Consultant Jobs in the South West

Consultant
England > South West

The median Consultant salary in the South West is £41,112 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 53 118
Rank change year-on-year -57 +65 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 74 390 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.08% 4.22% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 4.38% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 68 281 135
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £29,438 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,112 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.48% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £97,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%

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 3,331 8,899 6,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 96.21% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,992 6,521 3,788
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
Bristol -23 51 £57,500 -16.06% 95
Gloucestershire +13 15 £30,000 -45.45% 43
Wiltshire +11 5 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Devon +9 2 £25,000 -19.35% 17
Somerset -17 1 £47,500 - 21
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 23 (31.08%) Finance
2 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
3 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
5 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
5 10 (13.51%) Degree
6 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
7 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
8 7 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (9.46%) Customer Service
8 7 (9.46%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (8.11%) Law
9 6 (8.11%) Migration
9 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (8.11%) Business Development
10 5 (6.76%) QA
10 5 (6.76%) Agile
10 5 (6.76%) Data Management
10 5 (6.76%) ERP
10 5 (6.76%) Project Management
10 5 (6.76%) Data Strategy
10 5 (6.76%) Order to Cash
10 5 (6.76%) Analytics
10 5 (6.76%) Requirements Workshops
11 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
11 4 (5.41%) Coaching
11 4 (5.41%) Data Governance
11 4 (5.41%) Presales

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 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.46%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (4.05%) Azure
2 3 (4.05%) Matillion
2 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.05%) Snowflake
3 2 (2.70%) AWS
3 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.35%) GCP
4 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (2.70%) LAN
1 2 (2.70%) Wireless
2 1 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.35%) Firewall
2 1 (1.35%) Network Security
2 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) Power BI
2 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.35%) MS Access
General
1 23 (31.08%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.11%) Law
5 4 (5.41%) Marketing
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Local Government
7 2 (2.70%) Military
7 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Retail
8 1 (1.35%) Advertising
8 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Automotive
8 1 (1.35%) Aviation
8 1 (1.35%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.35%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) .NET
1 1 (1.35%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.35%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
3 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (9.46%) Customer Service
4 7 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (8.11%) Business Development
5 6 (8.11%) Migration
6 5 (6.76%) Agile
6 5 (6.76%) Analytics
6 5 (6.76%) Data Management
6 5 (6.76%) Data Strategy
6 5 (6.76%) ERP
6 5 (6.76%) Order to Cash
6 5 (6.76%) Project Management
6 5 (6.76%) Requirements Workshops
7 4 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.41%) Coaching
7 4 (5.41%) Data Governance
7 4 (5.41%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) Ada
1 1 (1.35%) C
1 1 (1.35%) C#
1 1 (1.35%) SQL
1 1 (1.35%) VB.NET
1 1 (1.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.51%) Degree
2 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.05%) CCNP
5 2 (2.70%) CCIE
5 2 (2.70%) CISM
5 2 (2.70%) CISSP
5 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CCNA
6 1 (1.35%) CCSA
6 1 (1.35%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (1.35%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.35%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) GRC
3 1 (1.35%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.35%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.35%) QRadar
1 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) Cisco
3 2 (2.70%) Databricks
3 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.70%) Splunk
4 1 (1.35%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.35%) Cribl.io
4 1 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.35%) F5
4 1 (1.35%) Informatica
4 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.35%) Sophos
4 1 (1.35%) VMware