Consultant
UK

The median Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 65 96 77
Rank change year-on-year +31 -19 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 2,313 4,250 5,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.42% 3.48% 4.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.64% 3.64% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,666 2,713 3,353
10th Percentile £26,500 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £81,188 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,872 116,646 121,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 95.43% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 36,454 73,520 84,381
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant.

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +41 1,887 £65,000 - 1,573
UK excluding London +80 1,147 £52,500 -12.50% 841
Work from Home +23 948 £70,000 +7.69% 885
London +28 831 £72,500 +3.57% 720
Midlands +121 285 £50,000 -13.04% 131
North of England +89 230 £65,000 +13.04% 212
South East +39 226 £63,750 +6.25% 207
West Midlands +107 210 £50,000 -13.04% 107
Scotland +49 189 £25,000 -56.52% 58
North West +83 143 £65,000 +13.04% 118
South West +10 117 £70,000 +16.67% 143
Yorkshire +77 78 £53,750 -6.52% 68
East Midlands +70 61 £45,000 -18.18% 22
Wales +21 49 £45,000 - 29
East of England +10 47 £70,000 +27.27% 80
Northern Ireland +45 15 £50,000 - 5
North East +40 9 £56,500 -11.02% 26

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 December 2023, 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 featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 852 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 651 (28.15%) Finance
3 437 (18.89%) Security Cleared
4 380 (16.43%) Microsoft
5 325 (14.05%) Migration
6 306 (13.23%) SAP
7 298 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
8 291 (12.58%) Azure
9 277 (11.98%) Retail
10 276 (11.93%) Agile
11 271 (11.72%) SQL
12 267 (11.54%) Degree
13 262 (11.33%) Decision-Making
14 255 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 253 (10.94%) Oracle
16 252 (10.89%) SC Cleared
17 232 (10.03%) Telecoms
18 230 (9.94%) Customer Experience
19 215 (9.30%) Presales
20 214 (9.25%) Collaborative Working
21 209 (9.04%) Actionable Insight
22 201 (8.69%) Project Management
23 197 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
24 194 (8.39%) B2B
25 193 (8.34%) Local Government
26 185 (8.00%) B2C
26 185 (8.00%) Public Sector
27 182 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
28 178 (7.70%) BT
29 177 (7.65%) Broadband

