Senior Consultant Job Trends in the South West

Senior Consultant
England > South West

The median Senior Consultant salary in the South West is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 187 199
Rank change year-on-year +90 +12 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 87 5 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.73% 0.12% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 0.13% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 85 3 8
10th Percentile - £70,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £73,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +36.17% -12.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 - £73,125
England median annual salary £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +3.45% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 4,681 3,894 4,581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.61% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 2,108 3,542
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,908 £50,794
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% +2.19% +1.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,313 £67,393
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Senior Consultant job vacancy trend in the South West

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Consultant job vacancies in the South West

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant in the South West over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the South West

Senior 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 Senior Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Bristol +57 51 £45,000 -43.75% 7
Gloucestershire - 19 £67,500 - 1
Wiltshire +16 9 £75,000 -
Somerset - 7 £80,000 - 2
Cornwall - 1 - - 1
Senior Consultant
England

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior 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 West region featuring Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 35 (40.23%) Mentoring
2 32 (36.78%) Commercial Awareness
2 32 (36.78%) RIBA
3 28 (32.18%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (26.44%) Security Cleared
5 19 (21.84%) Risk Management
6 16 (18.39%) Active Listening
6 16 (18.39%) CESG Certified Professional
6 16 (18.39%) CISM
6 16 (18.39%) CISMP
6 16 (18.39%) CISSP
6 16 (18.39%) Creative Thinking
6 16 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 16 (18.39%) IIS
6 16 (18.39%) IISP
6 16 (18.39%) Information Assurance
6 16 (18.39%) Information Security
6 16 (18.39%) Information Security Management
6 16 (18.39%) Innovative Thinking
6 16 (18.39%) ISMS
6 16 (18.39%) JSP 440
6 16 (18.39%) Matrix Organization
6 16 (18.39%) NCSC
6 16 (18.39%) NIST
6 16 (18.39%) NIST 800
6 16 (18.39%) RMADS
6 16 (18.39%) Security Management
7 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
8 9 (10.34%) DV Cleared
9 7 (8.05%) Problem-Solving

Senior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (18.39%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.45%) AWS
2 3 (3.45%) Azure
2 3 (3.45%) Matillion
2 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Balsamiq
General
1 35 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (3.45%) Marketing
2 3 (3.45%) Military
3 2 (2.30%) Legal
3 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.15%) Billing
4 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 32 (36.78%) Acoustics
2 16 (18.39%) CESG
2 16 (18.39%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (40.23%) Mentoring
2 32 (36.78%) Commercial Awareness
3 28 (32.18%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (21.84%) Risk Management
5 16 (18.39%) Active Listening
5 16 (18.39%) Creative Thinking
5 16 (18.39%) Information Assurance
5 16 (18.39%) Information Security
5 16 (18.39%) Information Security Management
5 16 (18.39%) Innovative Thinking
5 16 (18.39%) ISMS
5 16 (18.39%) Matrix Organization
5 16 (18.39%) Security Management
6 7 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.90%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (5.75%) Thought Leadership
9 4 (4.60%) Business Development
9 4 (4.60%) Data Strategy
10 3 (3.45%) Integration Testing
10 3 (3.45%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.45%) Bash
1 3 (3.45%) C#
1 3 (3.45%) Go
1 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.45%) Python
1 3 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (36.78%) RIBA
2 23 (26.44%) Security Cleared
3 16 (18.39%) CESG Certified Professional
3 16 (18.39%) CISM
3 16 (18.39%) CISMP
3 16 (18.39%) CISSP
3 16 (18.39%) IISP
4 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
5 9 (10.34%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.45%) CITP
6 3 (3.45%) CREST Certified
6 3 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 16 (18.39%) JSP 440
1 16 (18.39%) NCSC
1 16 (18.39%) NIST
1 16 (18.39%) NIST 800
1 16 (18.39%) RMADS
2 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft