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 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 15 106
Rank change year-on-year -47 +91 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 338 941 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.20% 9.77% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.63% 10.35% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 211 210 159
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,125 £43,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +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 9,321 9,088 6,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.35% 94.40% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,317 4,372 5,076
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 23 December 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 23 December 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 -19 180 £65,000 +8.33% 333
Yorkshire -52 135 £57,500 -4.17% 293
North East +15 25 £42,500 +41.67% 35
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, 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 62 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 51 (15.09%) Degree
4 48 (14.20%) ERP
5 38 (11.24%) SAP
6 36 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
7 35 (10.36%) Physics
8 24 (7.10%) Security Cleared
9 22 (6.51%) Agile
10 21 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (6.21%) SC Cleared
11 19 (5.62%) Collaborative Culture
11 19 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (5.33%) AI
12 18 (5.33%) Azure
12 18 (5.33%) Presales
13 16 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (4.44%) Business Development
14 15 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
15 13 (3.85%) Customer Service
15 13 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (3.85%) Migration
15 13 (3.85%) Unit4 Business World
16 12 (3.55%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.55%) SQL
16 12 (3.55%) Workshop Facilitation
17 11 (3.25%) Business Strategy
17 11 (3.25%) CRM
17 11 (3.25%) Mentoring
17 11 (3.25%) Oracle

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 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.30%) InVision
3 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.85%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (2.07%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.78%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.48%) SAP GRC
6 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.18%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.18%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.89%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.89%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.89%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.59%) iTrent
8 2 (0.59%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.30%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.30%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
2 18 (5.33%) Azure
3 13 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.96%) SaaS
6 9 (2.66%) AWS
7 7 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.48%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.18%) GCP
9 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.18%) OCI
10 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.30%) Figma
11 1 (0.30%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.30%) Firewall
1 1 (0.30%) Internet
1 1 (0.30%) Junos
1 1 (0.30%) Network Security
1 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.07%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.18%) 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
Development Applications
1 6 (1.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Axure RP
General
1 102 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 98 (28.99%) Finance
3 38 (11.24%) Marketing
4 24 (7.10%) Spanish Language
5 19 (5.62%) Law
6 15 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.85%) Retail
8 12 (3.55%) Legal
9 11 (3.25%) German Language
10 10 (2.96%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.18%) Banking
15 2 (0.59%) Automotive
15 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.30%) Advertising
16 1 (0.30%) Billing
16 1 (0.30%) Electronics
16 1 (0.30%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.96%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.78%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.78%) SAPUI5
3 3 (0.89%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.89%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.59%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.30%) CSS
5 1 (0.30%) HTML
5 1 (0.30%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.96%) Augmented Reality
2 10 (2.96%) Virtual Reality
3 8 (2.37%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.78%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.78%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.48%) Life Science
6 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.89%) NHS
7 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
7 3 (0.89%) Replication
7 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.59%) FMCG
8 2 (0.59%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.30%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.89%) Linux
1 3 (0.89%) SUSE
1 3 (0.89%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (0.89%) Windows
1 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.30%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (14.20%) ERP
3 35 (10.36%) Physics
4 22 (6.51%) Agile
5 21 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (5.62%) Collaborative Culture
7 18 (5.33%) AI
7 18 (5.33%) Presales
8 16 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (4.44%) Business Development
10 13 (3.85%) Customer Service
10 13 (3.85%) Migration
11 12 (3.55%) Workshop Facilitation
12 11 (3.25%) Business Strategy
12 11 (3.25%) CRM
12 11 (3.25%) Mentoring
12 11 (3.25%) Requirements Gathering
13 10 (2.96%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (2.96%) E-Commerce
13 10 (2.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.55%) SQL
2 5 (1.48%) Python
3 3 (0.89%) ABAP
4 2 (0.59%) Java
5 1 (0.30%) Bash
5 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (15.09%) Degree
2 24 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.30%) CCSA
5 1 (0.30%) CCSE
5 1 (0.30%) CISA
5 1 (0.30%) CISM
5 1 (0.30%) CISSP
5 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.30%) JNCIP
5 1 (0.30%) JNCIS
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.30%) PMP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.37%) QA
2 7 (2.07%) GRC
3 5 (1.48%) SLA
4 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.18%) GDPR
5 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.59%) NIST
6 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 52 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.24%) SAP
3 11 (3.25%) Oracle
4 5 (1.48%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.18%) Sage
6 3 (0.89%) Ariba
7 2 (0.59%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.59%) Juniper
7 2 (0.59%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.59%) PayPal
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe
8 1 (0.30%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco
8 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) Epicor
8 1 (0.30%) IFS
8 1 (0.30%) Workday
8 1 (0.30%) Zscaler