Consultant Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Consultant salary in Tyne and Wear is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 60 85
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 6 44 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.04% 2.93% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 3.02% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4 39 5
10th Percentile £46,000 £23,500 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £28,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £96,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £98,500 £75,000 £67,000
North East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 532 1,455 735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 97.00% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 345 1,207 446
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,920 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,772 £74,438
North East median annual salary £40,000 £46,457 £49,000
% change year-on-year -13.90% -5.19% +18.79%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Consultant in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +3 5 £95,000 +65.22% 29
Consultant
North East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
1 2 (33.33%) ArcGIS
1 2 (33.33%) ASTM
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (33.33%) Data Entry
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
1 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (33.33%) Office Automation
1 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (33.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) ASTM
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
1 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (33.33%) Data Collection
1 2 (33.33%) Data Entry
1 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
1 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) Office Automation
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CCIE
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft