Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 101 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 -27 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 196 180 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.90% 2.92% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.07% 3.25% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 157 120 168
10th Percentile £29,800 £32,500 £20,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,625 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +19.27% -12.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,394 5,535 6,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 89.87% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,570 3,225 4,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Consultant 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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
Berkshire +5 109 £55,000 -15.38% 31
Oxfordshire +46 46 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Buckinghamshire -4 41 £60,000 -7.69% 18
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 88 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 72 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 45 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
5 39 (19.90%) Finance
6 36 (18.37%) Degree
7 33 (16.84%) CRM
8 32 (16.33%) Power Platform
9 30 (15.31%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (13.78%) DevOps
11 25 (12.76%) Law
11 25 (12.76%) Agile
11 25 (12.76%) Dynamics CRM
12 24 (12.24%) Project Management
13 23 (11.73%) Power Automate
14 22 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
14 22 (11.22%) SQL
14 22 (11.22%) Azure
15 21 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
15 21 (10.71%) SharePoint
15 21 (10.71%) Public Sector
16 20 (10.20%) Customer Service
16 20 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
17 19 (9.69%) Data Modelling
17 19 (9.69%) SAP
18 18 (9.18%) Migration
18 18 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
18 18 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
18 18 (9.18%) Data Centre
18 18 (9.18%) Ticket Management

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 21 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.55%) Apache
2 5 (2.55%) IIS
2 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.10%) MS Visio
3 9 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (12.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.59%) SAP HCM
3 8 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.04%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.53%) Sage 200
5 3 (1.53%) SAP CO
5 3 (1.53%) SAP FI
5 3 (1.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.53%) SAP HR
6 2 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (1.02%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.51%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 32 (16.33%) Power Platform
3 23 (11.73%) Power Automate
4 22 (11.22%) Azure
5 20 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.59%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.57%) AWS
7 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.06%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.06%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.55%) SaaS
10 4 (2.04%) Alation
10 4 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.04%) Collibra
11 3 (1.53%) GitHub
11 3 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.02%) Datadog
12 2 (1.02%) Serverless
13 1 (0.51%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.10%) DNS
1 10 (5.10%) Firewall
2 9 (4.59%) DHCP
3 8 (4.08%) Unified Communications
4 7 (3.57%) SNMP
5 5 (2.55%) Internet
5 5 (2.55%) IPsec
5 5 (2.55%) VPN
6 4 (2.04%) Network Security
7 3 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.51%) BGP
9 1 (0.51%) FTP
9 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.65%) Power BI
2 14 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.06%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.06%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.55%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.04%) Metadata
8 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.51%) Big Data
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database 11g
10 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.90%) Finance
3 25 (12.76%) Law
4 22 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.14%) Retail
7 12 (6.12%) Marketing
8 10 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.02%) Advertising
10 2 (1.02%) French Language
10 2 (1.02%) Games
10 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) German Language
11 1 (0.51%) Legal
11 1 (0.51%) Military
11 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.55%) YAML
2 2 (1.02%) SPFx
3 1 (0.51%) .NET
3 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.51%) jQuery
3 1 (0.51%) React
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
3 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.31%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (9.18%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.10%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.08%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.06%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.53%) FMCG
8 2 (1.02%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.02%) Multi-touch
8 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.51%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.51%) PKI
9 1 (0.51%) PlayStation
9 1 (0.51%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.14%) Windows
2 8 (4.08%) Linux
3 5 (2.55%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (2.04%) Unix
5 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (16.84%) CRM
3 27 (13.78%) DevOps
4 25 (12.76%) Agile
5 24 (12.24%) Project Management
6 20 (10.20%) Customer Service
7 19 (9.69%) Data Modelling
8 18 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (9.18%) Migration
8 18 (9.18%) Ticket Management
9 17 (8.67%) Build Automation
9 17 (8.67%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (8.67%) Mentoring
9 17 (8.67%) Test Automation
10 16 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (8.16%) Requirements Gathering
10 16 (8.16%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.65%) Decision-Making
11 15 (7.65%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.22%) SQL
2 7 (3.57%) Python
3 5 (2.55%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.55%) PL/SQL
3 5 (2.55%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.51%) C#
4 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (18.37%) Degree
2 16 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.14%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.06%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.02%) CISM
7 2 (1.02%) CISSP
7 2 (1.02%) ISACA
7 2 (1.02%) MCP
7 2 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.51%) CCSK
8 1 (0.51%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.63%) NIST
2 10 (5.10%) GDPR
2 10 (5.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.08%) JSP 440
3 8 (4.08%) RMADS
4 7 (3.57%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.04%) COBIT
6 2 (1.02%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.51%) IASME
System Software
1 9 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.55%) Docker
2 5 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.55%) Ansible
2 5 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.55%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.55%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.02%) Nagios
3 2 (1.02%) Netcool
3 2 (1.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 88 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.69%) SAP
3 8 (4.08%) Adobe
3 8 (4.08%) Apple
4 6 (3.06%) Oracle
4 6 (3.06%) Sage
5 5 (2.55%) Adaptive Insights
5 5 (2.55%) Anaplan
5 5 (2.55%) Informatica
5 5 (2.55%) Jedox
5 5 (2.55%) NetApp
5 5 (2.55%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.55%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.55%) SolidFire
5 5 (2.55%) Tagetik
5 5 (2.55%) VMware
6 4 (2.04%) Talend
7 3 (1.53%) Splunk
8 2 (1.02%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.02%) New Relic