Consultant Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 68 119
Rank change year-on-year -20 +51 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 84 142 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.15% 3.81% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 4.22% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 76 78 49
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,675 £38,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £55,625 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £76,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -18.18% -13.73% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,609 3,366 3,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 90.29% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,059 1,755 2,242
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +6.42% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,800 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Berkshire -30 54 £52,500 -10.64% 117
Buckinghamshire +2 21 £36,000 -10.00% 55
Oxfordshire +12 9 £50,000 +5.26% 31
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
2 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 18 (21.43%) Red Team
3 13 (15.48%) Azure
3 13 (15.48%) Mentoring
4 12 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (13.10%) Active Directory
5 11 (13.10%) Hyper-V
5 11 (13.10%) Windows
5 11 (13.10%) Windows Server
6 10 (11.90%) CRM
7 8 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.14%) Accessibility
8 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 6 (7.14%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.95%) B2B
9 5 (5.95%) Biotechnology
9 5 (5.95%) Customer Retention
9 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.57%) Asset Management
10 3 (3.57%) Data Analysis
11 2 (2.38%) Analytics
11 2 (2.38%) Broadband
11 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (2.38%) Data Modelling
11 2 (2.38%) DBS Check
11 2 (2.38%) Degree
11 2 (2.38%) DevOps
11 2 (2.38%) ERP

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (1.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.48%) Azure
2 12 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.38%) SaaS
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.19%) Figma
5 1 (1.19%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.19%) Balsamiq
General
1 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.38%) Marketing
3 18 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (17.86%) Billing
5 3 (3.57%) Finance
5 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Law
7 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) CSS
1 1 (1.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.62%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.19%) PMI
3 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.10%) Windows
1 11 (13.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
1 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
1 18 (21.43%) Red Team
2 13 (15.48%) Mentoring
3 10 (11.90%) CRM
4 8 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (5.95%) B2B
5 5 (5.95%) Biotechnology
5 5 (5.95%) Customer Retention
6 3 (3.57%) Asset Management
6 3 (3.57%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.38%) Analytics
7 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (2.38%) Data Modelling
7 2 (2.38%) DevOps
7 2 (2.38%) ERP
7 2 (2.38%) Project Delivery
7 2 (2.38%) Project Management
8 1 (1.19%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (1.19%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (1.19%) Bicep
2 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.38%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.38%) Degree
3 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (13.10%) Active Directory
1 11 (13.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.19%) Adobe
2 1 (1.19%) Databricks
2 1 (1.19%) Google
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle
2 1 (1.19%) Sage