Consultant Job Trends in South Wales

Consultant
Wales > South Wales

The median Consultant salary in South Wales is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 38 44
Rank change year-on-year -28 +6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 31 22 29
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.73% 3.55% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 4.07% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 27 15 19
10th Percentile £29,680 - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.75% -11.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £55,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 -
Wales median annual salary £63,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.68% -13.64% -21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,691 541 1,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 87.26% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 406 807
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £28,290
25th Percentile £39,229 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,447 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% +5.10% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £70,250
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.17%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in South Wales

Consultant
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in South Wales

Consultant
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in South Wales over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Cardiff -31 19 £55,500 -7.50% 13
Caerphilly - 5 £80,000 -
Newport - 3 £63,500 -
Bridgend -17 2 - -
Blaenau Gwent - 2 - -
Consultant
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) User Stories
3 9 (29.03%) Agile
3 9 (29.03%) Java
3 9 (29.03%) OO
3 9 (29.03%) Refactoring
3 9 (29.03%) Scala
3 9 (29.03%) TDD
4 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.13%) Presales
5 3 (9.68%) AI
5 3 (9.68%) VMware
5 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
6 2 (6.45%) Citrix
6 2 (6.45%) Commercial Awareness
6 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.45%) CRM
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.45%) DNS
6 2 (6.45%) High Availability
6 2 (6.45%) Line Management
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
6 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.45%) SLA
6 2 (6.45%) Task Automation
6 2 (6.45%) Windows

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) DNS
General
1 4 (12.90%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Marketing
3 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
1 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) User Stories
2 9 (29.03%) Agile
2 9 (29.03%) OO
2 9 (29.03%) Refactoring
2 9 (29.03%) TDD
3 5 (16.13%) Presales
4 3 (9.68%) AI
5 2 (6.45%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.45%) CRM
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.45%) High Availability
5 2 (6.45%) Line Management
5 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
5 2 (6.45%) Task Automation
6 1 (3.23%) AI Transformation
6 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.23%) Product Backlog
6 1 (3.23%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) Java
1 9 (29.03%) Scala
2 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) VMware
3 2 (6.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.23%) BMC
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Remedy