Consultant Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 137 48
Rank change year-on-year +93 -89 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 243 63 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.22% 1.65% 4.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.46% 1.80% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 176 56 136
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +59.51% -18.50% -28.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £60,000 £78,125
South East median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,031 3,506 4,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 91.68% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,988 1,598 2,272
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.84% -0.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 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
Berkshire +86 169 £65,000 +52.94% 110
Buckinghamshire +24 44 £77,500 +106.67% 39
Oxfordshire -14 30 £62,500 +25.00% 28
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, 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.

1 100 (41.15%) Microsoft
2 52 (21.40%) Power Platform
3 37 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (12.35%) SAP
5 29 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (11.11%) Presales
7 26 (10.70%) SAP S/4HANA
8 25 (10.29%) AI
9 23 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (9.05%) Scenario Testing
11 20 (8.23%) Azure
11 20 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (8.23%) Mentoring
12 19 (7.82%) Coaching
12 19 (7.82%) Customer Service
12 19 (7.82%) Migration
13 18 (7.41%) Degree
13 18 (7.41%) Performance Improvement
14 17 (7.00%) Requirements Workshops
14 17 (7.00%) User Acceptance Testing
15 16 (6.58%) Accessibility
15 16 (6.58%) Process Improvement
16 14 (5.76%) Commercial Awareness
16 14 (5.76%) Computer Science
16 14 (5.76%) SharePoint
17 13 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
18 12 (4.94%) GAP Analysis
18 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
18 12 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (4.94%) Workshop Facilitation

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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (10.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.53%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (2.88%) SAP HCM
3 7 (2.88%) SAP Payroll
4 5 (2.06%) SAP MM
5 4 (1.65%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.65%) SAP PM
5 4 (1.65%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.65%) SAP WM
6 3 (1.23%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.82%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.82%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.82%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.41%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 52 (21.40%) Power Platform
2 37 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (8.23%) Azure
3 20 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Copilot
5 9 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
6 7 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (2.06%) AWS
7 5 (2.06%) SaaS
8 4 (1.65%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.41%) Boomi
10 1 (0.41%) GitHub
10 1 (0.41%) Intacct
10 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.88%) Firewall
2 5 (2.06%) LAN
2 5 (2.06%) Network Security
2 5 (2.06%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.06%) VPN
2 5 (2.06%) WAN
2 5 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.06%) Wireless
3 2 (0.82%) VLAN
4 1 (0.41%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.41%) SNMP
4 1 (0.41%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Terragrunt
2 1 (0.41%) PowerBuilder
General
1 30 (12.35%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (7.00%) Manufacturing
4 13 (5.35%) Retail
5 8 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.47%) Finance
7 6 (2.47%) Marketing
8 4 (1.65%) Legal
8 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.41%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.41%) Military
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) RESTful
2 2 (0.82%) .NET
2 2 (0.82%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.41%) Web Services
3 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.17%) Public Cloud
2 13 (5.35%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.06%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.06%) NHS
4 5 (2.06%) SystemC
5 4 (1.65%) Hackathon
6 3 (1.23%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.41%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.41%) AS400
8 1 (0.41%) CMDB
8 1 (0.41%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.41%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.41%) IVR
8 1 (0.41%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.41%) Smart Home
8 1 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (11.11%) Presales
3 25 (10.29%) AI
4 23 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (9.05%) Scenario Testing
6 20 (8.23%) Mentoring
7 19 (7.82%) Coaching
7 19 (7.82%) Customer Service
7 19 (7.82%) Migration
8 18 (7.41%) Performance Improvement
9 17 (7.00%) Requirements Workshops
9 17 (7.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 16 (6.58%) Process Improvement
11 14 (5.76%) Commercial Awareness
11 14 (5.76%) Computer Science
12 12 (4.94%) GAP Analysis
12 12 (4.94%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (4.94%) Workshop Facilitation
13 11 (4.53%) Business Process Mapping
13 11 (4.53%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.47%) PowerShell
1 6 (2.47%) SQL
2 5 (2.06%) ABAP
3 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.82%) C#
4 2 (0.82%) Python
5 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (7.41%) Degree
2 13 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.82%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) CISA
7 1 (0.41%) CISM
7 1 (0.41%) CISSP
7 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.58%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.41%) NCSC
3 1 (0.41%) NIST
3 1 (0.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) WMI
Vendors
1 100 (41.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.35%) SAP
3 7 (2.88%) Sage
4 6 (2.47%) Cisco
5 5 (2.06%) Aruba
5 5 (2.06%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.06%) Juniper
5 5 (2.06%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.82%) IBM
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle
8 1 (0.41%) BMC
8 1 (0.41%) HP
8 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.41%) UiPath
8 1 (0.41%) webMethods