Junior Consultant Job Trends

Junior Consultant
UK

The median Junior Consultant salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 688 713
Rank change year-on-year +73 +25 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Consultant 36 24 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.045% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.048% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 19
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,638 -
25th Percentile £24,188 £29,750 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.67% -0.71% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £52,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £55,375 £61,750 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 £50,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +53.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Junior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Consultant over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +73 26 £25,000 -28.06% 4
UK excluding London +78 22 £25,000 -50.00% 3
North of England +31 7 £24,000 -56.36% 2
Work from Home +71 6 £52,500 +40.00% 3
London +48 6 £30,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £24,000 - 1
South West - 5 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £31,000 -
Midlands - 4 £31,000 -
South East +20 3 £25,000 -21.88%
North West +26 2 £23,250 -57.73%
Scotland - 1 £30,000 -
Wales - 1 £24,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £27,000 - 1

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Junior Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 6 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (13.89%) CRM
3 5 (13.89%) Java
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.89%) Power BI
3 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 5 (13.89%) SQL
4 3 (8.33%) Adobe
4 3 (8.33%) AI
4 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (8.33%) Azure
4 3 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (8.33%) Databricks
4 3 (8.33%) Dell
4 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (8.33%) HP
4 3 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 3 (8.33%) NVIDIA
4 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.33%) Pandas
4 3 (8.33%) Polars

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 6 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.33%) AWS
3 3 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
2 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Pandas
1 3 (8.33%) Polars
1 3 (8.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (8.33%) Social Media
2 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (13.89%) CRM
3 3 (8.33%) AI
3 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (5.56%) Customer Service
4 2 (5.56%) Data Migration
4 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.56%) Migration
4 2 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.78%) Business Development
5 1 (2.78%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Java
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 3 (8.33%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Adobe
2 3 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (8.33%) Databricks
2 3 (8.33%) Dell
2 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
2 3 (8.33%) HP
2 3 (8.33%) NVIDIA
2 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Apple