Consultant Job Trends in the South East

Consultant
England > South East

The median Consultant salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 108 69
Rank change year-on-year +55 -39 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 536 238 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.82% 2.65% 3.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 2.95% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 374 165 273
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,625 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 17,784 8,055 11,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 89.71% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12,599 4,423 6,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies 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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026. 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
Thames Valley +101 248 £65,000 +59.51% 184
Berkshire +86 173 £65,000 +52.94% 117
Surrey +33 107 £50,000 +78.57% 64
Hampshire -39 104 £58,750 +6.82% 99
Buckinghamshire +20 45 £65,000 +73.33% 40
West Sussex -16 37 £41,000 -23.36% 45
Oxfordshire -5 30 £62,500 +25.00% 30
East Sussex +8 18 £55,000 +2.80% 13
Kent -9 16 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Sussex - 4 £50,000 - 5
Home Counties -3 1 £85,000 +30.77%
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 148 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 79 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
3 71 (13.25%) Power Platform
4 66 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (11.38%) Azure
6 56 (10.45%) AI
6 56 (10.45%) Presales
7 55 (10.26%) Security Cleared
8 52 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (8.58%) Customer Service
10 45 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (7.46%) Mentoring
12 38 (7.09%) Decision-Making
12 38 (7.09%) SC Cleared
13 36 (6.72%) Project Delivery
14 35 (6.53%) Degree
14 35 (6.53%) SAP
15 34 (6.34%) SharePoint
16 33 (6.16%) Project Management
17 32 (5.97%) Agile
18 28 (5.22%) Firewall
18 28 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
18 28 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 27 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
20 26 (4.85%) Migration
21 25 (4.66%) Requirements Gathering
22 24 (4.48%) Collaborative Working
22 24 (4.48%) Commercial Awareness
23 23 (4.29%) Accessibility

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 34 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.37%) Lectora
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.05%) Dynamics AX
3 10 (1.87%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.31%) SAP HCM
4 7 (1.31%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (0.93%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.75%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.75%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.75%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.75%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.56%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.56%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.37%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.37%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.37%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 71 (13.25%) Power Platform
2 66 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (11.38%) Azure
4 27 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
6 14 (2.61%) Copilot Studio
7 11 (2.05%) OneDrive
8 10 (1.87%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.49%) AWS
10 7 (1.31%) Azure AI
10 7 (1.31%) SaaS
10 7 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.93%) Google Ads
11 5 (0.93%) Meta Ads
12 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.75%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.22%) Firewall
2 15 (2.80%) VPN
3 11 (2.05%) VLAN
4 9 (1.68%) DHCP
4 9 (1.68%) DNS
4 9 (1.68%) LAN
4 9 (1.68%) WAN
5 5 (0.93%) Network Security
5 5 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.93%) Wireless
6 2 (0.37%) SAN
6 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.19%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.19%) SNMP
7 1 (0.19%) SSH
7 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.99%) Power BI
2 5 (0.93%) Looker
3 4 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.56%) Tableau
5 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.19%) Metadata
6 1 (0.19%) MySQL
6 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.37%) JIRA
1 2 (0.37%) Terragrunt
1 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
2 1 (0.19%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
General
1 106 (19.78%) Social Skills
2 39 (7.28%) Finance
2 39 (7.28%) Public Sector
3 32 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
4 31 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.66%) Marketing
7 21 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.36%) Legal
9 15 (2.80%) Retail
10 14 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.05%) Local Government
11 11 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.87%) Police
13 7 (1.31%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.12%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.93%) Aviation
15 5 (0.93%) Billing
16 4 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.75%) RESTful
2 3 (0.56%) HTML
2 3 (0.56%) Terraform
2 3 (0.56%) XML
3 2 (0.37%) .NET
3 2 (0.37%) Django
3 2 (0.37%) Flask
3 2 (0.37%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.37%) REST
3 2 (0.37%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.37%) SOAP
3 2 (0.37%) Streamlit
3 2 (0.37%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.37%) XSLT
4 1 (0.19%) boto
4 1 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.19%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.54%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.80%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.80%) Public Cloud
3 13 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (1.87%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.49%) Life Science
6 6 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 5 (0.93%) NHS
7 5 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.93%) SystemC
8 4 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.75%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.75%) Hackathon
9 2 (0.37%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.37%) iSeries
9 2 (0.37%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.37%) PKI
9 2 (0.37%) Replication
10 1 (0.19%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.80%) Windows
2 14 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (10.45%) AI
2 56 (10.45%) Presales
3 52 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (8.58%) Customer Service
5 45 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (7.46%) Mentoring
7 38 (7.09%) Decision-Making
8 36 (6.72%) Project Delivery
9 33 (6.16%) Project Management
10 32 (5.97%) Agile
11 28 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (4.85%) Migration
13 25 (4.66%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (4.48%) Collaborative Working
14 24 (4.48%) Commercial Awareness
15 23 (4.29%) ERP
16 22 (4.10%) Scenario Testing
17 21 (3.92%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.36%) Python
2 16 (2.99%) SQL
3 8 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.12%) VBA
5 5 (0.93%) ABAP
5 5 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 38 (7.09%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.53%) Degree
4 13 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.43%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.87%) CISSP
6 8 (1.49%) CISM
7 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.93%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (0.93%) CRISC
8 5 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (0.75%) ACCA
9 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.75%) CIMA
9 4 (0.75%) CISMP
9 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.29%) Accessibility
2 15 (2.80%) GRC
3 13 (2.43%) NIST
3 13 (2.43%) QA
4 12 (2.24%) PMO
5 10 (1.87%) SLA
6 9 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 8 (1.49%) NCSC
8 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.37%) GDPR
9 2 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 20 (3.73%) Hyper-V
2 17 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.61%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) vCloud
5 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.19%) WMI
Vendors
1 148 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.53%) SAP
3 17 (3.17%) Palo Alto
3 17 (3.17%) VMware
4 15 (2.80%) Fortinet
5 13 (2.43%) N-able
5 13 (2.43%) Veeam
6 12 (2.24%) SonicWALL
7 11 (2.05%) HP
8 10 (1.87%) WatchGuard
9 8 (1.49%) Cisco
9 8 (1.49%) Oracle
9 8 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.31%) Google
10 7 (1.31%) Sage
11 6 (1.12%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.93%) Aruba
12 5 (0.93%) IBM
12 5 (0.93%) Juniper
12 5 (0.93%) Spotify