Senior Consultant Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Consultant
England > North of England

The median Senior Consultant salary in the North of England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 223 259
Rank change year-on-year -14 +36 +130
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 25 51 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.23% 0.56% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.60% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 26
10th Percentile £64,625 £55,375 £53,750
25th Percentile £73,750 £63,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £79,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% +22.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,875 - £83,750
England median annual salary £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 +13 20 £78,750 +2.27% 8
Yorkshire -12 4 £77,500 -3.13% 5
North East +2 1 - -
Senior Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
1 5 (20.00%) Presales
2 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) SAP
3 3 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) Application Security
4 2 (8.00%) CRM
4 2 (8.00%) EAM
4 2 (8.00%) ERP
4 2 (8.00%) GRC
4 2 (8.00%) Identity Management
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security Management
4 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (8.00%) OCI
4 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.00%) RBAC
4 2 (8.00%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (8.00%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (8.00%) SAP GRC
4 2 (8.00%) SAP Security
4 2 (8.00%) Security Management
4 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (4.00%) Agile

Senior 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 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (8.00%) SAP GRC
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (4.00%) SAP IBP
3 1 (4.00%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) OCI
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Law
2 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Automotive
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (20.00%) Presales
2 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (8.00%) Application Security
3 2 (8.00%) CRM
3 2 (8.00%) EAM
3 2 (8.00%) ERP
3 2 (8.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (8.00%) Information Security
3 2 (8.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (8.00%) RBAC
3 2 (8.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (8.00%) SAP Security
3 2 (8.00%) Security Management
3 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (4.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (4.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) GRC
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Workday