Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 94 150
Rank change year-on-year +36 +56 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 2,409 1,690 1,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.69% 3.51% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.89% 3.92% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 1,061 1,119
10th Percentile £26,500 £42,500 £29,800
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK excluding London

Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North of England +23 667 £57,500 -17.86% 108
South East +46 455 £50,000 -26.39% 117
South West +87 415 £62,500 -3.85% 104
Midlands +10 406 £50,000 -20.00% 51
Yorkshire +51 319 £55,000 -15.38% 27
North West -5 298 £65,000 -7.14% 62
West Midlands +15 279 £55,000 -15.38% 44
Scotland -18 169 £47,500 -27.76% 23
East of England +3 161 £55,000 -12.00% 39
East Midlands +5 125 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Wales +47 73 £55,000 -21.43% 2
North East +30 50 £35,000 -39.13% 19
Northern Ireland +45 46 £50,000 -19.35% 21
Isle of Man - 19 - - 1
Channel Islands - 2 £60,000 - 1
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 614 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 565 (23.45%) Microsoft
3 525 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
4 447 (18.56%) Finance
5 363 (15.07%) Degree
6 274 (11.37%) Security Cleared
7 253 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
8 243 (10.09%) Azure
9 239 (9.92%) Marketing
10 220 (9.13%) Dynamics 365
11 218 (9.05%) Agile
12 216 (8.97%) Customer Service
13 196 (8.14%) Presales
14 185 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
15 183 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
16 175 (7.26%) Roadmaps
17 169 (7.02%) Power Platform
17 169 (7.02%) SQL
18 168 (6.97%) Project Management
19 158 (6.56%) ERP
20 148 (6.14%) Public Sector
21 145 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
21 145 (6.02%) Actionable Insight
22 136 (5.65%) SAP
23 130 (5.40%) Windows
23 130 (5.40%) SC Cleared
24 129 (5.35%) Retail
25 128 (5.31%) AWS
26 127 (5.27%) Oracle
27 126 (5.23%) CRM

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 81 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 59 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.03%) Apache
4 12 (0.50%) Confluence
5 4 (0.17%) IIS
6 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.042%) CMS
7 1 (0.042%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.042%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.042%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.042%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.042%) SAS
Applications
1 183 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.083%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.083%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.083%) Revit
8 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.042%) InDesign
8 1 (0.042%) InVision
8 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.042%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 99 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 30 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 27 (1.12%) Sage 200
5 23 (0.95%) SAP Business One
6 21 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
7 13 (0.54%) NetSuite
7 13 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
8 11 (0.46%) SAP PP
9 9 (0.37%) Endur
9 9 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
10 8 (0.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 8 (0.33%) Primavera
10 8 (0.33%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.33%) SAP MM
11 7 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
11 7 (0.29%) Sage X3
11 7 (0.29%) SAP MDG
11 7 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 243 (10.09%) Azure
2 220 (9.13%) Dynamics 365
3 169 (7.02%) Power Platform
4 145 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 128 (5.31%) AWS
6 70 (2.91%) SaaS
7 52 (2.16%) Amazon S3
7 52 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 42 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 37 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 31 (1.29%) IaaS
11 28 (1.16%) PaaS
12 27 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
13 22 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (0.91%) OCI
14 19 (0.79%) GCP
14 19 (0.79%) OneDrive
15 11 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
17 6 (0.25%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 122 (5.06%) Firewall
2 60 (2.49%) VPN
3 54 (2.24%) IPsec
4 50 (2.08%) Internet
5 49 (2.03%) Network Security
5 49 (2.03%) SNMP
6 37 (1.54%) WAN
7 29 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 28 (1.16%) LAN
9 23 (0.95%) DHCP
9 23 (0.95%) DNS
10 21 (0.87%) VLAN
11 18 (0.75%) Wireless
12 14 (0.58%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.50%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.37%) SAN
15 8 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
16 7 (0.29%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (3.32%) Power BI
2 49 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
2 49 (2.03%) MongoDB
3 47 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 46 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (1.87%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.75%) Power Query
8 13 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.54%) Tableau
9 8 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.25%) Metadata
11 6 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.21%) Big Data
12 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.17%) DB2
13 4 (0.17%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (1.45%) JIRA
2 16 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.54%) Robot Framework
4 12 (0.50%) PowerBuilder
5 11 (0.46%) Git
6 7 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.21%) Hudson
8 2 (0.083%) GitLab
9 1 (0.042%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.042%) JMeter
9 1 (0.042%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.042%) LSMW
9 1 (0.042%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 614 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 447 (18.56%) Finance
3 239 (9.92%) Marketing
4 185 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
