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 to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 949 1152
Rank change year-on-year +119 +203 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Consultant 64 44 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.042% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.046% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 49 38 50
10th Percentile £25,250 £28,081 £26,175
25th Percentile £27,250 £30,625 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £41,395
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -15.45% +29.36%
75th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £52,813
90th Percentile £37,750 £55,125 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +3.17%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Consultant over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Consultant in the UK

Junior Consultant
Top 13 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 26 April 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 +138 61 £30,500 -12.86% 20
UK excluding London +26 50 £30,000 -14.29% 13
South East +40 22 £28,000 -20.00% 2
London +137 14 £26,500 -33.75% 6
South West -20 9 £31,000 +14.29% 4
North of England +51 8 £31,500 -37.00% 3
Work from Home +74 6 £26,500 -33.75% 6
North West - 5 £31,500 - 3
West Midlands +30 4 £32,500 -23.53% 3
Midlands +9 4 £32,500 -35.00% 4
East of England - 4 £30,000 -
Yorkshire +98 3 £35,000 -30.00%
Scotland - 3 £30,000 -

Junior Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Junior 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 Junior Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 24 (37.50%) Degree
2 24 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 23 (35.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (34.38%) Budget Management
4 22 (34.38%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (34.38%) B2B
5 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 16 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 16 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 14 (21.88%) Driving Licence
7 12 (18.75%) Project Management
8 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (15.63%) Finance
9 10 (15.63%) Customer Service
10 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
11 8 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
12 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
12 7 (10.94%) Agile
12 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 6 (9.38%) Data Migration
13 6 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
13 6 (9.38%) Relational Database
13 6 (9.38%) Migration
13 6 (9.38%) Military
13 6 (9.38%) Billing
13 6 (9.38%) SQL

Junior 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 16 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.56%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.69%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
3 3 (4.69%) WhatsApp
4 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.56%) AWS
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) IaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) DNS
1 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.56%) BGP
2 1 (1.56%) DHCP
2 1 (1.56%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) Internet
2 1 (1.56%) SSL
2 1 (1.56%) VLAN
2 1 (1.56%) VPN
2 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Relational Database
2 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.69%) Power BI
4 2 (3.13%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.56%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Selenium
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 23 (35.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Billing
4 6 (9.38%) Military
5 4 (6.25%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.56%) Automotive
8 1 (1.56%) German Language
8 1 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
1 1 (1.56%) React
1 1 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (21.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 22 (34.38%) B2B
2 22 (34.38%) Budget Management
3 16 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 12 (18.75%) Project Management
5 10 (15.63%) Customer Service
6 8 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
7 7 (10.94%) Agile
7 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.38%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
8 6 (9.38%) Data Migration
8 6 (9.38%) Migration
9 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (4.69%) Analytical Thinking
10 3 (4.69%) ITIL
10 3 (4.69%) Product Management
10 3 (4.69%) Project Planning
11 2 (3.13%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) SQL
2 4 (6.25%) Python
3 3 (4.69%) Java
4 2 (3.13%) C#
5 1 (1.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (37.50%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) GMP
2 3 (4.69%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.56%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.56%) BMC
2 1 (1.56%) Cisco
2 1 (1.56%) Datto
2 1 (1.56%) Meraki
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle
2 1 (1.56%) Remedy
2 1 (1.56%) Sage
2 1 (1.56%) Sophos
2 1 (1.56%) Veeam
2 1 (1.56%) VMware
2 1 (1.56%) WatchGuard
2 1 (1.56%) YouTube