Consultant Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Consultant salary in Tyne and Wear is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 63 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 18 15 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.27% 2.20% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 2.28% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 13
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,938 £30,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -37.50% -12.73%
75th Percentile £49,063 £75,000 £67,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £82,500 £74,000
North East median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -37.50% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 755 657 513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.33% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 565 288 450
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £86,625 £77,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.23%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Consultant job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Consultant
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies 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 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +6 14 £42,500 +13.33% 11
Sunderland - 3 - - 1
Gateshead - 1 - - 2
Consultant
North East

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Lead Generation
2 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 6 (33.33%) Time Management
3 5 (27.78%) Azure
3 5 (27.78%) SaaS
4 4 (22.22%) Business Development
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 3 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) ERP
6 2 (11.11%) GCP
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
6 2 (11.11%) Presales
6 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) SLA
6 2 (11.11%) Software Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) Workday
6 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (5.56%) CRM

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) Retail
3 6 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Life Science
2 3 (16.67%) NHS
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Lead Generation
2 6 (33.33%) Time Management
3 4 (22.22%) Business Development
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (11.11%) Agile
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (11.11%) DevOps
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
5 2 (11.11%) Presales
5 2 (11.11%) Software Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (5.56%) CRM
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Workday
2 1 (5.56%) Sage