Consultant Jobs in the South West

Consultant
England > South West

The median Consultant salary in the South West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 123 146
Rank change year-on-year +81 +23 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 291 111 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.22% 2.21% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 2.31% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 169 80 130
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £89,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £95,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,529 4,808 8,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 95.72% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,636 3,405 4,742
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,561
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £52,700 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +5.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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
Wiltshire +59 131 £67,500 -3.57% 11
Bristol +42 109 £53,750 -23.21% 20
Gloucestershire +16 25 £75,000 -4.76% 6
Dorset - 13 £50,000 - 3
Somerset -4 9 £72,500 +61.11% 3
Devon -2 3 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 68 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.34%) Presales
3 58 (19.93%) Degree
4 52 (17.87%) Microsoft
5 51 (17.53%) Azure
6 48 (16.49%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (14.78%) Finance
8 39 (13.40%) Public Sector
9 38 (13.06%) DV Cleared
10 37 (12.71%) NIST
11 35 (12.03%) Roadmaps
12 33 (11.34%) Systems Engineering
13 31 (10.65%) ITSM
14 28 (9.62%) Coaching
15 27 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (9.28%) VMware
16 26 (8.93%) Migration
16 26 (8.93%) Hyper-V
17 25 (8.59%) Firewall
17 25 (8.59%) TCP/IP
17 25 (8.59%) VLAN
17 25 (8.59%) Technology Roadmap
18 24 (8.25%) SC Cleared
19 21 (7.22%) Analytics
19 21 (7.22%) Social Skills
20 20 (6.87%) Data Analytics
20 20 (6.87%) AWS
20 20 (6.87%) Agile
20 20 (6.87%) Ontologies

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 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.69%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.69%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.53%) Azure
2 27 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (6.87%) AWS
4 11 (3.78%) IaaS
5 7 (2.41%) PaaS
6 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.03%) GCP
6 3 (1.03%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.03%) SaaS
7 2 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.69%) FinancialForce
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.59%) Firewall
1 25 (8.59%) TCP/IP
1 25 (8.59%) VLAN
2 18 (6.19%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.44%) Triplestore
2 3 (1.03%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.69%) Big Data
3 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.69%) Power BI
3 2 (0.69%) Power Query
4 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 43 (14.78%) Finance
2 39 (13.40%) Public Sector
3 21 (7.22%) Social Skills
4 12 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.12%) Retail
5 7 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.06%) Advertising
6 6 (2.06%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.72%) Marketing
7 5 (1.72%) Military
7 5 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.34%) Electronics
8 1 (0.34%) Law
8 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.34%) Series 60
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 14 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (2.41%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.41%) Enterprise Cloud
4 7 (2.41%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.03%) EPoS
7 3 (1.03%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.69%) Acoustics
8 2 (0.69%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.34%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.12%) Linux
2 5 (1.72%) Unix
3 2 (0.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (22.34%) Presales
3 48 (16.49%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (12.03%) Roadmaps
5 33 (11.34%) Systems Engineering
6 31 (10.65%) ITSM
7 28 (9.62%) Coaching
8 26 (8.93%) Migration
9 25 (8.59%) Technology Roadmap
10 21 (7.22%) Analytics
11 20 (6.87%) Agile
11 20 (6.87%) Data Analytics
11 20 (6.87%) Ontologies
12 18 (6.19%) Incident Management
12 18 (6.19%) SIEM
12 18 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (5.50%) Project Management
14 15 (5.15%) DevOps
14 15 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 15 (5.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.19%) Python
2 11 (3.78%) SQL
3 4 (1.37%) C++
3 4 (1.37%) Perl
3 4 (1.37%) VBA
4 3 (1.03%) C#
4 3 (1.03%) Java
5 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.69%) R
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 65 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 58 (19.93%) Degree
3 38 (13.06%) DV Cleared
4 24 (8.25%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (6.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (6.53%) CEH
6 19 (6.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 19 (6.53%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.34%) CCSAM
10 1 (0.34%) CCSAS
10 1 (0.34%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.34%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.34%) HP MASE
10 1 (0.34%) OSCP
10 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.71%) NIST
2 10 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.34%) PMO
3 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 26 (8.93%) Hyper-V
2 18 (6.19%) vSphere
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Lustre
4 4 (1.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.41%) Ansible
2 7 (2.41%) Puppet
2 7 (2.41%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.28%) VMware
3 18 (6.19%) SolarWinds
3 18 (6.19%) Tanium
3 18 (6.19%) Tripwire
4 8 (2.75%) SAP
5 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.69%) Conga
6 2 (0.69%) DocuSign
6 2 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.69%) Splunk
6 2 (0.69%) YouTube
7 1 (0.34%) Aruba
7 1 (0.34%) Citrix
7 1 (0.34%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.34%) Informatica
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle
7 1 (0.34%) webMethods