Consultant Jobs in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant salary in the South East is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 77 134
Rank change year-on-year -63 +57 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 206 538 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.02% 3.12% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 3.30% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 124 443 223
10th Percentile £30,375 £30,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £67,925
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -26.39% +13.21%
75th Percentile £64,063 £65,000 £73,963
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £67,925
% change year-on-year +5.93% -13.14% +4.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 9,120 16,283 11,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 94.28% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,059 11,498 7,509
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,102 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the South East.

Salary trend for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the South East

Consultant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Hampshire +19 80 £60,000 +20.00% 47
Thames Valley -77 61 £53,500 +7.00% 110
Berkshire -56 37 £57,500 +15.00% 67
Surrey +9 25 £45,000 -10.00% 32
West Sussex +43 21 £53,500 +7.00% 11
Buckinghamshire +1 17 £39,000 -32.17% 21
Kent +7 11 £60,000 +31.87% 13
Oxfordshire +1 7 £53,500 +7.00% 27
East Sussex +3 4 £53,500 -23.57% 9
Home Counties - 1 £50,000 -
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 South East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 58 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.67%) Oracle
3 43 (20.87%) Presales
4 41 (19.90%) OCI
5 35 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (16.02%) IBM
7 31 (15.05%) Oracle SCM
8 30 (14.56%) Service Delivery
9 28 (13.59%) Microsoft
10 27 (13.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 26 (12.62%) Time Management
12 25 (12.14%) Driving Licence
12 25 (12.14%) ERP
13 23 (11.17%) Sun
13 23 (11.17%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (11.17%) Internal Audit
14 20 (9.71%) Migration
15 19 (9.22%) Data Migration
16 17 (8.25%) Finance
17 16 (7.77%) SQL
17 16 (7.77%) Azure
17 16 (7.77%) Public Sector
18 15 (7.28%) Legacy Systems
18 15 (7.28%) Oracle Fusion
18 15 (7.28%) Data Cleansing
18 15 (7.28%) Data Extraction
18 15 (7.28%) Data Mapping
18 15 (7.28%) Security Cleared
18 15 (7.28%) Data Structures
18 15 (7.28%) Oracle ODI

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.97%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (15.05%) Oracle SCM
2 15 (7.28%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (2.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.46%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.97%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.97%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.49%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.49%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.49%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.49%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.49%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.90%) OCI
2 16 (7.77%) Azure
3 6 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.46%) AWS
6 2 (0.97%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.97%) Nutanix
6 2 (0.97%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.49%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.49%) IaaS
7 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.49%) SaaS
7 1 (0.49%) Serverless
7 1 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.46%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) LAN
2 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.28%) Oracle ODI
2 6 (2.91%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.49%) Power BI
3 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.49%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Metasploit
General
1 58 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.17%) Presentation Skills
3 17 (8.25%) Finance
4 16 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.40%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.91%) Legal
7 5 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.43%) Marketing
8 4 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.94%) Retail
9 3 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Billing
10 2 (0.97%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.49%) Automotive
11 1 (0.49%) Aviation
11 1 (0.49%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) Local Government
11 1 (0.49%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.49%) JSON
2 1 (0.49%) REST
2 1 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (12.14%) Driving Licence
3 15 (7.28%) Data Structures
3 15 (7.28%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.43%) Life Science
7 4 (1.94%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.46%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.49%) CESG
10 1 (0.49%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.49%) NHS
10 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.94%) Linux
2 2 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.87%) Presales
2 35 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (14.56%) Service Delivery
4 26 (12.62%) Time Management
5 25 (12.14%) ERP
6 23 (11.17%) Internal Audit
7 20 (9.71%) Migration
8 19 (9.22%) Data Migration
9 15 (7.28%) Data Cleansing
9 15 (7.28%) Data Extraction
9 15 (7.28%) Data Mapping
9 15 (7.28%) Data Security
9 15 (7.28%) ETL
9 15 (7.28%) Validation
10 12 (5.83%) CRM
11 10 (4.85%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (4.85%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (4.37%) Agile
12 9 (4.37%) Market Research
13 8 (3.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.77%) SQL
2 15 (7.28%) PL/SQL
3 4 (1.94%) X++
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (7.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.80%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.88%) Degree
4 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.94%) CISSP
7 3 (1.46%) CISM
8 2 (0.97%) CEH
8 2 (0.97%) MCP
8 2 (0.97%) MCSA
8 2 (0.97%) MCSE
9 1 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.49%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.49%) CISA
9 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.49%) GIAC
9 1 (0.49%) OSCP
9 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.94%) JSP 440
2 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.46%) GDPR
2 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.97%) NIST
3 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.49%) NCSC
4 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.97%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
1 2 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.49%) IAG
2 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.94%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Nessus
2 1 (0.49%) OpenVAS
2 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
2 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (27.67%) Oracle
2 33 (16.02%) IBM
3 28 (13.59%) Microsoft
4 23 (11.17%) Sun
5 8 (3.88%) SAP
6 5 (2.43%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.94%) BMC
7 4 (1.94%) Workday
8 2 (0.97%) Cisco
8 2 (0.97%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.97%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.97%) VMware
9 1 (0.49%) Adobe
9 1 (0.49%) Citrix
9 1 (0.49%) Cognos
9 1 (0.49%) Dell
9 1 (0.49%) Google
9 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.49%) Sophos