAPUI5
3 5 (1.47%) REST
4 4 (1.18%) SAML
5 3 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.88%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.59%) Node.js
6 2 (0.59%) React
6 2 (0.59%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.29%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.29%) Express.js
7 1 (0.29%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.29%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.94%) Life Science
3 8 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.06%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (2.06%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.06%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.06%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (1.76%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.18%) Social Media
7 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.88%) NHS
7 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.88%) Replication
8 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.59%) FMCG
8 2 (0.59%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.06%) Windows
2 4 (1.18%) Linux
3 3 (0.88%) SUSE
3 3 (0.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (9.71%) ERP
3 26 (7.65%) Presales
4 24 (7.06%) Physics
5 23 (6.76%) Business Development
5 23 (6.76%) Migration
5 23 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (6.47%) Collaborative Culture
7 21 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (5.88%) AI
9 19 (5.59%) Agile
9 19 (5.59%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (4.41%) Roadmaps
10 15 (4.41%) Workshop Facilitation
11 13 (3.82%) CRM
12 12 (3.53%) Lead Generation
12 12 (3.53%) Mentoring
13 11 (3.24%) Customer Service
14 10 (2.94%) Scrum
15 9 (2.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.24%) Java
2 7 (2.06%) Python
2 7 (2.06%) SQL
3 6 (1.76%) ABAP
4 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.59%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.29%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 43 (12.65%) Degree
2 25 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.29%) CCA
6 1 (0.29%) CISA
6 1 (0.29%) CISM
6 1 (0.29%) CISSP
6 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.35%) GDPR
2 7 (2.06%) GRC
3 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.88%) QA
4 3 (0.88%) 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 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (14.71%) SAP
2 30 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.82%) Oracle
4 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.47%) Workday
6 4 (1.18%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.88%) Ariba
7 3 (0.88%) Google
7 3 (0.88%) Sage
8 2 (0.59%) Cisco
8 2 (0.59%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.59%) PayPal
9 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.29%) Databricks
9 1 (0.29%) Epicor
9 1 (0.29%) IFS
9 1 (0.29%) Juniper
9 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.29%) Zscaler