Lead Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £79,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 676 497 793
Rank change year-on-year -179 +296 -133
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 79 260 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.44% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.49% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 59 196 54
10th Percentile £57,500 - £46,250
25th Percentile £70,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 - £79,375
90th Percentile £97,250 £85,000 £87,125
UK median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -

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 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in the UK excluding London

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Lead Consultant in the UK excluding London

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in the UK excluding London

Lead 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 Lead Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 West -21 26 £91,500 +30.71% 4
North of England -50 20 £90,000 +28.57%
North West -52 19 £90,000 +28.57%
Midlands -8 15 £75,000 -11.76%
West Midlands +15 13 £75,000 -11.76%
South East -54 10 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Wales -3 7 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +40 1 - -
East of England -2 1 - - 1
East Midlands -16 1 £60,000 +14.29%
Lead Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 34 (43.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (27.85%) Analytics
2 22 (27.85%) Mentoring
2 22 (27.85%) Project Delivery
3 21 (26.58%) Finance
3 21 (26.58%) Agile
4 20 (25.32%) Power Platform
5 16 (20.25%) Power Automate
5 16 (20.25%) Presales
5 16 (20.25%) Coaching
5 16 (20.25%) Customer Engagement
6 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
6 13 (16.46%) User Experience
6 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (16.46%) Azure
6 13 (16.46%) Retail
6 13 (16.46%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (16.46%) Requirements Workshops
7 12 (15.19%) Task Automation
7 12 (15.19%) DevOps
7 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
7 12 (15.19%) REST
7 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (13.92%) Incident Management
8 11 (13.92%) NIST
9 10 (12.66%) Tanium
9 10 (12.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 10 (12.66%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (12.66%) Network Security
9 10 (12.66%) DV Cleared

Lead 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 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) SAS
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (11.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (3.80%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.53%) SAP BPC
4 2 (2.53%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.27%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.27%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.27%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.32%) Power Platform
2 16 (20.25%) Power Automate
3 13 (16.46%) Azure
3 13 (16.46%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.33%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.06%) SaaS
7 2 (2.53%) IaaS
7 2 (2.53%) PaaS
7 2 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.66%) Network Security
2 2 (2.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.59%) Power BI
3 4 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.53%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.27%) Big Data
5 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.27%) Metadata
5 1 (1.27%) SAS EBI
General
1 21 (26.58%) Finance
2 13 (16.46%) Retail
3 8 (10.13%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Automotive
6 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.27%) Law
7 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) REST
2 10 (12.66%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (3.80%) CSS
3 3 (3.80%) HTML
3 3 (3.80%) XML
4 1 (1.27%) Node.js
4 1 (1.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.06%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Analytics
1 22 (27.85%) Mentoring
1 22 (27.85%) Project Delivery
2 21 (26.58%) Agile
3 16 (20.25%) Coaching
3 16 (20.25%) Customer Engagement
3 16 (20.25%) Presales
4 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (16.46%) Requirements Workshops
4 13 (16.46%) User Experience
5 12 (15.19%) DevOps
5 12 (15.19%) Task Automation
5 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
6 11 (13.92%) Incident Management
7 10 (12.66%) Data Analytics
7 10 (12.66%) SIEM
7 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (11.39%) CRM
8 9 (11.39%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.80%) SQL
3 1 (1.27%) C#
3 1 (1.27%) Java
3 1 (1.27%) Python
3 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.66%) DV Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.80%) Degree
5 2 (2.53%) APMP
5 2 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.92%) NIST
2 7 (8.86%) QA
3 4 (5.06%) GMP
4 2 (2.53%) ITGC
5 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (12.66%) vSphere
2 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (43.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.66%) SolarWinds
2 10 (12.66%) Tanium
2 10 (12.66%) Tripwire
3 7 (8.86%) SAP
4 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.53%) Ariba
5 2 (2.53%) Concur
5 2 (2.53%) Veeam
5 2 (2.53%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce