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 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 47 109
Rank change year-on-year -20 +62 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 344 364 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.67% 4.66% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 5.02% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 228 156 255
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,625 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,846 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,100
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,608 £61,750
% change year-on-year -8.55% +6.25% -5.00%

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 11,537 7,246 11,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 92.71% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 3,596 9,803
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £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% -11.29%

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 20 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 20 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 -32 177 £70,000 +21.74% 177
Yorkshire -4 136 £52,500 -16.00% 67
North East +11 31 £39,250 -12.78% 20
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 58 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (14.83%) SAP
3 44 (12.79%) Degree
4 41 (11.92%) ERP
5 30 (8.72%) Microsoft
6 24 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (6.98%) Physics
6 24 (6.98%) Presales
6 24 (6.98%) Security Cleared
7 23 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (6.40%) Business Development
8 22 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
8 22 (6.40%) Migration
9 21 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (6.10%) SC Cleared
10 20 (5.81%) AI
11 19 (5.52%) Requirements Gathering
12 18 (5.23%) Agile
12 18 (5.23%) SAP S/4HANA
13 16 (4.65%) Workshop Facilitation
14 15 (4.36%) Roadmaps
15 14 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (3.78%) Oracle
16 13 (3.78%) Unit4 Business World
17 12 (3.49%) CRM
17 12 (3.49%) Power Platform
17 12 (3.49%) SAP Fiori
18 11 (3.20%) AWS
18 11 (3.20%) Customer Service
18 11 (3.20%) Dynamics 365

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 7 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (2.03%) SAP Business One
4 6 (1.74%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.45%) SAP GRC
6 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.16%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.16%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (1.16%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.87%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.87%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.87%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.87%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.58%) iTrent
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.58%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.58%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.58%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.49%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.20%) AWS
3 11 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (2.91%) Power Automate
4 10 (2.91%) PowerApps
4 10 (2.91%) SaaS
5 8 (2.33%) Azure
6 4 (1.16%) GCP
7 3 (0.87%) OCI
7 3 (0.87%) Serverless
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.16%) SMTP
2 1 (0.29%) SMS
2 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.03%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.16%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.58%) 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 89 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.64%) Finance
3 30 (8.72%) Marketing
4 24 (6.98%) Spanish Language
5 22 (6.40%) Law
6 19 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.94%) Retail
8 14 (4.07%) Legal
9 9 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.03%) Banking
10 7 (2.03%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 2 (0.58%) Automotive
13 2 (0.58%) Billing
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.29%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.49%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.74%) SAP Basis
2 6 (1.74%) SAPUI5
3 5 (1.45%) REST
4 4 (1.16%) SAML
5 3 (0.87%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.87%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.58%) Node.js
6 2 (0.58%) React
6 2 (0.58%) 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 (5.52%) Onboarding
2 9 (2.62%) Life Science
3 7 (2.03%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (2.03%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.03%) Virtual Reality
4 6 (1.74%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.74%) Public Cloud
4 6 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.87%) NHS
5 3 (0.87%) Private Cloud
5 3 (0.87%) Replication
6 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.58%) FMCG
6 2 (0.58%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.58%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.58%) Social Media
7 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.03%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Linux
3 3 (0.87%) SUSE
3 3 (0.87%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (11.92%) ERP
3 24 (6.98%) Physics
3 24 (6.98%) Presales
4 23 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (6.40%) Business Development
5 22 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
5 22 (6.40%) Migration
6 21 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (5.81%) AI
8 19 (5.52%) Requirements Gathering
9 18 (5.23%) Agile
10 16 (4.65%) Workshop Facilitation
11 15 (4.36%) Roadmaps
12 12 (3.49%) CRM
13 11 (3.20%) Customer Service
13 11 (3.20%) Lead Generation
14 10 (2.91%) Mentoring
15 9 (2.62%) Change Management
15 9 (2.62%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.20%) Java
2 9 (2.62%) SQL
3 7 (2.03%) Python
4 5 (1.45%) ABAP
5 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.58%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.29%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 44 (12.79%) Degree
2 24 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.03%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.58%) 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 (2.33%) GDPR
2 7 (2.03%) GRC
3 4 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.87%) QA
4 3 (0.87%) SLA
5 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) NIST
5 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (14.83%) SAP
2 30 (8.72%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.78%) Oracle
4 6 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.45%) Workday
6 4 (1.16%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.87%) Ariba
7 3 (0.87%) Sage
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco
8 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.58%) Google
8 2 (0.58%) 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