IT Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 667 695
Rank change year-on-year +149 +28 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 58 93 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 82 27
10th Percentile £22,750 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -3.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £51,963 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,500 £60,000 £73,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -18.10% -1.28%

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 35,491 67,312 53,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.80% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18,637 47,638 30,603
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +6.00%
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% -

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +89 14 £45,000 -12.20% 10
Midlands +73 14 £37,500 +6.38% 5
North of England +46 13 £70,000 +107.41% 11
West Midlands +53 12 £45,000 +47.54% 3
Yorkshire +71 8 £55,000 +37.50% 5
Scotland +120 5 £72,500 +20.83% 1
North West +9 5 £70,000 +124.00% 4
South West +113 4 £32,500 -4.41% 3
East of England +24 4 £25,000 -28.57% 1
Wales +40 2 £70,000 +86.67%
East Midlands +31 2 £23,500 -41.25% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £70,000 -
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.69%) ITIL
3 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
4 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
4 10 (17.24%) Management Information System
4 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
5 9 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
6 8 (13.79%) Architectural Design
6 8 (13.79%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (13.79%) Business Transformation
7 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
8 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (6.90%) SaaS
8 4 (6.90%) Azure
8 4 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
8 4 (6.90%) Incident Response
9 3 (5.17%) Customer Service
9 3 (5.17%) Presales
9 3 (5.17%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.17%) Business Development
9 3 (5.17%) Data Protection
9 3 (5.17%) LAN
9 3 (5.17%) WAN
9 3 (5.17%) Project Management

IT 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 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
2 4 (6.90%) SaaS
3 2 (3.45%) AWS
3 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.45%) IaaS
3 2 (3.45%) PaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) LAN
1 3 (5.17%) WAN
2 2 (3.45%) Firewall
2 2 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
General
1 11 (18.97%) Public Sector
2 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.17%) Law
5 2 (3.45%) Retail
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Finance
6 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.45%) EPoS
3 2 (3.45%) Social Media
4 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.69%) ITIL
3 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (13.79%) Architectural Design
4 8 (13.79%) Business Transformation
4 8 (13.79%) Capacity Planning
4 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.90%) Incident Response
7 3 (5.17%) Business Development
7 3 (5.17%) Customer Service
7 3 (5.17%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.17%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.17%) Presales
7 3 (5.17%) Project Management
8 2 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (3.45%) Information Security
8 2 (3.45%) Programme Management
8 2 (3.45%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (3.45%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
1 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (3.45%) ISSAP
1 2 (3.45%) MCP
1 2 (3.45%) MCSA
1 2 (3.45%) MCSE
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
1 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) Veritas
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco
3 1 (1.72%) Citrix
3 1 (1.72%) Meraki
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle
3 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.72%) Sophos