Consultant Jobs in Reading

Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Consultant salary in Reading is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 43 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 19 84 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.70% 4.91% 6.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.48% 5.18% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 13 50 69
10th Percentile £51,750 £25,500 £32,500
25th Percentile - £31,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% +116.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £70,250 £76,100
Berkshire median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £67,925
% change year-on-year +6.82% -19.03% +35.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 424 1,621 1,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.65% 94.74% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 237 1,024 794
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,813 £77,188
90th Percentile £94,250 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

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 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Reading region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) CRM
3 5 (26.32%) Salesforce
3 5 (26.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 4 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (21.05%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (21.05%) BMC
4 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (10.53%) Time Management
5 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
5 2 (10.53%) Presales
5 2 (10.53%) Power BI
5 2 (10.53%) Internal Audit
5 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
5 2 (10.53%) Sun
5 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.26%) Data Engineering
6 1 (5.26%) Oracle
6 1 (5.26%) CISSP
6 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.26%) SAP

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:

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (5.26%) SAP BPC
2 1 (5.26%) SAP GRC
2 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 4 (21.05%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
2 5 (26.32%) CRM
3 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
3 2 (10.53%) Internal Audit
3 2 (10.53%) Presales
3 2 (10.53%) Time Management
4 1 (5.26%) Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) Data Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
4 1 (5.26%) E-business
4 1 (5.26%) Market Research
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Security
4 1 (5.26%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (5.26%) CISSP
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Salesforce
2 4 (21.05%) BMC
3 2 (10.53%) Sun
4 1 (5.26%) Cognos
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) SAP