Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 134 162
Rank change year-on-year +48 +28 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 2,101 1,598 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.00% 2.60% 2.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 2.91% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,017 1,003
10th Percentile £27,500 £40,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £44,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +17.12% +0.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,441 54,823 67,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.23% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,080 31,110 43,010
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 28 April 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 28 April 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
South East +48 466 £50,000 -23.08% 157
North of England +22 462 £55,000 -18.52% 187
South West +55 383 £59,778 -8.03% 131
Midlands +57 381 £48,750 -22.00% 111
West Midlands +75 279 £50,000 -20.00% 86
North West +6 274 £57,500 -14.81% 126
East of England +28 171 £47,500 -24.00% 52
Yorkshire +36 131 £50,000 -28.57% 45
Scotland -42 130 £47,500 -32.14% 67
East Midlands +28 99 £37,500 -42.31% 25
Wales +45 81 £48,750 -30.36% 24
North East +44 57 £57,500 +4.55% 18
Northern Ireland +32 28 £30,000 -51.61% 18
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 719 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 571 (27.18%) Microsoft
3 475 (22.61%) Finance
4 421 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
5 293 (13.95%) Degree
6 288 (13.71%) Azure
7 287 (13.66%) Security Cleared
8 271 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
9 256 (12.18%) SQL
10 253 (12.04%) Power Platform
11 234 (11.14%) Agile
12 223 (10.61%) Project Management
13 209 (9.95%) Migration
14 205 (9.76%) Public Sector
15 204 (9.71%) Customer Service
16 200 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
17 190 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
18 188 (8.95%) Roadmaps
19 176 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
20 173 (8.23%) Presales
20 173 (8.23%) Power BI
21 168 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
21 168 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
22 166 (7.90%) Retail
23 162 (7.71%) Actionable Insight
24 157 (7.47%) SQL Server
25 154 (7.33%) SAP
26 151 (7.19%) Mentoring
27 149 (7.09%) Windows
28 147 (7.00%) Risk Management

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
1 125 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 82 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.33%) Apache
4 24 (1.14%) IIS
5 11 (0.52%) Confluence
6 2 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.095%) nginx
6 2 (0.095%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.095%) Papyrus
7 1 (0.048%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.048%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.048%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.048%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.048%) SAS
7 1 (0.048%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.095%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.095%) InDesign
6 2 (0.095%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.048%) InVision
7 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 105 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 29 (1.38%) NetSuite
4 27 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 21 (1.00%) SAP MM
6 18 (0.86%) Sage 200
7 17 (0.81%) SAP Business One
7 17 (0.81%) SAP FI
8 15 (0.71%) Endur
8 15 (0.71%) SAP CO
8 15 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
9 14 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
10 12 (0.57%) SAP SD
11 11 (0.52%) SAP PP
12 10 (0.48%) SAP HCM
12 10 (0.48%) SAP WM
13 9 (0.43%) Sage X3
14 8 (0.38%) SAP SCM
15 7 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
15 7 (0.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 288 (13.71%) Azure
2 253 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 190 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
4 168 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 125 (5.95%) AWS
6 71 (3.38%) SaaS
7 69 (3.28%) Power Automate
8 61 (2.90%) Amazon S3
9 50 (2.38%) Entra ID
10 46 (2.19%) PowerApps
11 33 (1.57%) IaaS
12 32 (1.52%) PaaS
13 28 (1.33%) OneDrive
14 24 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (1.09%) GCP
16 22 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
18 12 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
19 11 (0.52%) OCI
20 10 (0.48%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 108 (5.14%) Firewall
2 61 (2.90%) VPN
3 52 (2.48%) Internet
4 51 (2.43%) IPsec
4 51 (2.43%) SNMP
5 39 (1.86%) Network Security
6 37 (1.76%) WAN
7 36 (1.71%) LAN
8 33 (1.57%) DNS
9 32 (1.52%) DHCP
10 31 (1.48%) TCP/IP
11 26 (1.24%) Unified Communications
12 20 (0.95%) Wireless
13 13 (0.62%) SAN
13 13 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (0.48%) VLAN
16 5 (0.24%) HTTP
16 5 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (8.23%) Power BI
2 157 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 103 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 52 (2.48%) MongoDB
6 50 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
7 31 (1.48%) Data Lake
8 21 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 17 (0.81%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (0.76%) Tableau
11 15 (0.71%) Data Hub
11 15 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.52%) Big Data
12 11 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (0.48%) Power Query
14 9 (0.43%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
15 8 (0.38%) SAP BW
16 7 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 26 (1.24%) JIRA
2 10 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.43%) Git
3 9 (0.43%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.19%) Hudson
5 3 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.095%) LSMW
7 1 (0.048%) GitLab
7 1 (0.048%) JMeter
7 1 (0.048%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.048%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.048%) Selenium
7 1 (0.048%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.048%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 719 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 475 (22.61%) Finance
