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 £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 669 503
Rank change year-on-year +92 -166 +297
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 9 79 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.11% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.12% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7 59 196
10th Percentile £47,400 £59,500 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £79,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +12.86% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 -
90th Percentile £88,000 £97,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £91,250 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.35% +21.43% -6.67%

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 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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 +47 5 £75,000 -16.67% 13
North West -15 2 £65,000 -27.78% 10
North East - 2 - - 1
South East +88 1 £37,000 -45.19% 12
Yorkshire +70 1 £100,000 - 2
Midlands +55 1 £75,000 - 6
West Midlands +48 1 £75,000 - 6
East of England +46 1 £75,000 - 5
Scotland - 1 £70,000 - 4
Lead Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Adobe
3 2 (22.22%) ArcGIS
3 2 (22.22%) ASTM
3 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (22.22%) Data Entry
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (22.22%) Office Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) QA
3 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 2 (22.22%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) ASTM
2 2 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (11.11%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
2 2 (22.22%) Data Entry
2 2 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (22.22%) Office Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ACCA
2 1 (11.11%) CIMA
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow