Senior Consultant Jobs

Senior Consultant
UK

The median Senior Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 445 481
Rank change year-on-year -45 +36 +151
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 219 543 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.55% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.58% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 180 362 370
10th Percentile £44,710 £46,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.75% +1.79%
75th Percentile £94,063 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,250 £97,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -

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 49,511 93,886 92,389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,626 67,255 58,266
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Senior Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Consultant over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -61 196 £75,000 +7.14% 441
London +18 111 £72,500 -3.33% 295
Work from Home +22 95 £75,000 +7.14% 412
UK excluding London +12 88 £75,000 +25.00% 213
North of England +18 23 £80,000 +25.49% 60
Midlands +31 21 £80,000 +45.45% 20
West Midlands +36 20 £80,000 +28.00% 17
South West +90 16 £40,000 -33.33% 13
South East +61 15 £75,000 +30.43% 83
North West -37 14 £77,500 +10.71% 45
Yorkshire +60 7 £80,000 +45.45% 10
Northern Ireland +41 6 £100,000 +17.65% 8
Scotland +105 4 £80,000 +23.08% 17
Wales +25 3 £49,104 +3.38% 2
North East +52 2 £80,000 +14.29% 5
East Midlands +34 1 £29,000 -22.67% 2
East of England +19 1 £67,500 +50.00% 12
Channel Islands - 1 £97,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Consultant in the job title.

1 69 (31.51%) Finance
2 47 (21.46%) Security Cleared
3 43 (19.63%) Azure
4 40 (18.26%) Social Skills
5 35 (15.98%) Degree
6 34 (15.53%) ServiceNow
7 32 (14.61%) Presales
7 32 (14.61%) Microsoft
8 30 (13.70%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (13.70%) Agile
8 30 (13.70%) Mentoring
8 30 (13.70%) SC Cleared
9 29 (13.24%) AWS
9 29 (13.24%) SAP
10 28 (12.79%) Cisco
11 26 (11.87%) Migration
12 25 (11.42%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (10.50%) Business Development
13 23 (10.50%) Law
13 23 (10.50%) JavaScript
13 23 (10.50%) SAP S/4HANA
13 23 (10.50%) Power Platform
14 22 (10.05%) Project Delivery
14 22 (10.05%) Requirements Gathering
14 22 (10.05%) AngularJS
14 22 (10.05%) HTML
15 21 (9.59%) CRM
15 21 (9.59%) Wireless
15 21 (9.59%) Dynamics CRM
15 21 (9.59%) Requirements Workshops

