Management Consultant Jobs

Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant salary in the UK is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 816 826
Rank change year-on-year +131 +10 +313
Permanent jobs requiring a Management Consultant 27 62 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.063% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.066% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24 53 39
10th Percentile £53,275 £51,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £98,750 £101,250 £108,130
90th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +40.48% -11.02% +18.00%

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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 12 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 14 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 +109 25 £73,750 -10.61% 64
London +93 14 £70,000 -26.32% 45
UK excluding London +172 12 £73,750 +40.48% 30
Work from Home +90 5 £54,000 -22.86% 124
South West +107 3 £72,500 -3.33% 3
North of England +47 3 £65,000 -7.14% 5
West Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 1
Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 3
North West +3 2 £76,250 +8.93% 4
East of England - 2 £112,500 - 1
Scotland +119 1 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Yorkshire +73 1 £54,000 -22.86% 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Business Development
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
4 6 (22.22%) Finance
4 6 (22.22%) SAP
4 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
5 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (18.52%) Coaching
5 5 (18.52%) Project Management
5 5 (18.52%) Service Management
5 5 (18.52%) Change 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%) Law
6 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.81%) Workflow
6 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
6 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.81%) APMG
6 4 (14.81%) Robotic Process Automation
6 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation
6 4 (14.81%) P3O
6 4 (14.81%) Confluence
6 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working

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 1 (3.70%) 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%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Local Government
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
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 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Agile
1 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (22.22%) Business Development
3 5 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Change Management
3 5 (18.52%) Coaching
3 5 (18.52%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
3 5 (18.52%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Service Management
4 4 (14.81%) Business Transformation
4 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (14.81%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (14.81%) Configuration Management
4 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.81%) Programme Governance
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
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) 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 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 14001
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) F5
3 1 (3.70%) Okta