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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 79 95
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 411 214 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.51% 3.35% 2.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 3.65% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 289 155 325
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £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 14,984 5,855 15,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 91.73% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,697 3,800 12,299
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.02%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,460 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -5 241 £63,750 +15.91% 109
Yorkshire +25 132 £47,500 -32.14% 53
North East -3 38 £36,000 -10.00% 12
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 April 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 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (12.90%) SAP
3 41 (9.98%) Degree
3 41 (9.98%) Presales
4 35 (8.52%) Microsoft
5 30 (7.30%) ERP
6 29 (7.06%) Security Cleared
7 24 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (5.60%) Business Development
8 23 (5.60%) SAP S/4HANA
9 22 (5.35%) AI
9 22 (5.35%) Requirements Gathering
9 22 (5.35%) SC Cleared
10 19 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
10 19 (4.62%) Physics
10 19 (4.62%) Workshop Facilitation
11 17 (4.14%) Azure
11 17 (4.14%) CRM
11 17 (4.14%) Migration
11 17 (4.14%) Roadmaps
12 16 (3.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (3.89%) Power Platform
13 15 (3.65%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (3.41%) Agile
14 14 (3.41%) Mentoring
14 14 (3.41%) Oracle
14 14 (3.41%) Scrum
15 13 (3.16%) AWS
15 13 (3.16%) DV Cleared

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 9 (2.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (5.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.95%) Sage X3
3 6 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.46%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.22%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.97%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.97%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.97%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.73%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.73%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.73%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.49%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.49%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.49%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.49%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.49%) SAP Travel Management
7 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.14%) Azure
2 16 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
2 16 (3.89%) Power Platform
3 13 (3.16%) AWS
4 12 (2.92%) SaaS
5 10 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.95%) Power Automate
6 8 (1.95%) PowerApps
7 3 (0.73%) GCP
7 3 (0.73%) OCI
7 3 (0.73%) Serverless
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.24%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.24%) Intacct
8 1 (0.24%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) SMTP
2 3 (0.73%) Intranet
3 1 (0.24%) DHCP
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) Firewall
3 1 (0.24%) HTTP
3 1 (0.24%) SMS
3 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.95%) SAP HANA
2 5 (1.22%) Power BI
3 3 (0.73%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.49%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.24%) LSMW
General
1 64 (15.57%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.19%) Finance
3 28 (6.81%) Marketing
4 27 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.84%) Law
6 19 (4.62%) Spanish Language
7 18 (4.38%) Retail
8 13 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.92%) Legal
10 10 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.22%) Banking
13 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.73%) Billing
14 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Advertising
15 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.68%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.22%) REST
4 4 (0.97%) SAML
5 2 (0.49%) Middleware
5 2 (0.49%) Node.js
5 2 (0.49%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.49%) React
5 2 (0.49%) SAP ALE
5 2 (0.49%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.49%) SAP Core Interface
5 2 (0.49%) SAP TM
5 2 (0.49%) SAPUI5
5 2 (0.49%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.49%) Web Dynpro
6 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.24%) Express.js
6 1 (0.24%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.24%) NestJS
6 1 (0.24%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.38%) Onboarding
2 12 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.19%) Life Science
3 9 (2.19%) Social Media
4 6 (1.46%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (1.46%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.46%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
5 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.73%) Replication
7 2 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.49%) FMCG
7 2 (0.49%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.49%) NHS
8 1 (0.24%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.24%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.24%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.46%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) Linux
2 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.24%) SUSE
3 1 (0.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (9.98%) Presales
3 30 (7.30%) ERP
4 24 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (5.60%) Business Development
6 22 (5.35%) AI
6 22 (5.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 19 (4.62%) Physics
7 19 (4.62%) Workshop Facilitation
8 17 (4.14%) CRM
8 17 (4.14%) Migration
8 17 (4.14%) Roadmaps
9 16 (3.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (3.65%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (3.41%) Agile
11 14 (3.41%) Mentoring
11 14 (3.41%) Scrum
12 12 (2.92%) System Integration Testing
13 11 (2.68%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (2.68%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.16%) Java
2 11 (2.68%) SQL
3 8 (1.95%) ABAP
4 7 (1.70%) Python
5 5 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
7 1 (0.24%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) Perl
7 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.24%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 41 (9.98%) Degree
2 29 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.16%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) CCA
6 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.43%) GDPR
2 4 (0.97%) GRC
3 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.73%) SLA
4 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.49%) NIST
4 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.49%) QA
4 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.43%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (12.90%) SAP
2 35 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.41%) Oracle
4 12 (2.92%) Sage
5 11 (2.68%) Databricks
6 8 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.46%) Google
8 5 (1.22%) Workday
9 4 (0.97%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.73%) Ariba
10 3 (0.73%) Cisco
10 3 (0.73%) OpenText
11 2 (0.49%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.49%) PayPal
12 1 (0.24%) Adyen
12 1 (0.24%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.24%) IFS
12 1 (0.24%) Zscaler