Consultant Jobs in the North West

Consultant
England > North West

The median Consultant salary in the North West is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 74 70
Rank change year-on-year -111 -4 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 110 298 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.40% 2.86% 4.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 3.02% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 96 192 197
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,250 £50,600
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -17.86% +15.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North West

Consultant
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Manchester -16 92 £50,000 -16.67% 154
Merseyside +10 8 £80,000 -5.88% 11
Cheshire -33 4 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Lancashire -74 3 £72,500 +155.08% 66
Cumbria -73 1 - - 5
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 West region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 46 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 35 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (26.36%) Finance
4 28 (25.45%) CRM
4 28 (25.45%) Migration
5 26 (23.64%) ERP
6 23 (20.91%) NetSuite
7 22 (20.00%) Project Management
8 21 (19.09%) Data Migration
9 19 (17.27%) Law
10 17 (15.45%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (15.45%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (15.45%) Requirements Gathering
11 16 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (14.55%) Microsoft
12 14 (12.73%) Security Cleared
13 12 (10.91%) Power Platform
14 11 (10.00%) SQL
15 10 (9.09%) Degree
15 10 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (8.18%) Presales
16 9 (8.18%) Cisco
17 8 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
17 8 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
17 8 (7.27%) Business Development
17 8 (7.27%) Agile
17 8 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
17 8 (7.27%) ServiceNow
18 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (5.45%) Inventory Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (2.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 23 (20.91%) NetSuite
2 5 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.55%) Sage 200
2 5 (4.55%) Sage CRM
3 1 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.91%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.91%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.91%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.91%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.91%) Power Platform
2 10 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.55%) Azure
4 5 (4.55%) SaaS
5 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.82%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.82%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.91%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.45%) LAN
2 5 (4.55%) Firewall
3 4 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (3.64%) WAN
3 4 (3.64%) Wireless
4 2 (1.82%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (1.82%) Network Security
4 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) Power BI
2 1 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.91%) MySQL
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.91%) Oracle ODI
General
1 46 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.36%) Finance
3 19 (17.27%) Law
4 17 (15.45%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.55%) Legal
9 3 (2.73%) Marketing
10 2 (1.82%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.82%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.91%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.91%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) SOAP
2 3 (2.73%) HTML
2 3 (2.73%) Restlet
2 3 (2.73%) XML
3 1 (0.91%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.91%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.91%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.82%) Blog
3 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.82%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.82%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.91%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.91%) Life Science
4 1 (0.91%) PKI
4 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.82%) Windows
2 1 (0.91%) Linux
2 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (25.45%) CRM
2 28 (25.45%) Migration
3 26 (23.64%) ERP
4 22 (20.00%) Project Management
5 21 (19.09%) Data Migration
6 17 (15.45%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (15.45%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (8.18%) Presales
8 8 (7.27%) Agile
8 8 (7.27%) Business Development
8 8 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (5.45%) Customer Service
9 6 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (5.45%) Inventory Management
10 5 (4.55%) Fintech
10 5 (4.55%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (3.64%) Data Protection
11 4 (3.64%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.00%) SQL
2 3 (2.73%) Java
2 3 (2.73%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.82%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.91%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.09%) Degree
3 8 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.45%) CCNP
4 6 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.64%) CCIE
6 3 (2.73%) AAT
6 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.82%) CCNA
7 2 (1.82%) CCSA
7 2 (1.82%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.91%) APMG
8 1 (0.91%) CISSP
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.73%) ISO 22301
2 1 (0.91%) GRC
2 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.91%) NCSC
2 1 (0.91%) NIST
2 1 (0.91%) P3O
2 1 (0.91%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.91%) SLA
2 1 (0.91%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.91%) Automic
1 1 (0.91%) cPanel
1 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.18%) Cisco
3 8 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 6 (5.45%) Sage
5 5 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.55%) Oracle
6 4 (3.64%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.64%) SAP
7 3 (2.73%) Juniper
7 3 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.73%) Workday
8 2 (1.82%) Aruba
8 2 (1.82%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.91%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.91%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.91%) IFS
9 1 (0.91%) Netskope
9 1 (0.91%) Zscaler