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 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 112 143
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 461 519 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.67% 2.95% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.81% 3.30% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 331 297 205
10th Percentile £27,250 £40,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £53,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.11% +2.69% +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 16,409 15,721 17,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 89.50% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,690 8,294 11,123
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £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 £69,649 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +7 273 £57,500 -14.81% 118
Yorkshire +33 131 £50,000 -23.08% 43
North East +48 57 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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.

1 147 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 114 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 103 (22.34%) Finance
4 93 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (17.79%) Azure
6 55 (11.93%) Degree
7 49 (10.63%) SQL
7 49 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (10.20%) Dynamics 365
9 46 (9.98%) Customer Service
10 45 (9.76%) Power Platform
11 44 (9.54%) Agile
12 40 (8.68%) Actionable Insight
12 40 (8.68%) Public Sector
13 39 (8.46%) Windows
14 36 (7.81%) Roadmaps
14 36 (7.81%) Project Management
15 33 (7.16%) Migration
15 33 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (6.94%) Power BI
17 31 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence
18 30 (6.51%) DevOps
18 30 (6.51%) SaaS
19 29 (6.29%) SAP
20 28 (6.07%) ERP
21 27 (5.86%) CRM
21 27 (5.86%) Oracle
21 27 (5.86%) Active Directory

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 19 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.25%) Apache
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.22%) InDesign
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.04%) Sage 200
3 11 (2.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.95%) Sage X3
4 9 (1.95%) SAP Business One
4 9 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.30%) Infor M3
6 5 (1.08%) SAP PM
6 5 (1.08%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.87%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.87%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.87%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.87%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle ASCP
9 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 82 (17.79%) Azure
2 47 (10.20%) Dynamics 365
2 47 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 30 (6.51%) SaaS
5 24 (5.21%) AWS
6 19 (4.12%) Amazon S3
7 14 (3.04%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.04%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.52%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.08%) GCP
10 4 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (0.87%) FinancialForce
10 4 (0.87%) Intacct
11 3 (0.65%) IaaS
12 2 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.77%) Firewall
2 19 (4.12%) VPN
3 15 (3.25%) Internet
3 15 (3.25%) IPsec
3 15 (3.25%) SNMP
4 10 (2.17%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.74%) WAN
6 7 (1.52%) LAN
7 6 (1.30%) DHCP
7 6 (1.30%) DNS
8 4 (0.87%) SSL
8 4 (0.87%) WLAN
9 2 (0.43%) NAS
9 2 (0.43%) SAN
9 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.43%) VLAN
9 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.22%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.94%) Power BI
2 26 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 17 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.25%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.74%) Data Hub
8 6 (1.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.43%) Big Data
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.43%) Tableau
11 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.22%) Metadata
11 1 (0.22%) Power Query
11 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.22%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 114 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.34%) Finance
3 49 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.68%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.64%) Law
6 22 (4.77%) Retail
7 19 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.04%) Marketing
8 14 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.74%) Banking
10 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.43%) Electronics
11 2 (0.43%) Games
11 2 (0.43%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.43%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.22%) Legal
12 1 (0.22%) Local Government
12 1 (0.22%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.12%) EDI
2 15 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (3.25%) YAML
3 2 (0.43%) .NET
3 2 (0.43%) SAP ALE
3 2 (0.43%) Web Services
4 1 (0.22%) ADO
4 1 (0.22%) Middleware
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (5.21%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.39%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.74%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.87%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.65%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.43%) FMCG
9 2 (0.43%) IoT
9 2 (0.43%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
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
10 1 (0.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (8.46%) Windows
2 21 (4.56%) Linux
3 15 (3.25%) Data ONTAP
4 6 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.08%) Unix
6 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) Android
8 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (9.98%) Customer Service
3 44 (9.54%) Agile
4 40 (8.68%) Actionable Insight
5 36 (7.81%) Project Management
5 36 (7.81%) Roadmaps
6 33 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (7.16%) Migration
7 31 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence
8 30 (6.51%) DevOps
9 28 (6.07%) ERP
10 27 (5.86%) CRM
11 26 (5.64%) Analytics
11 26 (5.64%) Decision-Making
12 24 (5.21%) Presales
13 23 (4.99%) Information Security
13 23 (4.99%) Service Delivery
14 20 (4.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (4.34%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.63%) SQL
2 25 (5.42%) Python
3 10 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.95%) Bash
5 3 (0.65%) Java
6 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 55 (11.93%) Degree
2 18 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.17%) AWS Certification
3 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (1.30%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (0.87%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.65%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.43%) CISSP
7 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.43%) GCFA
7 2 (0.43%) GCIH
8 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.22%) CCNA
8 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.22%) GCFE
8 1 (0.22%) GREM
8 1 (0.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (2.17%) GDPR
5 9 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.95%) NIST
6 7 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.30%) QA
8 5 (1.08%) COBIT
9 4 (0.87%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) NCSC
11 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.22%) PMO
12 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.25%) Docker
4 7 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (5.42%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.69%) vCenter Server
3 15 (3.25%) Ansible
3 15 (3.25%) Prometheus
4 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.43%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 147 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.29%) SAP
3 27 (5.86%) Oracle
4 24 (5.21%) VMware
5 21 (4.56%) Sage
6 17 (3.69%) NetApp
7 16 (3.47%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.25%) Red Hat
8 15 (3.25%) SolidFire
9 12 (2.60%) Apple
10 9 (1.95%) Adobe
11 6 (1.30%) Infor
12 5 (1.08%) IFS
12 5 (1.08%) Veeam
13 4 (0.87%) CODA
13 4 (0.87%) Sun
13 4 (0.87%) Xero
14 3 (0.65%) Ariba
14 3 (0.65%) Cisco
14 3 (0.65%) IBM