Consultant
UK

The median Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 90 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,496 3,714 4,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.55% 3.66% 3.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.75% 4.00% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,249 3,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,555 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +4.55%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 7 May 2024.

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 7 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
England +27 3,006 £60,000 -11.11% 1,471
UK excluding London +46 2,098 £50,000 -23.08% 844
Work from Home +18 1,460 £57,500 -17.86% 739
London +31 1,045 £70,000 - 632
South East +51 463 £50,000 -24.53% 199
North of England +24 459 £55,000 -21.43% 225
South West +60 383 £58,750 -9.62% 139
Midlands +60 376 £47,500 -24.30% 139
West Midlands +71 274 £50,000 -20.63% 101
North West -4 273 £57,500 -14.81% 143
East of England +18 177 £47,500 -24.00% 60
Scotland -48 130 £47,500 -32.14% 60
Yorkshire +33 128 £50,000 -28.57% 66
East Midlands +24 99 £37,500 -42.31% 38
Wales +45 81 £47,500 -32.14% 16
North East +44 58 £57,500 +4.55% 17
Northern Ireland +36 30 £30,000 -51.61% 16

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 1,102 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 915 (26.17%) Microsoft
3 744 (21.28%) Finance
4 543 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
5 508 (14.53%) Security Cleared
6 491 (14.04%) Degree
7 465 (13.30%) Azure
8 393 (11.24%) Agile
9 392 (11.21%) Project Management
10 376 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
11 365 (10.44%) SQL
12 350 (10.01%) Power Platform
13 324 (9.27%) Dynamics 365
13 324 (9.27%) Roadmaps
14 322 (9.21%) Public Sector
15 317 (9.07%) Presales
16 313 (8.95%) SAP
17 300 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
18 286 (8.18%) Migration
19 275 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
20 274 (7.84%) Customer Service
21 253 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
22 246 (7.04%) Windows
23 233 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
24 232 (6.64%) Power BI
25 230 (6.58%) Mentoring
26 225 (6.44%) SC Cleared
27 224 (6.41%) Retail
27 224 (6.41%) SQL Server
28 218 (6.24%) CRM

