Consultant Jobs in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 109 142
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 456 552 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.64% 3.16% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 3.53% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 322 309 202
10th Percentile £27,250 £40,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,000 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% +13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,425 £75,250 £88,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,423 15,639 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,697 8,299 11,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,811
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the North of England.

Salary trend for Consultant 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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 -5 272 £57,500 -14.81% 125
Yorkshire +31 127 £50,000 -28.57% 57
North East +45 57 £57,500 +4.55% 15
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 143 (31.36%) Microsoft
2 111 (24.34%) Social Skills
3 102 (22.37%) Finance
4 89 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (17.54%) Azure
6 55 (12.06%) Degree
7 47 (10.31%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (9.87%) SQL
9 44 (9.65%) Power Platform
10 42 (9.21%) Customer Service
11 41 (8.99%) Agile
12 40 (8.77%) Public Sector
13 39 (8.55%) Roadmaps
14 38 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
15 37 (8.11%) Windows
16 34 (7.46%) Migration
17 33 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
18 32 (7.02%) Project Management
18 32 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
19 31 (6.80%) Power BI
19 31 (6.80%) Artificial Intelligence
20 30 (6.58%) DevOps
21 29 (6.36%) SaaS
21 29 (6.36%) SAP
22 28 (6.14%) Oracle
23 27 (5.92%) CRM
23 27 (5.92%) ERP
23 27 (5.92%) Self-Motivation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.29%) Apache
3 2 (0.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) InDesign
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Sketch
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.07%) Sage 200
3 11 (2.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.97%) Sage X3
4 9 (1.97%) SAP Business One
4 9 (1.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.32%) Infor M3
6 5 (1.10%) SAP PM
6 5 (1.10%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.88%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.88%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.88%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.44%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 80 (17.54%) Azure
2 47 (10.31%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (9.65%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.36%) SaaS
6 24 (5.26%) AWS
7 19 (4.17%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.07%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.63%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.54%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.10%) GCP
12 4 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.88%) FinancialForce
12 4 (0.88%) Intacct
13 2 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.39%) Firewall
2 17 (3.73%) VPN
3 15 (3.29%) Internet
3 15 (3.29%) IPsec
3 15 (3.29%) SNMP
4 10 (2.19%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.75%) WAN
6 7 (1.54%) LAN
7 4 (0.88%) DHCP
7 4 (0.88%) DNS
7 4 (0.88%) WLAN
8 2 (0.44%) NAS
8 2 (0.44%) SAN
8 2 (0.44%) SSL
8 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.44%) Wireless
9 1 (0.22%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.80%) Power BI
2 26 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (5.04%) SQL Server
4 17 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (3.29%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.29%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.97%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.10%) Data Hub
9 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.44%) Big Data
10 2 (0.44%) Tableau
11 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.22%) Metadata
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.22%) Power Query
11 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.22%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 111 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.37%) Finance
3 45 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.26%) Law
6 21 (4.61%) Retail
7 19 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.73%) Marketing
9 14 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.10%) Banking
12 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.44%) Electronics
13 2 (0.44%) Games
13 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.22%) Legal
14 1 (0.22%) Local Government
14 1 (0.22%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.17%) EDI
2 15 (3.29%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (3.29%) YAML
3 2 (0.44%) .NET
3 2 (0.44%) SAP ALE
3 2 (0.44%) Web Services
4 1 (0.22%) ADO
4 1 (0.22%) Middleware
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.41%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.10%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.66%) Cyberattack
8 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.44%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.44%) FMCG
9 2 (0.44%) IoT
9 2 (0.44%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.44%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.11%) Windows
2 21 (4.61%) Linux
3 15 (3.29%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (0.88%) Unix
5 3 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (9.21%) Customer Service
3 41 (8.99%) Agile
4 39 (8.55%) Roadmaps
5 38 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
6 34 (7.46%) Migration
7 33 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (7.02%) Project Management
9 31 (6.80%) Artificial Intelligence
10 30 (6.58%) DevOps
11 27 (5.92%) CRM
11 27 (5.92%) ERP
12 26 (5.70%) Service Delivery
13 25 (5.48%) Presales
14 24 (5.26%) Information Security
15 23 (5.04%) Analytics
16 22 (4.82%) Decision-Making
17 20 (4.39%) Data Science
18 19 (4.17%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.87%) SQL
2 25 (5.48%) Python
3 10 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.97%) Bash
5 3 (0.66%) Java
6 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (12.06%) Degree
2 16 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.19%) AWS Certification
4 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.44%) CISSP
7 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.44%) GCFA
7 2 (0.44%) GCIH
7 2 (0.44%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.22%) CCNA
8 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.22%) GCFE
8 1 (0.22%) GCIA
8 1 (0.22%) GIAC
8 1 (0.22%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (2.19%) GDPR
5 9 (1.97%) NIST
6 7 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.10%) COBIT
8 5 (1.10%) QA
9 4 (0.88%) GRC
10 3 (0.66%) NCSC
11 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.29%) Docker
4 5 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.73%) vCenter Server
3 15 (3.29%) Ansible
3 15 (3.29%) Prometheus
4 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.44%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.44%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (31.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.36%) SAP
3 28 (6.14%) Oracle
4 22 (4.82%) VMware
5 21 (4.61%) Sage
6 17 (3.73%) NetApp
7 16 (3.51%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.29%) Red Hat
8 15 (3.29%) SolidFire
9 12 (2.63%) Apple
10 9 (1.97%) Adobe
11 6 (1.32%) Infor
12 5 (1.10%) IFS
13 4 (0.88%) CODA
13 4 (0.88%) Sun
13 4 (0.88%) Xero
14 3 (0.66%) Ariba
14 3 (0.66%) Aruba
14 3 (0.66%) IBM
14 3 (0.66%) Veeam