5 148 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 129 (5.35%) Retail
7 98 (4.07%) French Language
8 95 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
9 72 (2.99%) Law
9 72 (2.99%) Manufacturing
10 71 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 58 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 31 (1.29%) German Language
14 25 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 23 (0.95%) Banking
16 19 (0.79%) Legal
16 19 (0.79%) Military
17 11 (0.46%) Advertising
18 10 (0.42%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
1 49 (2.03%) YAML
2 35 (1.45%) HTML
3 33 (1.37%) XML
4 25 (1.04%) .NET
5 21 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
6 19 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
7 18 (0.75%) EDI
8 14 (0.58%) Web Services
9 12 (0.50%) JSON
10 11 (0.46%) CSS
11 7 (0.29%) REST
11 7 (0.29%) SAP ALE
12 5 (0.21%) Node.js
13 4 (0.17%) AngularJS
13 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET
13 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET MVC
14 3 (0.12%) HTML5 Canvas
14 3 (0.12%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 3 (0.12%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 122 (5.06%) Data Centre
2 76 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 45 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 30 (1.25%) Public Cloud
6 27 (1.12%) Driving Licence
7 23 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (0.91%) Cloud Native
8 22 (0.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 21 (0.87%) Low-Code
9 21 (0.87%) Operational Technology
10 20 (0.83%) IoT
11 18 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
12 17 (0.71%) Data Structures
12 17 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
12 17 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.58%) FMCG
15 13 (0.54%) Product Ownership
16 12 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 130 (5.40%) Windows
2 119 (4.94%) Linux
3 49 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
4 36 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 23 (0.95%) Unix
6 14 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.29%) Android
8 6 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.21%) AIX
9 5 (0.21%) Solaris
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.083%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.083%) VMS
12 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.042%) Debian
13 1 (0.042%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.042%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
3 218 (9.05%) Agile
4 216 (8.97%) Customer Service
5 196 (8.14%) Presales
6 175 (7.26%) Roadmaps
7 168 (6.97%) Project Management
8 158 (6.56%) ERP
9 145 (6.02%) Actionable Insight
10 126 (5.23%) CRM
11 117 (4.86%) Risk Management
12 114 (4.73%) DevOps
13 112 (4.65%) Service Delivery
14 110 (4.57%) Strategic Roadmap
15 109 (4.52%) Mentoring
16 102 (4.23%) Data Architecture
17 100 (4.15%) Analytics
18 91 (3.78%) Migration
19 89 (3.69%) Coaching
20 88 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 169 (7.02%) SQL
2 126 (5.23%) Python
3 43 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 37 (1.54%) C#
5 25 (1.04%) Java
5 25 (1.04%) PL/SQL
6 22 (0.91%) Bash
6 22 (0.91%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (0.50%) VB.NET
9 8 (0.33%) C
10 7 (0.29%) ABAP
10 7 (0.29%) C++
10 7 (0.29%) Perl
11 6 (0.25%) R
12 5 (0.21%) Bicep
12 5 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.21%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.17%) VBA
14 2 (0.083%) Scala
Qualifications
1 363 (15.07%) Degree
2 274 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 130 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 82 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 74 (3.07%) CISSP
6 62 (2.57%) CISM
7 57 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 47 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 46 (1.91%) CESG Certified Professional
9 46 (1.91%) CRISC
9 46 (1.91%) DBS Check
10 38 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (0.75%) CEH
14 15 (0.62%) MCSE
15 13 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.46%) CCIE
16 11 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (3.20%) NIST
2 55 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (1.37%) GDPR
4 24 (1.00%) GRC
5 23 (0.95%) JSP 440
6 20 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (0.79%) NCSC
8 17 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 17 (0.71%) NIST 800
9 15 (0.62%) QA
10 12 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.50%) PMO
11 10 (0.42%) COBIT
11 10 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.33%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.21%) ITGC
14 5 (0.21%) RMADS
14 5 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 49 (2.03%) Docker
4 30 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.20%) vSphere
6 14 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.25%) Firmware
9 4 (0.17%) Lustre
9 4 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.042%) KVM
10 1 (0.042%) NFS
10 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 71 (2.95%) Ansible
3 55 (2.28%) vCenter Server
4 49 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 41 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (1.20%) Terraform
7 17 (0.71%) Puppet
8 6 (0.25%) VxRail
9 5 (0.21%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.083%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.083%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.083%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.042%) cPanel
11 1 (0.042%) Nmap
11 1 (0.042%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.042%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 565 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 136 (5.65%) SAP
3 127 (5.27%) Oracle
4 99 (4.11%) VMware
5 71 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 68 (2.82%) Palo Alto
7 55 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 55 (2.28%) Sage
8 51 (2.12%) NetApp
9 49 (2.03%) SolidFire
10 26 (1.08%) Cisco
11 23 (0.95%) SolarWinds
12 21 (0.87%) Fortinet
12 21 (0.87%) Tanium
12 21 (0.87%) Tripwire
13 18 (0.75%) Adobe
14 17 (0.71%) Apple
15 12 (0.50%) Epicor
16 11 (0.46%) BiZZdesign
16 11 (0.46%) Juniper