Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 85 135
Rank change year-on-year -91 +50 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 683 2,150 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 3.03% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 3.20% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 496 1,558 1,009
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -19.23% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £82,100
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,713
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.39% +4.17%

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 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 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
North of England -88 176 £58,750 +6.82% 367
South East -54 169 £53,500 +7.00% 514
Midlands -46 152 £57,500 +21.05% 212
North West -103 126 £52,500 -8.70% 242
West Midlands -34 110 £65,000 +30.00% 118
South West -57 74 £41,112 -31.48% 193
East of England -58 50 £66,215 +39.40% 112
East Midlands -22 42 £48,750 +30.00% 81
Yorkshire -8 40 £71,991 +43.98% 90
Scotland +18 32 £70,000 +47.37% 78
Northern Ireland +26 16 £70,000 +133.33% 31
Wales -21 11 £52,052 +9.58% 26
North East -4 10 £40,000 -30.43% 36
Channel Islands - 5 £80,000 -
Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 201 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 146 (21.38%) Finance
3 125 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
4 104 (15.23%) Microsoft
5 103 (15.08%) ERP
6 101 (14.79%) Migration
7 97 (14.20%) Oracle
8 81 (11.86%) Security Cleared
9 74 (10.83%) Project Management
10 70 (10.25%) Data Migration
11 69 (10.10%) CRM
12 68 (9.96%) Presales
13 66 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (9.37%) Degree
14 64 (9.37%) SQL
15 60 (8.78%) Collaborative Working
16 59 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
17 58 (8.49%) Law
18 51 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
19 47 (6.88%) NetSuite
19 47 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
20 46 (6.73%) Requirements Gathering
21 45 (6.59%) Public Sector
21 45 (6.59%) Power Platform
21 45 (6.59%) SAP
22 44 (6.44%) SC Cleared
22 44 (6.44%) Mentoring
23 42 (6.15%) OCI
23 42 (6.15%) Azure
23 42 (6.15%) IBM

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 14 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.17%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 47 (6.88%) NetSuite
2 26 (3.81%) Oracle SCM
3 19 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 18 (2.64%) Oracle EBS
5 17 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 11 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.88%) Sage 200
10 6 (0.88%) SAP HR
10 6 (0.88%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.73%) Magento
11 5 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.73%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.73%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.73%) Shopify
12 4 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 51 (7.47%) Dynamics 365
2 45 (6.59%) Power Platform
3 42 (6.15%) Azure
3 42 (6.15%) OCI
4 28 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.93%) SaaS
6 12 (1.76%) AWS
7 10 (1.46%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.46%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.17%) GCP
8 8 (1.17%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (0.88%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.73%) BigCommerce
10 5 (0.73%) dbt
11 4 (0.59%) Boomi
11 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.59%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.51%) LAN
2 18 (2.64%) Firewall
2 18 (2.64%) Wireless
3 16 (2.34%) Cisco Nexus
3 16 (2.34%) WAN
4 11 (1.61%) Network Security
5 9 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (1.02%) VPN
7 3 (0.44%) IPsec
7 3 (0.44%) SAN
8 2 (0.29%) BGP
9 1 (0.15%) 802.11
9 1 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.15%) DNS
9 1 (0.15%) DWDM
9 1 (0.15%) IGRP
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.93%) Power BI
2 16 (2.34%) Oracle ODI
3 11 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.88%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.73%) Looker
6 5 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.59%) DB2
7 4 (0.59%) MaxDB
7 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.29%) Big Data
8 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.29%) MS Access
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) Metadata
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.15%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) LSMW
3 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 201 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 146 (21.38%) Finance
3 59 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (8.49%) Law
5 47 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 36 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.54%) Legal
9 28 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (3.07%) Marketing
11 16 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.34%) Retail
12 8 (1.17%) Billing
12 8 (1.17%) General Ledger
13 7 (1.02%) Banking
14 6 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.73%) Local Government
16 4 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.44%) Czech Language
17 3 (0.44%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (1.76%) HTML
3 11 (1.61%) SOAP
4 10 (1.46%) Restlet
4 10 (1.46%) XML
5 4 (0.59%) SAP Basis
6 3 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.44%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.29%) EDI
7 2 (0.29%) ModSecurity
7 2 (0.29%) REST
7 2 (0.29%) Web Services
8 1 (0.15%) .NET
8 1 (0.15%) BAPI
8 1 (0.15%) CSS
8 1 (0.15%) EJB
8 1 (0.15%) JDBC
8 1 (0.15%) LDAP
8 1 (0.15%) SAML
8 1 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (4.54%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.64%) e-Learning
7 16 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.17%) NHS
10 7 (1.02%) EPoS
11 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.73%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.73%) Learning Management System
12 5 (0.73%) Social Media
13 4 (0.59%) Hackathon
13 4 (0.59%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.76%) Windows
2 5 (0.73%) Linux
2 5 (0.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.59%) AIX
3 4 (0.59%) Unix
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (15.08%) ERP
3 101 (14.79%) Migration
4 74 (10.83%) Project Management
5 70 (10.25%) Data Migration
6 69 (10.10%) CRM
7 68 (9.96%) Presales
8 66 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (8.78%) Collaborative Working
10 46 (6.73%) Requirements Gathering
11 44 (6.44%) Mentoring
12 41 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 41 (6.00%) Service Delivery
13 35 (5.12%) Agile
14 34 (4.98%) Business Development
14 34 (4.98%) Customer Service
14 34 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (4.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (4.69%) Time Management
17 31 (4.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (9.37%) SQL
2 24 (3.51%) JavaScript
3 17 (2.49%) PL/SQL
4 12 (1.76%) C#
4 12 (1.76%) Python
5 10 (1.46%) ABAP
6 9 (1.32%) Java
7 7 (1.02%) X++
8 4 (0.59%) C
9 2 (0.29%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.29%) Groovy
9 2 (0.29%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) Ada
10 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 64 (9.37%) Degree
3 44 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (3.37%) CCNP
6 17 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.34%) CCIE
8 13 (1.90%) CISSP
9 9 (1.32%) CISM
9 9 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.02%) CCSA
11 5 (0.73%) CCNA
11 5 (0.73%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.59%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.44%) HNC
13 3 (0.44%) HND
14 2 (0.29%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.05%) GDPR
2 12 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.61%) NIST
4 8 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.17%) QA
5 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.59%) PMO
8 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.44%) GRC
9 3 (0.44%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.44%) NCSC
10 2 (0.29%) P3O
10 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.15%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.15%) SLA
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Docker
4 1 (0.15%) IAG
4 1 (0.15%) NDS
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.44%) Automic
3 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.44%) Terraform
4 2 (0.29%) Ansible
4 2 (0.29%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.29%) SCCM
5 1 (0.15%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.15%) cPanel
5 1 (0.15%) Nessus
5 1 (0.15%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.15%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.15%) QRadar
5 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 97 (14.20%) Oracle
3 45 (6.59%) SAP
4 42 (6.15%) IBM
5 34 (4.98%) Cisco
6 25 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.93%) Sun
8 15 (2.20%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.90%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.76%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.61%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.46%) Sage
13 8 (1.17%) Juniper
13 8 (1.17%) PayPal
14 7 (1.02%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.88%) Google
15 6 (0.88%) Workday
16 5 (0.73%) Adobe
17 4 (0.59%) BMC
17 4 (0.59%) Dell