Consultant Jobs in Northern Ireland

Consultant
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Consultant salary in Northern Ireland is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 42 78
Rank change year-on-year +21 +36 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 15 34 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.77% 4.86% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.36% 5.08% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 15
10th Percentile £53,500 £22,000 £47,950
25th Percentile £62,500 £26,000 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £30,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -51.61% +37.78%
75th Percentile £79,375 £38,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £91,750 £75,500 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,925
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.67% +4.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 236 669 818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 95.71% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 59 324 442
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,416 £87,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Northern Ireland

Consultant
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Consultant in Northern Ireland

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Northern Ireland

Consultant
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 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
County Antrim +24 15 £70,000 +133.33% 27
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 16 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) ITSM
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Fintech
3 3 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 3 (20.00%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (13.33%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (13.33%) Linux
4 2 (13.33%) Hyperion
4 2 (13.33%) JD Edwards
4 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (13.33%) IPsec
4 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (13.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 2 (13.33%) IT Audit

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (13.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) OCI
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) IPsec
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Legal
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (13.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) ITSM
3 3 (20.00%) ERP
3 3 (20.00%) Fintech
3 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
3 3 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Retention
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) IT Audit
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Insight
5 1 (6.67%) Internal Audit
5 1 (6.67%) Presales
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Ansible
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Hyperion
3 2 (13.33%) JD Edwards
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) PeopleSoft