Consultant Jobs in Reading

Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Consultant salary in Reading is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 41 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 76 111 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.45% 6.86% 5.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.70% 7.33% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 50 68 62
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,500 £19,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £45,000 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +100.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £76,650 £77,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -21.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,514 1,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.63% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 810 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Reading

Consultant
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Reading

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Reading region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 35 (46.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
3 27 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (23.68%) Finance
5 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (19.74%) Public Sector
7 14 (18.42%) Customer Service
7 14 (18.42%) DBS Check
7 14 (18.42%) SQL
8 13 (17.11%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (17.11%) Project Management
9 12 (15.79%) Power Platform
9 12 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 12 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
9 12 (15.79%) Degree
10 10 (13.16%) Power BI
10 10 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (13.16%) GDPR
11 9 (11.84%) Data Centre
11 9 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (11.84%) ETL
11 9 (11.84%) SQL Server
12 8 (10.53%) SAP
12 8 (10.53%) ITIL
12 8 (10.53%) Azure
12 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
12 8 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (10.53%) Roadmaps
13 7 (9.21%) Machine Learning

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 5 (6.58%) Apache
1 5 (6.58%) IIS
2 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.95%) SAP HCM
2 3 (3.95%) SAP HR
3 2 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.32%) SAP Business One
4 1 (1.32%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.32%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.32%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.32%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 9 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.53%) Azure
4 5 (6.58%) Amazon S3
5 3 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.95%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (2.63%) AWS
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.63%) SaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Serverless
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.32%) Azure WebJobs
7 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.32%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.89%) Firewall
2 5 (6.58%) DHCP
2 5 (6.58%) DNS
2 5 (6.58%) Internet
2 5 (6.58%) IPsec
2 5 (6.58%) SNMP
2 5 (6.58%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) Network Security
4 2 (2.63%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.32%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) Power BI
2 9 (11.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (9.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (7.89%) Oracle Database
4 6 (7.89%) Relational Database
5 5 (6.58%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (6.58%) MongoDB
6 4 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.63%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.68%) Finance
3 15 (19.74%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.26%) Retail
5 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.95%) Marketing
7 2 (2.63%) French Language
7 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.32%) German Language
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.58%) YAML
2 2 (2.63%) SPFx
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.32%) jQuery
3 1 (1.32%) React
3 1 (1.32%) Web Services
3 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (11.84%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.58%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.32%) PlayStation
5 1 (1.32%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.89%) Linux
1 6 (7.89%) Windows
2 5 (6.58%) Data ONTAP
3 2 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.42%) Customer Service
3 13 (17.11%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (17.11%) Project Management
4 12 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 12 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 10 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
6 9 (11.84%) ETL
7 8 (10.53%) ITIL
7 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 8 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 7 (9.21%) Machine Learning
8 7 (9.21%) Project Planning
9 6 (7.89%) Agile
9 6 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.58%) Impact Assessments
10 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (6.58%) Knowledge Transfer
10 5 (6.58%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.42%) SQL
2 5 (6.58%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.58%) PL/SQL
2 5 (6.58%) Python
2 5 (6.58%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.32%) C#
3 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) DBS Check
2 12 (15.79%) Degree
3 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.58%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.63%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) GDPR
2 4 (5.26%) COBIT
2 4 (5.26%) NIST
3 3 (3.95%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Active Directory
1 5 (6.58%) Docker
1 5 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.58%) Ansible
1 5 (6.58%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.58%) Prometheus
1 5 (6.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (46.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) SAP
3 6 (7.89%) Oracle
4 5 (6.58%) Adaptive Insights
4 5 (6.58%) Anaplan
4 5 (6.58%) Jedox
4 5 (6.58%) NetApp
4 5 (6.58%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.58%) Red Hat
4 5 (6.58%) SolidFire
4 5 (6.58%) Tagetik
4 5 (6.58%) VMware
5 1 (1.32%) Ab Initio
5 1 (1.32%) Informatica
5 1 (1.32%) Workday