Research Consultant
UK

The median Research Consultant salary in the UK is £21,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 866 968 1195
Rank change year-on-year +102 +227 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Research Consultant 28 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.016% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.018% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 4
10th Percentile - £21,000 £33,375
25th Percentile - £21,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £21,500 £21,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -59.05% +61.54%
75th Percentile £22,400 £56,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £61,250 £59,750 £75,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £21,500 £21,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -60.91% -

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +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%

Research Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Research Consultant in the UK

Research Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Research Consultant in the UK

Research Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Research Consultant over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Research Consultant in the UK

Research Consultant
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Research Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +136 28 £21,500 - 4
UK excluding London +34 28 £21,500 - 3
West Midlands +43 24 £21,500 - 1
Midlands +16 24 £21,500 - 1
South West - 4 £57,500 -

Research Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Research 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 Research Consultant in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 28 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (85.71%) Organisational Skills
2 24 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 24 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Service Design
3 4 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
3 4 (14.29%) UX Design
3 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.29%) User Experience
3 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 4 (14.29%) Scrum
3 4 (14.29%) Agile
3 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) Human-Centred Design
3 4 (14.29%) User Journey Map
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.29%) User Research
3 4 (14.29%) Journey Map

Research 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:

Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
General
1 28 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 28 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (85.71%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 4 (14.29%) Agile
2 4 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 4 (14.29%) Human-Centred Design
2 4 (14.29%) Journey Map
2 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 4 (14.29%) Scrum
2 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 4 (14.29%) Service Design
2 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
2 4 (14.29%) User Experience
2 4 (14.29%) User Journey Map
2 4 (14.29%) User Research
2 4 (14.29%) UX Design
2 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft