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 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 78 96
Rank change year-on-year +9 +18 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 364 236 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.53% 3.48% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 3.76% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 247 139 302
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £28,042
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,443 £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 13,032 6,274 14,144
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.52% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,185 3,701 11,442
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,890 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,600
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 17 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 17 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 -12 203 £70,000 +27.27% 99
Yorkshire +26 122 £45,000 -30.77% 63
North East +10 39 £36,000 -8.86% 21
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 54 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (12.64%) Degree
3 42 (11.54%) SAP
4 32 (8.79%) Presales
5 29 (7.97%) Microsoft
6 26 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 25 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (6.59%) Business Development
8 24 (6.59%) ERP
8 24 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
8 24 (6.59%) Physics
9 22 (6.04%) AI
10 21 (5.77%) Requirements Gathering
11 20 (5.49%) Migration
11 20 (5.49%) SC Cleared
12 18 (4.95%) Roadmaps
13 17 (4.67%) Collaborative Culture
14 16 (4.40%) Agile
14 16 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (4.12%) CRM
15 15 (4.12%) Mentoring
15 15 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
16 14 (3.85%) AWS
16 14 (3.85%) Scrum
17 13 (3.57%) Azure
17 13 (3.57%) DV Cleared
17 13 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (3.57%) Lead Generation
17 13 (3.57%) Oracle
17 13 (3.57%) Power Platform

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 (1.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.65%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.82%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.82%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.82%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.82%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.82%) SAP PS
4 3 (0.82%) SAP Retail
4 3 (0.82%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.55%) iTrent
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.55%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.55%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.55%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.55%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.55%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.85%) AWS
2 13 (3.57%) Azure
2 13 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 13 (3.57%) SaaS
3 9 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.20%) Power Automate
4 8 (2.20%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.10%) GCP
6 3 (0.82%) OCI
6 3 (0.82%) Serverless
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.27%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) SMTP
2 1 (0.27%) SMS
2 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.10%) SAP HANA
2 3 (0.82%) Power BI
3 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 71 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.46%) Finance
3 34 (9.34%) Marketing
4 25 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.59%) Spanish Language
6 21 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (5.49%) Law
8 19 (5.22%) Retail
9 11 (3.02%) Legal
10 10 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.65%) Banking
14 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.55%) Advertising
16 2 (0.55%) Billing
16 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.27%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.47%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.37%) REST
4 4 (1.10%) SAML
4 4 (1.10%) SAP Basis
4 4 (1.10%) SAPUI5
5 3 (0.82%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.82%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.55%) Node.js
6 2 (0.55%) React
6 2 (0.55%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.27%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.27%) Express.js
7 1 (0.27%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.27%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.95%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.02%) Life Science
4 9 (2.47%) Social Media
5 7 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (1.92%) Virtual Reality
6 6 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.10%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.82%) NHS
9 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.55%) FMCG
9 2 (0.55%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.55%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.55%) Replication
10 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.27%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.65%) Windows
2 3 (0.82%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) SUSE
3 2 (0.55%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (8.79%) Presales
3 25 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (6.59%) Business Development
4 24 (6.59%) ERP
4 24 (6.59%) Physics
5 22 (6.04%) AI
6 21 (5.77%) Requirements Gathering
7 20 (5.49%) Migration
8 18 (4.95%) Roadmaps
9 17 (4.67%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (4.40%) Agile
10 16 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (4.12%) CRM
11 15 (4.12%) Mentoring
12 14 (3.85%) Scrum
13 13 (3.57%) Lead Generation
13 13 (3.57%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (3.02%) Customer Service
15 9 (2.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.02%) Java
2 7 (1.92%) Python
3 6 (1.65%) SQL
4 5 (1.37%) ABAP
5 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 46 (12.64%) Degree
2 26 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.55%) 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 (2.20%) GDPR
2 5 (1.37%) GRC
3 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.82%) QA
3 3 (0.82%) SLA
4 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.55%) NIST
4 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.10%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (11.54%) SAP
2 29 (7.97%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.57%) Oracle
4 6 (1.65%) Databricks
4 6 (1.65%) Google
4 6 (1.65%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.37%) Workday
6 4 (1.10%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.10%) Sage
7 2 (0.55%) Ariba
7 2 (0.55%) Cisco
7 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.55%) PayPal
8 1 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.27%) Epicor
8 1 (0.27%) IFS
8 1 (0.27%) Juniper
8 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.27%) Zscaler