Lead Consultant
UK

The median Lead Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 636 1064
Rank change year-on-year -124 +428 -323
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 136 361 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.34% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.38% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 105 246 121
10th Percentile £65,000 - £53,750
25th Percentile £71,250 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,400 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% - +3.70%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead 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 Lead Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 -37 126 £85,000 +21.43% 23
UK excluding London -151 79 £77,500 +10.71% 7
London +117 42 £85,000 +21.43% 12
Work from Home -148 33 £76,250 +8.93% 22
South West +3 24 £91,500 +30.71% 3
North of England -37 19 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Midlands +5 18 £75,000 -11.76% 1
North West -43 17 £90,000 +28.57% 1
West Midlands +31 16 £75,000 -11.76% 1
South East -21 10 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Wales +3 7 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +61 2 £57,500 -17.86%
East of England +6 1 - - 1
East Midlands -23 1 £60,000 +14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 44 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.32%) Power Platform
3 28 (20.59%) Finance
4 27 (19.85%) Analytics
5 26 (19.12%) Project Delivery
6 25 (18.38%) Mentoring
6 25 (18.38%) Agile
6 25 (18.38%) Security Cleared
7 24 (17.65%) Social Skills
8 21 (15.44%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (13.97%) Coaching
10 17 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
10 17 (12.50%) Power Automate
10 17 (12.50%) Workday
10 17 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (12.50%) Presales
11 15 (11.03%) Azure
11 15 (11.03%) Workday HCM
11 15 (11.03%) DevOps
11 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (10.29%) Project Management
12 14 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (10.29%) SQL Server
12 14 (10.29%) SAP
12 14 (10.29%) Power BI
13 13 (9.56%) User Experience
13 13 (9.56%) Waterfall
13 13 (9.56%) Retail
13 13 (9.56%) Requirements Workshops
14 12 (8.82%) Dynamics CRM

Lead 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 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.21%) SAS
2 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (11.03%) Workday HCM
2 12 (8.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.94%) SAP BPC
5 3 (2.21%) SAP GRC
5 3 (2.21%) SAP MDG
6 2 (1.47%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.74%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.74%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.74%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.74%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.74%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.74%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.32%) Power Platform
2 17 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 17 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 15 (11.03%) Azure
4 10 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.41%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.68%) OCI
6 5 (3.68%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (2.94%) SaaS
8 3 (2.21%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (1.47%) IaaS
9 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.47%) PaaS
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.74%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.74%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.62%) Network Security
2 5 (3.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.74%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) Power BI
1 14 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.47%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.74%) Big Data
4 1 (0.74%) Metadata
4 1 (0.74%) QlikView
4 1 (0.74%) SAS EBI
4 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) LSMW
General
1 28 (20.59%) Finance
2 24 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.56%) Retail
4 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.41%) Automotive
6 5 (3.68%) Marketing
7 4 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Electronics
8 3 (2.21%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.21%) Law
8 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.47%) Billing
9 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.47%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.82%) REST
2 9 (6.62%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.21%) CSS
4 3 (2.21%) HTML
4 3 (2.21%) XML
5 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.47%) SPFx
6 1 (0.74%) Node.js
6 1 (0.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.41%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.68%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.21%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.21%) IoT
5 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.21%) PKI
6 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.74%) FMCG
7 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.85%) Analytics
2 26 (19.12%) Project Delivery
3 25 (18.38%) Agile
3 25 (18.38%) Mentoring
4 21 (15.44%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (13.97%) Coaching
6 17 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
6 17 (12.50%) Presales
7 15 (11.03%) DevOps
7 15 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (10.29%) Project Management
9 13 (9.56%) Requirements Workshops
9 13 (9.56%) User Experience
9 13 (9.56%) Waterfall
10 12 (8.82%) CRM
10 12 (8.82%) SIEM
10 12 (8.82%) Task Automation
11 11 (8.09%) Data Analytics
11 11 (8.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.68%) SQL
2 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) C#
4 1 (0.74%) Java
4 1 (0.74%) Python
4 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.82%) DV Cleared
3 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.41%) CISSP
5 6 (4.41%) Degree
6 3 (2.21%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (2.21%) CISM
6 3 (2.21%) CISMP
6 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.21%) CREST Certified
6 3 (2.21%) GIAC
6 3 (2.21%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.47%) APMP
7 2 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.74%) MCP
8 1 (0.74%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.35%) NIST
2 8 (5.88%) QA
3 7 (5.15%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.94%) GMP
5 3 (2.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.47%) IFRS
6 2 (1.47%) ITGC
7 1 (0.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (6.62%) vSphere
2 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.50%) Workday
3 14 (10.29%) SAP
4 9 (6.62%) SolarWinds
4 9 (6.62%) Tanium
4 9 (6.62%) Tripwire
5 6 (4.41%) Oracle
6 5 (3.68%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.94%) Concur
8 3 (2.21%) IBM
8 3 (2.21%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.47%) Ariba
9 2 (1.47%) Veeam
9 2 (1.47%) VMware
10 1 (0.74%) Google
10 1 (0.74%) Sage
10 1 (0.74%) Salesforce