3 205 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 200 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 166 (7.90%) Retail
6 126 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 92 (4.38%) Law
8 86 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
9 79 (3.76%) Manufacturing
10 73 (3.47%) Marketing
11 64 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.28%) Telecoms
13 41 (1.95%) Military
14 36 (1.71%) Banking
15 31 (1.48%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.33%) Automotive
17 12 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.57%) General Ledger
18 11 (0.52%) Back Office
19 10 (0.48%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
1 49 (2.33%) YAML
2 27 (1.29%) HTML
3 22 (1.05%) REST
4 21 (1.00%) EDI
5 14 (0.67%) XML
6 11 (0.52%) Node.js
7 10 (0.48%) CSS
7 10 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (0.48%) SOAP
8 9 (0.43%) JSON
9 6 (0.29%) .NET
9 6 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (0.29%) Web Services
10 5 (0.24%) IDoc
11 4 (0.19%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.19%) SAP ALE
11 4 (0.19%) SAP Smart Forms
12 3 (0.14%) BAPI
12 3 (0.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 176 (8.38%) Self-Motivation
2 134 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 90 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 68 (3.24%) Driving Licence
5 47 (2.24%) Public Cloud
6 38 (1.81%) IoT
7 35 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 28 (1.33%) Low-Code
9 24 (1.14%) Operational Technology
10 21 (1.00%) Client/Server
11 20 (0.95%) Blog
12 19 (0.90%) Cloud Native
12 19 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
12 19 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
13 18 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (0.86%) Raspberry Pi
14 16 (0.76%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.71%) CESG
16 13 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 149 (7.09%) Windows
2 135 (6.43%) Linux
3 53 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.33%) Data ONTAP
5 26 (1.24%) Android
6 24 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.14%) Unix
7 22 (1.05%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.38%) AIX
8 8 (0.38%) Solaris
9 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.095%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.095%) VMS
10 2 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.048%) Debian
11 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
2 271 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 234 (11.14%) Agile
4 223 (10.61%) Project Management
5 209 (9.95%) Migration
6 204 (9.71%) Customer Service
7 188 (8.95%) Roadmaps
8 173 (8.23%) Presales
9 168 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
10 162 (7.71%) Actionable Insight
11 151 (7.19%) Mentoring
12 147 (7.00%) Risk Management
13 145 (6.90%) ERP
14 132 (6.28%) CRM
15 130 (6.19%) Analytics
16 127 (6.04%) Artificial Intelligence
17 123 (5.85%) DevOps
18 119 (5.66%) Project Delivery
19 109 (5.19%) ETL
20 106 (5.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 256 (12.18%) SQL
2 125 (5.95%) Python
3 49 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 36 (1.71%) Java
5 32 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 23 (1.09%) C#
7 20 (0.95%) C
8 19 (0.90%) Bash
9 12 (0.57%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.57%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.48%) C++
10 10 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.33%) Go
11 7 (0.33%) Ruby
12 6 (0.29%) R
13 5 (0.24%) Bicep
14 4 (0.19%) SAPscript
15 3 (0.14%) ABAP
16 2 (0.095%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 293 (13.95%) Degree
2 287 (13.66%) Security Cleared
3 140 (6.66%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 79 (3.76%) CISSP
6 66 (3.14%) CISM
7 53 (2.52%) CESG Certified Professional
7 53 (2.52%) CRISC
8 43 (2.05%) AWS Certification
9 36 (1.71%) DBS Check
10 34 (1.62%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.09%) CISMP
13 17 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (0.76%) Master's Degree
15 15 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 14 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (0.67%) CCNA
16 14 (0.67%) CEH
17 13 (0.62%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (4.76%) NIST
2 67 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.19%) JSP 440
4 37 (1.76%) GDPR
4 37 (1.76%) NCSC
5 36 (1.71%) NIST 800
6 29 (1.38%) GRC
7 28 (1.33%) RMADS
8 27 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 16 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.76%) QA
11 15 (0.71%) PMO
12 13 (0.62%) GMP
12 13 (0.62%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 10 (0.48%) COBIT
15 9 (0.43%) Data Quality
16 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.29%) ITGC
System Software
1 96 (4.57%) Active Directory
2 87 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (2.33%) Docker
4 31 (1.48%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.81%) vSphere
6 10 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.43%) Firmware
8 6 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) KVM
Systems Management
1 90 (4.28%) Kubernetes
2 74 (3.52%) Ansible
3 57 (2.71%) vCenter Server
4 52 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.09%) Terraform
7 17 (0.81%) Puppet
8 6 (0.29%) SCCM
8 6 (0.29%) VxRail
9 4 (0.19%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.095%) Aspera SmartTrack
10 2 (0.095%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.095%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.095%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.095%) Nagios
10 2 (0.095%) Netcool
10 2 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.048%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 571 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 154 (7.33%) SAP
3 113 (5.38%) Oracle
4 104 (4.95%) VMware
5 65 (3.09%) Palo Alto
6 59 (2.81%) Red Hat
7 57 (2.71%) Sage
8 51 (2.43%) NetApp
9 49 (2.33%) SolidFire
10 37 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 29 (1.38%) Apple
11 29 (1.38%) Cisco
12 26 (1.24%) Adobe
13 13 (0.62%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.62%) McAfee
13 13 (0.62%) SolarWinds
14 12 (0.57%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.57%) Infor
15 11 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
15 11 (0.52%) OpenLink