IT Consultant Jobs in the South East

IT Consultant
England > South East

The median IT Consultant salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 368 378
Rank change year-on-year +83 +10 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 14 25 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 22 14
10th Percentile £31,325 £45,240 -
25th Percentile £39,688 £50,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +50.74% -32.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £42,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £60,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -18.10% +5.45%

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 8,004 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.47% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,536 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in the South East

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in the South East

IT 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 IT Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +68 7 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Hampshire +53 5 £70,000 +33.33% 4
Berkshire +47 5 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Buckinghamshire +38 2 £45,000 +73.08%
Surrey +45 1 £42,500 -14.66%
West Sussex - 1 £35,000 -
IT Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Presales
4 2 (14.29%) Firewall
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (14.29%) MCP
4 2 (14.29%) MCSE
4 2 (14.29%) MCSA
4 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
5 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
5 1 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) LAN
5 1 (7.14%) WAN
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco

IT 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (21.43%) Presales
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
3 1 (7.14%) Business Continuity
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) CRM
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.14%) E-business
3 1 (7.14%) Market Research
3 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.14%) Migration
3 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.14%) Project Management
3 1 (7.14%) Statistics
3 1 (7.14%) Stress Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) MCP
1 2 (14.29%) MCSA
1 2 (14.29%) MCSE
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix
2 1 (7.14%) Meraki
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Sophos