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 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 105 81
Rank change year-on-year +22 -24 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 201 174 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.99% 2.92% 3.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 3.25% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 157 119 168
10th Percentile £29,800 £42,500 £20,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,625 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £79,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £67,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.37% +11.67% -

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 6,366 5,355 6,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.74% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,150 4,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,488
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,813 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +13 113 £55,000 -19.03% 31
Oxfordshire +51 48 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Buckinghamshire -6 40 £58,750 -9.62% 18
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 90 (44.78%) Microsoft
2 72 (35.82%) Social Skills
3 48 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (20.90%) Dynamics 365
5 41 (20.40%) Finance
6 36 (17.91%) Degree
7 32 (15.92%) CRM
7 32 (15.92%) Power Platform
8 30 (14.93%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (13.43%) DevOps
10 26 (12.94%) Dynamics CRM
11 25 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
12 24 (11.94%) Power Automate
12 24 (11.94%) Law
12 24 (11.94%) Agile
13 23 (11.44%) Azure
14 22 (10.95%) SQL
14 22 (10.95%) Project Management
14 22 (10.95%) Customer Service
15 21 (10.45%) Public Sector
15 21 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
16 20 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
16 20 (9.95%) SharePoint
16 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
17 19 (9.45%) Data Modelling
17 19 (9.45%) Roadmaps
18 18 (8.96%) Requirements Gathering
18 18 (8.96%) Data Centre
18 18 (8.96%) Ticket Management
18 18 (8.96%) SAP

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 20 (9.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.49%) Apache
2 5 (2.49%) IIS
3 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.98%) MS Visio
3 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (12.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.48%) SAP HCM
3 7 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.99%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.49%) Sage 200
5 3 (1.49%) SAP HR
5 3 (1.49%) Workday HCM
6 2 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (1.00%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.00%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (1.00%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.50%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.90%) Dynamics 365
2 32 (15.92%) Power Platform
3 24 (11.94%) Power Automate
4 23 (11.44%) Azure
5 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.48%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.98%) AWS
8 7 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.99%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.99%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.99%) SaaS
10 4 (1.99%) Alation
10 4 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.99%) Collibra
11 3 (1.49%) GitHub
11 3 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.00%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.00%) Datadog
12 2 (1.00%) Serverless
13 1 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.98%) DNS
1 10 (4.98%) Firewall
2 9 (4.48%) DHCP
3 8 (3.98%) Unified Communications
4 7 (3.48%) SNMP
5 5 (2.49%) Internet
5 5 (2.49%) IPsec
5 5 (2.49%) VPN
6 4 (1.99%) Network Security
7 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.50%) BGP
9 1 (0.50%) FTP
9 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.46%) Power BI
2 13 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.99%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.49%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.99%) Metadata
8 3 (1.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.49%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.50%) Big Data
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.00%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.40%) Finance
3 25 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.94%) Law
5 21 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.97%) Marketing
6 14 (6.97%) Retail
7 10 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.00%) Advertising
10 2 (1.00%) French Language
10 2 (1.00%) Games
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.50%) German Language
11 1 (0.50%) Military
11 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.49%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.49%) YAML
2 3 (1.49%) .NET
2 3 (1.49%) Web Services
2 3 (1.49%) XML
3 2 (1.00%) SPFx
4 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.50%) jQuery
4 1 (0.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.93%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (8.96%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.98%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.98%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.99%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.49%) FMCG
7 2 (1.00%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.00%) Multi-touch
7 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.00%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.50%) PKI
8 1 (0.50%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.97%) Windows
2 8 (3.98%) Linux
3 5 (2.49%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.99%) Unix
5 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (15.92%) CRM
3 27 (13.43%) DevOps
4 24 (11.94%) Agile
5 22 (10.95%) Customer Service
5 22 (10.95%) Project Management
6 21 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (9.45%) Data Modelling
7 19 (9.45%) Roadmaps
8 18 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.96%) Requirements Gathering
8 18 (8.96%) Ticket Management
9 17 (8.46%) Artificial Intelligence
9 17 (8.46%) Build Automation
9 17 (8.46%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (8.46%) Mentoring
9 17 (8.46%) Test Automation
10 16 (7.96%) Migration
11 15 (7.46%) Decision-Making
12 14 (6.97%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.95%) SQL
2 7 (3.48%) PL/SQL
2 7 (3.48%) Python
3 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.49%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.49%) C#
5 2 (1.00%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (17.91%) Degree
2 18 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.97%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.00%) CISM
9 2 (1.00%) CISSP
9 2 (1.00%) ISACA
9 2 (1.00%) MCP
9 2 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.50%) CCSK
10 1 (0.50%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.47%) NIST
2 10 (4.98%) GDPR
2 10 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.98%) JSP 440
3 8 (3.98%) RMADS
4 7 (3.48%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.99%) COBIT
6 2 (1.00%) SLA
7 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.50%) IASME
System Software
1 10 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.49%) Docker
2 5 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.49%) Ansible
2 5 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.49%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.49%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.00%) Nagios
3 2 (1.00%) Netcool
3 2 (1.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 90 (44.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.96%) SAP
3 8 (3.98%) Adobe
3 8 (3.98%) Apple
3 8 (3.98%) Oracle
4 6 (2.99%) Sage
5 5 (2.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 5 (2.49%) Anaplan
5 5 (2.49%) Informatica
5 5 (2.49%) Jedox
5 5 (2.49%) NetApp
5 5 (2.49%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.49%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.49%) SolidFire
5 5 (2.49%) Tagetik
5 5 (2.49%) VMware
6 4 (1.99%) Talend
7 3 (1.49%) Splunk
7 3 (1.49%) Workday
8 2 (1.00%) LogicMonitor