Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 833 1135
Rank change year-on-year -14 +302 -307
Permanent jobs requiring a Management Consultant 63 147 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.14% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.16% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 53 41 91
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +21.32% -12.26%
75th Percentile £105,000 £108,130 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £67,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.51% +35.50% -20.00%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Management Consultant over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +31 59 £82,500 -2.94% 30
London +130 39 £96,250 +7.54% 17
Work from Home +73 34 £70,000 -25.41% 13
UK excluding London -35 21 £52,500 -22.51% 14
South East +28 11 £51,250 - 5
North of England +38 6 £70,000 +64.71% 3
North West +2 5 £70,000 +100.00% 2
South West -44 3 £75,000 -20.08% 2
Yorkshire +95 1 £70,000 +64.71% 1
Scotland -67 1 £60,000 +48.15% 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Management 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 Management Consultant in the job title.

1 26 (41.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (39.68%) Finance
3 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 17 (26.98%) Retail
5 16 (25.40%) Manufacturing
6 14 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 14 (22.22%) PMI Certification
7 13 (20.63%) Aerospace
8 11 (17.46%) Cost Reduction
8 11 (17.46%) Post-Merger Integration
8 11 (17.46%) Due Diligence
8 11 (17.46%) Automotive
8 11 (17.46%) PMI
8 11 (17.46%) FMCG
8 11 (17.46%) Performance Improvement
9 10 (15.87%) Software Licensing
9 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (15.87%) IT Asset Management
9 10 (15.87%) Project Management
10 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (12.70%) Agile
11 8 (12.70%) Degree
12 7 (11.11%) SAP
12 7 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
12 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 7 (11.11%) Coaching
13 6 (9.52%) Business Case
13 6 (9.52%) Data Management
13 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
14 5 (7.94%) Marketing

Management 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 3 (4.76%) CMS
1 3 (4.76%) Drupal
1 3 (4.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.35%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.59%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.59%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.59%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.59%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.59%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (1.59%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) AWS
2 3 (4.76%) Azure
2 3 (4.76%) Collibra
2 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Ataccama
2 2 (3.17%) Big Data
3 1 (1.59%) Power BI
General
1 25 (39.68%) Finance
2 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.98%) Retail
4 16 (25.40%) Manufacturing
5 13 (20.63%) Aerospace
6 11 (17.46%) Automotive
7 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (7.94%) Marketing
9 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
10 3 (4.76%) Legal
10 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 2 (3.17%) Wearables
12 1 (1.59%) Back Office
12 1 (1.59%) Banking
12 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.59%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) MACH
2 2 (3.17%) SAP TM
2 2 (3.17%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) FMCG
1 11 (17.46%) PMI
2 5 (7.94%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.76%) Reference Data
4 3 (4.76%) Taxonomies
5 2 (3.17%) IoT
5 2 (3.17%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.17%) Robotics
5 2 (3.17%) Smartphone
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.59%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 11 (17.46%) Cost Reduction
3 11 (17.46%) Due Diligence
3 11 (17.46%) Performance Improvement
3 11 (17.46%) Post-Merger Integration
4 10 (15.87%) IT Asset Management
4 10 (15.87%) Project Management
4 10 (15.87%) Software Licensing
5 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.70%) Agile
7 7 (11.11%) Coaching
7 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 7 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (9.52%) Business Case
8 6 (9.52%) Data Management
9 5 (7.94%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (7.94%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.94%) Information Management
9 5 (7.94%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 8 (12.70%) Degree
3 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.76%) CISSP
4 3 (4.76%) PMP
5 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.17%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.59%) CISA
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) SAP
2 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.76%) Talend
5 1 (1.59%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.59%) Charles River
5 1 (1.59%) SimCorp