Management Consultant Jobs

Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant salary in the UK is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 842 832
Rank change year-on-year +167 -10 +339
Permanent jobs requiring a Management Consultant 27 65 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.063% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.066% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24 52 33
10th Percentile £48,850 £50,000 £41,400
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +10.29%
75th Percentile £94,063 £95,625 £108,130
90th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £128,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% - +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management 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 Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 25 £72,500 +3.57% 50
London +92 15 £72,500 -19.44% 34
UK excluding London +163 11 £65,000 +23.81% 19
Work from Home +89 6 £52,000 -25.71% 25
North of England +29 3 £65,000 -7.14% 8
West Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 2
South West +110 2 £58,750 -21.67% 1
North West -1 2 £76,250 +8.93% 7
Scotland +122 1 £65,000 +8.33% 3
South East +65 1 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire +50 1 £54,000 -22.86% 1
East of England - 1 £112,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Business Development
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
4 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) SAP
4 6 (22.22%) Finance
4 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 5 (18.52%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (18.52%) Coaching
5 5 (18.52%) Service Management
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) JIRA
5 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) CMDB
6 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
6 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
6 4 (14.81%) Change Management
6 4 (14.81%) Law
6 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.81%) Workflow
6 4 (14.81%) Robotic Process Automation
6 4 (14.81%) APMG
6 4 (14.81%) Confluence
6 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation

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 4 (14.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) SAP MM
1 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.70%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.70%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.70%) SAP LE
2 1 (3.70%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Law
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) CMDB
2 3 (11.11%) Life Science
3 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) Business Development
2 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Coaching
3 5 (18.52%) Commercial Awareness
3 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (18.52%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Service Management
4 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
4 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
4 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.81%) Robotic Process Automation
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (14.81%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (14.81%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) APMG
4 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.70%) PhD
4 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) P3O
2 2 (7.41%) ISO 14001
2 2 (7.41%) ISO 9001
2 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) SAP
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) F5
3 1 (3.70%) Okta