Senior 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 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.37%) Maya
Business Applications
1 23 (10.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (9.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (3.65%) SAP CO
3 8 (3.65%) SAP FI
3 8 (3.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (2.28%) SAP IBP
5 4 (1.83%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (1.37%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.91%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.91%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.91%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.91%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.91%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.91%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.46%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 43 (19.63%) Azure
2 29 (13.24%) AWS
3 25 (11.42%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (10.50%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.85%) GCP
6 14 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (5.48%) SaaS
8 9 (4.11%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.65%) IaaS
9 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (3.65%) OCI
9 8 (3.65%) PaaS
10 5 (2.28%) dbt
10 5 (2.28%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.37%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.91%) Pulumi
12 2 (0.91%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.59%) Wireless
2 18 (8.22%) Cisco Nexus
2 18 (8.22%) LAN
3 8 (3.65%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (3.65%) DHCP
3 8 (3.65%) DNS
3 8 (3.65%) FTP
3 8 (3.65%) IPv4
3 8 (3.65%) PBX
3 8 (3.65%) SAN
3 8 (3.65%) SMTP
3 8 (3.65%) Structured Cabling
3 8 (3.65%) VLAN
4 6 (2.74%) Firewall
4 6 (2.74%) SD-WAN
4 6 (2.74%) WAN
5 5 (2.28%) VPN
6 4 (1.83%) Network Security
7 3 (1.37%) IPsec
7 3 (1.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.28%) Looker
3 4 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.83%) Power BI
3 4 (1.83%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.91%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.46%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.46%) DB2
6 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.46%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.46%) MLflow
General
1 69 (31.51%) Finance
2 40 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 23 (10.50%) Law
4 16 (7.31%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.11%) Banking
7 7 (3.20%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.20%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.74%) Billing
8 6 (2.74%) Marketing
9 5 (2.28%) Games
9 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.37%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.37%) French Language
10 3 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.91%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.91%) Polish Language
11 2 (0.91%) Retail
11 2 (0.91%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.05%) AngularJS
1 22 (10.05%) HTML
2 7 (3.20%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (2.28%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.83%) Web Services
5 2 (0.91%) Loki
6 1 (0.46%) .NET
6 1 (0.46%) Ajax
6 1 (0.46%) CSS
6 1 (0.46%) EJB
6 1 (0.46%) IDoc
6 1 (0.46%) JDBC
6 1 (0.46%) JSON
6 1 (0.46%) LDAP
6 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.46%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.46%) SOAP
6 1 (0.46%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.46%) XML
6 1 (0.46%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (3.65%) Hackathon
1 8 (3.65%) Private Cloud
1 8 (3.65%) Public Cloud
2 6 (2.74%) Low-Code
3 4 (1.83%) IoT
3 4 (1.83%) NHS
3 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.91%) Life Science
5 2 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.91%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.46%) CMDB
6 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.48%) Windows
2 8 (3.65%) Android
2 8 (3.65%) Windows 10
2 8 (3.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.74%) Linux
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (14.61%) Presales
2 30 (13.70%) Agile
2 30 (13.70%) Mentoring
3 26 (11.87%) Migration
4 23 (10.50%) Business Development
5 22 (10.05%) Project Delivery
5 22 (10.05%) Requirements Gathering
6 21 (9.59%) CRM
6 21 (9.59%) Requirements Workshops
7 20 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.22%) ERP
9 17 (7.76%) Thought Leadership
10 15 (6.85%) Analytics
11 14 (6.39%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (5.48%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (5.48%) ITSM
12 12 (5.48%) Project Planning
13 11 (5.02%) Logistics
13 11 (5.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.50%) JavaScript
2 15 (6.85%) Python
3 8 (3.65%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.83%) SQL
5 3 (1.37%) ABAP
6 2 (0.91%) Bash
6 2 (0.91%) C
6 2 (0.91%) C#
6 2 (0.91%) Go
6 2 (0.91%) VBA
7 1 (0.46%) Ada
7 1 (0.46%) COBOL
7 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.46%) JCL
7 1 (0.46%) R
7 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (21.46%) Security Cleared
2 35 (15.98%) Degree
3 30 (13.70%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (13.70%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.13%) CCNP
5 18 (8.22%) CCIE
6 13 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.57%) CCNA
8 8 (3.65%) Master's Degree
8 8 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (2.74%) CISSP
10 4 (1.83%) CISM
11 3 (1.37%) CCSAM
11 3 (1.37%) CCSAS
11 3 (1.37%) CHECK Team Leader
11 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.37%) HNC
11 3 (1.37%) HND
12 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.91%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.74%) QA
2 5 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.83%) NIST
4 3 (1.37%) GDPR
4 3 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.46%) Basel III
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.46%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.46%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.46%) HL7
6 1 (0.46%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.46%) IFRS
6 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.46%) PMO
6 1 (0.46%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (4.57%) Active Directory
1 10 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (3.65%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.91%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.65%) SCCM
2 8 (3.65%) WSUS
3 6 (2.74%) Terraform
4 4 (1.83%) Avamar
4 4 (1.83%) EMC NetWorker
4 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.91%) Ansible
5 2 (0.91%) Grafana
5 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.46%) HP UCMDB
6 1 (0.46%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 34 (15.53%) ServiceNow
2 32 (14.61%) Microsoft
3 29 (13.24%) SAP
4 28 (12.79%) Cisco
5 16 (7.31%) Oracle
6 13 (5.94%) Veeam
6 13 (5.94%) VMware
7 10 (4.57%) Citrix
8 7 (3.20%) Google
9 6 (2.74%) Dell
10 4 (1.83%) EMC
10 4 (1.83%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.37%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.37%) Workday
12 2 (0.91%) Databricks
12 2 (0.91%) Hitachi
12 2 (0.91%) Hyperion
12 2 (0.91%) JD Edwards
12 2 (0.91%) PeopleSoft