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
1 171 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 127 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (1.77%) Apache
4 43 (1.23%) IIS
5 22 (0.63%) Confluence
6 12 (0.34%) SAS
7 11 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.17%) Appian
8 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.14%) CMS
9 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.086%) Drupal
10 3 (0.086%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.057%) nginx
11 2 (0.057%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.057%) Papyrus
12 1 (0.029%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.029%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 131 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.43%) Adobe XD
6 14 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.20%) Revit
9 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.086%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.057%) InDesign
11 2 (0.057%) Windchill
12 1 (0.029%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.029%) InVision
12 1 (0.029%) Sketch
12 1 (0.029%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 137 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 114 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (1.49%) Workday HCM
4 42 (1.20%) SAP FI
5 38 (1.09%) NetSuite
6 37 (1.06%) SAP CO
6 37 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
7 35 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
8 27 (0.77%) SAP SD
9 26 (0.74%) SAP Business One
10 25 (0.72%) SAP SCM
11 23 (0.66%) SAP MM
12 21 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
12 21 (0.60%) SAP PP
13 19 (0.54%) Sage 200
14 18 (0.51%) Endur
14 18 (0.51%) SAP EWM
15 17 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
15 17 (0.49%) SAP HR
16 16 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 465 (13.30%) Azure
2 350 (10.01%) Power Platform
3 324 (9.27%) Dynamics 365
4 275 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
5 209 (5.98%) AWS
6 153 (4.38%) SaaS
7 97 (2.77%) Power Automate
8 88 (2.52%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.12%) PowerApps
10 66 (1.89%) Amazon S3
11 52 (1.49%) IaaS
11 52 (1.49%) PaaS
12 49 (1.40%) OCI
13 48 (1.37%) GCP
13 48 (1.37%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
15 34 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
16 31 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
17 26 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 160 (4.58%) Firewall
2 91 (2.60%) VPN
3 83 (2.37%) Network Security
4 76 (2.17%) Internet
5 75 (2.15%) WAN
6 61 (1.74%) LAN
7 56 (1.60%) IPsec
7 56 (1.60%) SNMP
8 53 (1.52%) DNS
9 51 (1.46%) Wireless
10 38 (1.09%) TCP/IP
11 32 (0.92%) DHCP
12 28 (0.80%) Unified Communications
13 22 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (0.49%) SAN
15 15 (0.43%) NAS
15 15 (0.43%) SD-WAN
16 13 (0.37%) Broadband
16 13 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (6.64%) Power BI
2 224 (6.41%) SQL Server
3 118 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 56 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
7 49 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 30 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 28 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (0.72%) Big Data
10 25 (0.72%) Tableau
11 24 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 24 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
12 21 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
13 15 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.40%) GIS
14 14 (0.40%) Power Query
15 13 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (0.34%) Metadata
17 11 (0.31%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 38 (1.09%) JIRA
2 21 (0.60%) Git
3 18 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.37%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.29%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.20%) GitLab
7 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.17%) Hudson
8 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.11%) Subversion
11 3 (0.086%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.086%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.086%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.057%) LoadRunner
12 2 (0.057%) PowerBuilder
General
1 1,102 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 744 (21.28%) Finance
3 322 (9.21%) Public Sector
4 300 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (6.41%) Retail
6 205 (5.86%) Marketing
7 191 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 182 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
9 146 (4.18%) Law
10 140 (4.00%) Manufacturing
11 79 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 56 (1.60%) Military
14 52 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 50 (1.43%) Automotive
16 47 (1.34%) Banking
17 34 (0.97%) Legal
18 25 (0.72%) Games
19 22 (0.63%) Electronics
20 21 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (2.97%) HTML
2 58 (1.66%) RabbitMQ
3 54 (1.54%) YAML
4 46 (1.32%) CSS
5 45 (1.29%) XML
6 40 (1.14%) Web Services
7 33 (0.94%) REST
8 31 (0.89%) .NET
9 25 (0.72%) EDI
9 25 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
9 25 (0.72%) JSON
10 22 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 22 (0.63%) SOAP
11 13 (0.37%) Node.js
12 12 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.31%) LDAP
14 10 (0.29%) ARM Templates
15 9 (0.26%) PySpark
16 8 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
16 8 (0.23%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 233 (6.66%) Self-Motivation
2 166 (4.75%) Data Centre
3 130 (3.72%) Management Information System
4 75 (2.15%) Driving Licence
5 74 (2.12%) IoT
6 70 (2.00%) Onboarding
7 56 (1.60%) Operational Technology
7 56 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 36 (1.03%) Product Ownership
9 35 (1.00%) Low-Code
10 34 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 28 (0.80%) Cloud Native
12 26 (0.74%) FMCG
13 25 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 24 (0.69%) Client/Server
15 23 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (0.63%) Blog
17 21 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 246 (7.04%) Windows
2 154 (4.41%) Linux
3 106 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.54%) Data ONTAP
5 30 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.77%) Unix
7 25 (0.72%) Android
8 23 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.23%) AIX
10 8 (0.23%) Solaris
11 7 (0.20%) VMS
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.11%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.086%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
2 393 (11.24%) Agile
3 392 (11.21%) Project Management
4 376 (10.76%) Cybersecurity
5 324 (9.27%) Roadmaps
6 317 (9.07%) Presales
7 286 (8.18%) Migration
8 274 (7.84%) Customer Service
9 253 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
10 230 (6.58%) Mentoring
11 218 (6.24%) CRM
12 211 (6.04%) Analytics
13 210 (6.01%) ERP
14 206 (5.89%) Project Delivery
15 194 (5.55%) Artificial Intelligence
16 187 (5.35%) DevOps
17 184 (5.26%) Actionable Insight
18 181 (5.18%) Requirements Gathering
18 181 (5.18%) Stakeholder Management
19 170 (4.86%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 365 (10.44%) SQL
2 186 (5.32%) Python
3 121 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 75 (2.15%) PowerShell
5 57 (1.63%) C#
5 57 (1.63%) Java
6 38 (1.09%) Bash
7 24 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 20 (0.57%) Bicep
8 20 (0.57%) C
9 18 (0.51%) R
10 15 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 14 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.31%) C++
14 10 (0.29%) Go
14 10 (0.29%) Ruby
15 9 (0.26%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.17%) PHP
17 5 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 508 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 491 (14.04%) Degree
3 225 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.43%) DV Cleared
5 112 (3.20%) CISSP
6 92 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (2.46%) CISM
8 60 (1.72%) CRISC
9 59 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 56 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 51 (1.46%) CESG Certified Professional
12 50 (1.43%) AWS Certification
13 45 (1.29%) DBS Check
14 41 (1.17%) Master's Degree
15 39 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
16 35 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (0.77%) CISMP
18 23 (0.66%) PMI Certification
19 22 (0.63%) CREST Certified
20 20 (0.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (4.12%) NIST
2 115 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 47 (1.34%) GDPR
4 47 (1.34%) JSP 440
4 47 (1.34%) QA
5 43 (1.23%) NCSC
6 40 (1.14%) GRC
7 38 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 38 (1.09%) NIST 800
8 33 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 24 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 24 (0.69%) RMADS
10 23 (0.66%) PMO
11 21 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 19 (0.54%) GMP
13 13 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.37%) WCAG
14 12 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 11 (0.31%) COBIT
System Software
1 153 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 111 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (1.80%) Docker
4 33 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 33 (0.94%) vSphere
5 16 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.057%) XenApp
11 1 (0.029%) KVM
11 1 (0.029%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.029%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.029%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 116 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 89 (2.55%) Ansible
3 74 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 62 (1.77%) vCenter Server
5 54 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 53 (1.52%) Terraform
7 17 (0.49%) Puppet
7 17 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.31%) SCCM
9 7 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.20%) HP UCMDB
10 6 (0.17%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.17%) VxRail
11 4 (0.11%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.086%) Nessus
12 3 (0.086%) Nmap
13 2 (0.057%) Aspera SmartTrack
13 2 (0.057%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.057%) Nagios
13 2 (0.057%) Netcool
Vendors
1 915 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 313 (8.95%) SAP
3 198 (5.66%) Oracle
4 146 (4.18%) VMware
5 110 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 84 (2.40%) Palo Alto
7 70 (2.00%) Red Hat
8 66 (1.89%) Cisco
9 64 (1.83%) Sage
10 62 (1.77%) Workday
11 57 (1.63%) Adobe
12 56 (1.60%) NetApp
13 54 (1.54%) SolidFire
14 52 (1.49%) Salesforce
15 40 (1.14%) Apple
16 37 (1.06%) Fortinet
17 35 (1.00%) Google
18 28 (0.80%) SolarWinds
19 26 (0.74%) Databricks
20 24 (0.69%) Tanium