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 72 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.52%) Apache Spark
3 11 (0.48%) IIS
4 10 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (0.30%) MS Exchange
5 7 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.30%) SAS
6 6 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 6 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.17%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.086%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.086%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.086%) JBoss
9 2 (0.086%) Moodle
9 2 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.086%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.043%) CMS
10 1 (0.043%) Liferay
10 1 (0.043%) WebLogic
Applications
1 49 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.086%) EViews
8 1 (0.043%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.043%) PrintSoft PReS
8 1 (0.043%) Trello
8 1 (0.043%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 172 (7.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 104 (4.50%) Hyperion Planning
3 61 (2.64%) NetSuite
4 49 (2.12%) SAP FI
5 47 (2.03%) SAP SCM
6 46 (1.99%) SAP CO
6 46 (1.99%) SAP FI/CO
7 43 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
8 38 (1.64%) SAP SD
9 37 (1.60%) SAP MM
10 28 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
11 23 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
12 21 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
13 18 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
14 17 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
14 17 (0.73%) SAP PP
15 16 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
16 14 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
16 14 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
17 13 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 291 (12.58%) Azure
2 173 (7.48%) Power Platform
3 162 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 157 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
5 97 (4.19%) AWS
6 79 (3.42%) SaaS
7 77 (3.33%) PowerApps
8 60 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 56 (2.42%) OCI
10 48 (2.08%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
11 42 (1.82%) IaaS
12 40 (1.73%) PaaS
13 36 (1.56%) GCP
14 33 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
15 22 (0.95%) OneDrive
16 21 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
17 18 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.56%) Collibra
19 12 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 177 (7.65%) Broadband
2 95 (4.11%) Firewall
3 59 (2.55%) VPN
4 54 (2.33%) Network Security
5 35 (1.51%) WAN
6 29 (1.25%) SD-WAN
7 28 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (1.21%) Wireless
8 27 (1.17%) SSL
9 24 (1.04%) LAN
10 23 (0.99%) TCP/IP
11 22 (0.95%) IPsec
12 18 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (0.56%) Modbus
15 12 (0.52%) DNS
16 10 (0.43%) Internet
16 10 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (5.14%) Power BI
2 69 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.12%) Metadata
5 23 (0.99%) Big Data
6 22 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (0.91%) SAP HANA
8 20 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
9 19 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
10 15 (0.65%) SAP BW
11 14 (0.61%) Data Hub
11 14 (0.61%) Tableau
12 11 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 9 (0.39%) GIS
13 9 (0.39%) MySQL
13 9 (0.39%) Power Query
14 8 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 7 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (0.43%) Git
1 10 (0.43%) GitLab
1 10 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (0.35%) Bitbucket
2 8 (0.35%) ERwin
3 7 (0.30%) JIRA
4 6 (0.26%) git-flow
4 6 (0.26%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.22%) Maven
6 4 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.17%) Subversion
7 3 (0.13%) Gradle
7 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.086%) LSMW
8 2 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.086%) Trac
9 1 (0.043%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.043%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.043%) RStudio
General
1 852 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 651 (28.15%) Finance
3 277 (11.98%) Retail
4 232 (10.03%) Telecoms
5 193 (8.34%) Local Government
6 185 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 182 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
8 167 (7.22%) Games
9 123 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
10 120 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 110 (4.76%) Marketing
12 109 (4.71%) Manufacturing
13 101 (4.37%) Law
14 85 (3.67%) Banking
15 36 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (1.34%) Legal
17 30 (1.30%) Automotive
18 25 (1.08%) Advertising
19 23 (0.99%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.11%) HTML
2 37 (1.60%) CSS
2 37 (1.60%) XML
3 35 (1.51%) Web Services
4 34 (1.47%) SOAP
5 27 (1.17%) AngularJS
5 27 (1.17%) LDAP
6 26 (1.12%) .NET
7 25 (1.08%) Ajax
8 18 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (0.78%) Middleware
9 16 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (0.69%) REST
9 16 (0.69%) Spring
10 14 (0.61%) SAPUI5
11 13 (0.56%) JSON
12 12 (0.52%) FHIR
12 12 (0.52%) Node.js
13 11 (0.48%) Express.js
13 11 (0.48%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 81 (3.50%) Onboarding
2 72 (3.11%) Data Centre
3 71 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 52 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 39 (1.69%) Operational Technology
8 36 (1.56%) Life Science
9 30 (1.30%) CMDB
10 29 (1.25%) IoT
11 28 (1.21%) Cyberattack
12 26 (1.12%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.04%) FMCG
13 24 (1.04%) Product Ownership
13 24 (1.04%) SCADA
14 21 (0.91%) Driving Licence
15 20 (0.86%) PKI
16 19 (0.82%) Cloud Native
16 19 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (4.80%) Windows
2 71 (3.07%) Windows Server
3 38 (1.64%) Linux
4 18 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 16 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.26%) Solaris
7 6 (0.26%) Unix
8 5 (0.22%) Android
8 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.13%) VMS
10 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.043%) AIX
12 1 (0.043%) CentOS
12 1 (0.043%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (14.05%) Migration
2 298 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
3 276 (11.93%) Agile
4 262 (11.33%) Decision-Making
5 255 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 230 (9.94%) Customer Experience
7 215 (9.30%) Presales
8 214 (9.25%) Collaborative Working
9 209 (9.04%) Actionable Insight
10 201 (8.69%) Project Management
11 197 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
12 194 (8.39%) B2B
13 185 (8.00%) B2C
14 174 (7.52%) Project Delivery
15 163 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
16 151 (6.53%) Analytics
17 141 (6.10%) Roadmaps
18 136 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
19 133 (5.75%) DevOps
19 133 (5.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 271 (11.72%) SQL
2 113 (4.89%) JavaScript
3 60 (2.59%) Java
4 59 (2.55%) Python
5 44 (1.90%) C#
6 20 (0.86%) PowerShell
7 18 (0.78%) ABAP
8 17 (0.73%) R
9 13 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.43%) PHP
11 9 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.39%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.35%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.30%) Bicep
13 7 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.17%) Bash
14 4 (0.17%) C
14 4 (0.17%) C++
14 4 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.13%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 437 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 267 (11.54%) Degree
3 252 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 92 (3.98%) CISSP
5 85 (3.67%) DV Cleared
6 73 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 60 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
8 55 (2.38%) CCNP
9 45 (1.95%) CISM
10 41 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 34 (1.47%) Azure Certification
12 34 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
13 32 (1.38%) CREST Certified
13 32 (1.38%) CRISC
13 32 (1.38%) Master's Degree
14 30 (1.30%) CCNA
15 22 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 16 (0.69%) CCIE
17 15 (0.65%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (3.59%) NIST
3 51 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.03%) GRC
5 44 (1.90%) NCSC
6 32 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.21%) QA
8 27 (1.17%) NIST 800
9 24 (1.04%) RMADS
10 22 (0.95%) SLA
11 19 (0.82%) IFRS
12 18 (0.78%) GDPR
12 18 (0.78%) JSP 440
13 17 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
13 17 (0.73%) PCI DSS
14 16 (0.69%) PMO
15 14 (0.61%) IFRS 17
16 13 (0.56%) HL7
16 13 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 9 (0.39%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (3.33%) Active Directory
2 49 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.12%) Docker
5 16 (0.69%) Firmware
6 8 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.086%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.086%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.086%) vSphere
11 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 44 (1.90%) Terraform
2 43 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 34 (1.47%) FortiGate
5 23 (0.99%) HP UCMDB
6 19 (0.82%) Ansible
7 10 (0.43%) Puppet
8 5 (0.22%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.17%) SCCM
9 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.086%) Nessus
11 2 (0.086%) vMotion
11 2 (0.086%) Wonderware InTouch
12 1 (0.043%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.043%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.043%) Consul
12 1 (0.043%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.043%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 380 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 306 (13.23%) SAP
3 253 (10.94%) Oracle
4 178 (7.70%) BT
5 119 (5.14%) ServiceNow
6 104 (4.50%) Hyperion
7 76 (3.29%) VMware
8 75 (3.24%) Cisco
9 73 (3.16%) Salesforce
10 62 (2.68%) Remedy
11 43 (1.86%) Juniper
12 42 (1.82%) Palo Alto
13 38 (1.64%) Informatica
14 30 (1.30%) Aruba
14 30 (1.30%) BMC
14 30 (1.30%) Google
14 30 (1.30%) Workday
15 29 (1.25%) CheckPoint
15 29 (1.25%) HP
16 27 (1.17%) IBM