Consultant Jobs in the South West

Consultant
England > South West

The median Consultant salary in the South West is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 112 188
Rank change year-on-year +57 +76 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 393 168 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.21% 2.50% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% 2.81% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 283 130 67
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,525 £27,800
25th Percentile £45,625 £51,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,500 £75,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,984 5,976 7,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 89.03% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 3,705 5,107
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,350 £77,700
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the South West

Consultant
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Bristol +46 226 £68,500 -2.14% 69
Gloucestershire +28 70 £52,500 -5.41% 18
Wiltshire +8 39 £60,000 -14.29% 22
Somerset +27 29 £50,000 +69.49% 5
Devon -6 15 £31,000 -40.95% 22
Dorset -23 9 £47,500 -5.00% 9
Cornwall -15 2 £18,000 -52.00%
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 West region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 141 (35.88%) Security Cleared
2 138 (35.11%) Social Skills
3 136 (34.61%) Cybersecurity
4 93 (23.66%) Microsoft
5 79 (20.10%) Finance
6 77 (19.59%) Risk Management
7 68 (17.30%) DV Cleared
8 66 (16.79%) Azure
9 62 (15.78%) SC Cleared
10 61 (15.52%) Information Assurance
11 58 (14.76%) Mentoring
12 57 (14.50%) Agile
13 56 (14.25%) NIST
14 46 (11.70%) Presales
15 44 (11.20%) Coaching
16 42 (10.69%) Security Operations
17 41 (10.43%) Power Platform
17 41 (10.43%) Information Security
18 40 (10.18%) Public Sector
19 38 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
19 38 (9.67%) CISSP
19 38 (9.67%) Retail
20 37 (9.41%) JSP 440
20 37 (9.41%) CESG Certified Professional
21 36 (9.16%) Roadmaps
21 36 (9.16%) CISM
22 35 (8.91%) AWS
22 35 (8.91%) Degree
23 34 (8.65%) Military
23 34 (8.65%) Python

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 33 (8.40%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.56%) IIS
4 6 (1.53%) Confluence
5 4 (1.02%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.25%) JOnAS
Applications
1 17 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 9 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Primavera
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.79%) Azure
2 41 (10.43%) Power Platform
3 35 (8.91%) AWS
4 34 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (5.85%) PaaS
6 22 (5.60%) OneDrive
7 21 (5.34%) IaaS
8 17 (4.33%) Power Automate
9 16 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (3.82%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.78%) SaaS
12 6 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.53%) GCP
13 5 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.02%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.76%) Nutanix
16 1 (0.25%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.63%) Network Security
2 17 (4.33%) Firewall
3 9 (2.29%) SAN
4 8 (2.04%) Wireless
5 7 (1.78%) VLAN
6 4 (1.02%) Internet
6 4 (1.02%) IPsec
6 4 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (1.02%) SNMP
6 4 (1.02%) VPN
7 2 (0.51%) DHCP
7 2 (0.51%) DNS
7 2 (0.51%) LAN
7 2 (0.51%) NAS
7 2 (0.51%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.51%) WAN
8 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.60%) Power BI
2 21 (5.34%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.53%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.02%) OLAP
7 4 (1.02%) OLAP Cube
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.76%) Power Query
9 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.25%) Big Data
10 1 (0.25%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.25%) GitLab
3 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 138 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.10%) Finance
3 40 (10.18%) Public Sector
4 38 (9.67%) Retail
5 34 (8.65%) Military
6 30 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.05%) Aerospace
7 12 (3.05%) Marketing
8 10 (2.54%) Aviation
8 10 (2.54%) Banking
9 8 (2.04%) Law
9 8 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.27%) Automotive
13 4 (1.02%) Legal
14 3 (0.76%) Brand Awareness
14 3 (0.76%) Games
14 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.31%) REST
2 10 (2.54%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (1.02%) YAML
4 3 (0.76%) JSON
4 3 (0.76%) SOAP
5 2 (0.51%) WCF
6 1 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (5.34%) Public Cloud
3 19 (4.83%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (4.58%) Cyber Defence
5 17 (4.33%) Cloud Native
5 17 (4.33%) Enterprise Cloud
6 14 (3.56%) CESG
6 14 (3.56%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.29%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.27%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.27%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.89%) Linux
2 28 (7.12%) Windows
3 19 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.58%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.02%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (34.61%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (19.59%) Risk Management
3 61 (15.52%) Information Assurance
4 58 (14.76%) Mentoring
5 57 (14.50%) Agile
6 46 (11.70%) Presales
7 44 (11.20%) Coaching
8 42 (10.69%) Security Operations
9 41 (10.43%) Information Security
10 38 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (9.16%) Roadmaps
12 32 (8.14%) Analytics
13 30 (7.63%) Incident Management
14 29 (7.38%) DevOps
14 29 (7.38%) SIEM
15 28 (7.12%) Business Development
15 28 (7.12%) Incident Response
16 27 (6.87%) Project Delivery
17 26 (6.62%) Migration
18 23 (5.85%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.65%) Python
2 28 (7.12%) SQL
3 14 (3.56%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.76%) VBA
6 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.25%) Bash
7 1 (0.25%) C#
7 1 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 141 (35.88%) Security Cleared
2 68 (17.30%) DV Cleared
3 62 (15.78%) SC Cleared
4 38 (9.67%) CISSP
5 37 (9.41%) CESG Certified Professional
6 36 (9.16%) CISM
7 35 (8.91%) Degree
8 33 (8.40%) CRISC
9 16 (4.07%) CISMP
10 12 (3.05%) IISP
11 9 (2.29%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.04%) CHECK Team Member
12 8 (2.04%) DBS Check
12 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.04%) OSCP
13 6 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.27%) PCI QSA
15 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.02%) MCP
15 4 (1.02%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (14.25%) NIST
2 37 (9.41%) JSP 440
3 30 (7.63%) NIST 800
4 15 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (3.56%) RMADS
6 13 (3.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (3.05%) GRC
8 8 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.53%) GDPR
10 5 (1.27%) NCSC
10 5 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.25%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.25%) ECSS
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 26 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.05%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.80%) vSphere
5 5 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.02%) Docker
7 1 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 25 (6.36%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (5.34%) Ansible
4 17 (4.33%) Puppet
4 17 (4.33%) Terraform
5 4 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.02%) SCCM
5 4 (1.02%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 93 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.83%) VMware
3 10 (2.54%) SolarWinds
3 10 (2.54%) Tanium
3 10 (2.54%) Tripwire
4 6 (1.53%) BiZZdesign
4 6 (1.53%) Oracle
4 6 (1.53%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.27%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.27%) SAP
6 4 (1.02%) Aruba
6 4 (1.02%) Cognos
6 4 (1.02%) IBM
6 4 (1.02%) NetApp
6 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.02%) SolidFire
7 3 (0.76%) Databricks
8 2 (0.51%) Supermicro
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco
9 1 (0.25%) Google