Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 77 100
Rank change year-on-year -45 +23 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 54 221 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.59% 3.15% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 3.33% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 174 122
10th Percentile £36,625 £29,650 £42,725
25th Percentile £37,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £73,963
90th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £67,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% -25.37% +11.67%

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 2,895 6,641 5,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.17% 94.60% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 4,545 3,088
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 30 May 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 30 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
Berkshire -37 33 £60,000 +20.00% 583
Buckinghamshire +4 16 £39,000 -32.17% 292
Oxfordshire -8 5 £53,500 +7.00% 152
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
2 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
3 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
4 11 (20.37%) Time Management
5 9 (16.67%) Sun
5 9 (16.67%) Internal Audit
5 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (16.67%) Driving Licence
6 8 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 8 (14.81%) CRM
7 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 5 (9.26%) Salesforce
8 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (9.26%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (7.41%) Project Management
9 4 (7.41%) BMC
9 4 (7.41%) Business Development
10 3 (5.56%) Azure
10 3 (5.56%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (5.56%) Visual Studio
10 3 (5.56%) Unit Testing
10 3 (5.56%) Fintech
10 3 (5.56%) Presales
10 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune

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 3 (5.56%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.85%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.85%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.85%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.56%) Azure
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.70%) OneDrive
2 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (1.85%) Billing
5 1 (1.85%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) CESG
3 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
2 11 (20.37%) Time Management
3 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 8 (14.81%) CRM
5 4 (7.41%) Business Development
5 4 (7.41%) Project Management
6 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (5.56%) Fintech
6 3 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 3 (5.56%) Presales
6 3 (5.56%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.70%) Data Modelling
7 2 (3.70%) Project Delivery
7 2 (3.70%) Roadmaps
8 1 (1.85%) Business Strategy
8 1 (1.85%) Change Advisory Board
8 1 (1.85%) Customer Service
8 1 (1.85%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (1.85%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) MCP
2 2 (3.70%) MCSA
2 2 (3.70%) MCSE
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.85%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (1.85%) CISSP
3 1 (1.85%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.85%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) Sun
3 5 (9.26%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.41%) BMC
5 2 (3.70%) SAP
6 1 (1.85%) Cognos
6 1 (1.85%) Oracle