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 6 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 56 104
Rank change year-on-year -13 +48 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 351 308 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 4.22% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 4.55% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 233 143 270
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,500 £27,475
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £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 £69,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,215 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.36% -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 12,393 6,770 12,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.71% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,693 3,539 10,461
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,500 £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% -6.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 6 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 6 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 -30 186 £70,000 +19.15% 115
Yorkshire +6 128 £45,000 -25.00% 65
North East +19 37 £36,000 -8.86% 24
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 56 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (14.25%) SAP
3 44 (12.54%) Degree
4 31 (8.83%) Microsoft
5 28 (7.98%) ERP
6 26 (7.41%) Presales
6 26 (7.41%) Security Cleared
7 24 (6.84%) Business Development
7 24 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
7 24 (6.84%) Physics
8 23 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (6.27%) Collaborative Culture
9 22 (6.27%) Migration
9 22 (6.27%) SC Cleared
10 21 (5.98%) AI
10 21 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (5.70%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
13 18 (5.13%) Agile
14 16 (4.56%) Roadmaps
15 14 (3.99%) CRM
15 14 (3.99%) Workshop Facilitation
16 13 (3.70%) AWS
16 13 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (3.70%) Lead Generation
16 13 (3.70%) Mentoring
16 13 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (3.70%) Oracle
16 13 (3.70%) Power Platform
17 12 (3.42%) SaaS

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 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.71%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.42%) SAP Business One
3 5 (1.42%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.14%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.14%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.14%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (1.14%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.85%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.57%) iTrent
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.57%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.57%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.57%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.57%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.57%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.70%) AWS
1 13 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
1 13 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 12 (3.42%) SaaS
3 10 (2.85%) Azure
4 8 (2.28%) Power Automate
4 8 (2.28%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.14%) GCP
6 3 (0.85%) OCI
6 3 (0.85%) Serverless
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.14%) SMTP
2 1 (0.28%) SMS
2 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.42%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.14%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (0.85%) Power BI
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) JIRA
1 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 73 (20.80%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.81%) Finance
3 31 (8.83%) Marketing
4 24 (6.84%) Spanish Language
5 21 (5.98%) Law
6 20 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.70%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.84%) Retail
8 11 (3.13%) Legal
9 9 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.71%) Banking
11 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Advertising
13 2 (0.57%) Automotive
13 2 (0.57%) Billing
13 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.42%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.71%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.71%) SAPUI5
3 5 (1.42%) REST
4 4 (1.14%) SAML
5 3 (0.85%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.85%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.57%) Node.js
6 2 (0.57%) React
6 2 (0.57%) 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 (5.13%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.13%) Life Science
3 9 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (1.99%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (1.99%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.99%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (1.71%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.71%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.42%) Social Media
7 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.85%) NHS
7 3 (0.85%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.85%) Replication
8 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.57%) FMCG
8 2 (0.57%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.14%) Linux
3 3 (0.85%) SUSE
3 3 (0.85%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (7.98%) ERP
3 26 (7.41%) Presales
4 24 (6.84%) Business Development
4 24 (6.84%) Physics
5 23 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (6.27%) Collaborative Culture
6 22 (6.27%) Migration
7 21 (5.98%) AI
7 21 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (5.70%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (5.13%) Agile
10 16 (4.56%) Roadmaps
11 14 (3.99%) CRM
11 14 (3.99%) Workshop Facilitation
12 13 (3.70%) Lead Generation
12 13 (3.70%) Mentoring
13 11 (3.13%) Customer Service
13 11 (3.13%) Scrum
14 9 (2.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.13%) Java
2 8 (2.28%) SQL
3 7 (1.99%) Python
4 6 (1.71%) ABAP
5 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.28%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 44 (12.54%) Degree
2 26 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.57%) 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
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.28%) GDPR
2 7 (1.99%) GRC
3 4 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) QA
4 3 (0.85%) SLA
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.57%) Functional Safety
1 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (14.25%) SAP
2 31 (8.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.70%) Oracle
4 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.42%) Google
5 5 (1.42%) Workday
6 4 (1.14%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.14%) Sage
7 3 (0.85%) Ariba
7 3 (0.85%) Databricks
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco
8 2 (0.57%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.57%) 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