Senior Consultant Jobs

Senior Consultant
UK

The median Senior Consultant salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 425 653
Rank change year-on-year +6 +228 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 504 576 769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.71% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.78% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 312 357 467
10th Percentile £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +7.69%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Top 16 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 26 July 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 +30 420 £72,500 +3.57% 89
UK excluding London -10 264 £57,500 -11.54% 51
Work from Home +71 237 £72,500 -3.33% 62
London +53 178 £75,000 -6.25% 49
South East +62 81 £50,000 -27.27% 15
North of England -13 62 £75,000 +15.38% 14
North West -34 49 £75,000 +15.38% 8
Midlands -17 44 £70,000 +7.69% 4
West Midlands -9 29 £70,000 +7.69% 4
East of England -11 23 £45,000 -26.53% 4
Scotland -55 21 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands -18 15 £75,000 +7.14%
Yorkshire +61 13 £60,000 - 2
Wales +28 13 - -
South West -2 13 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Northern Ireland - 11 £85,000 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 110 (21.83%) Finance
2 91 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 88 (17.46%) Social Skills
4 86 (17.06%) Azure
5 80 (15.87%) Presales
6 75 (14.88%) Roadmaps
7 70 (13.89%) AWS
8 65 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
9 64 (12.70%) Security Cleared
10 59 (11.71%) Azure Certification
11 57 (11.31%) Presentation Skills
12 51 (10.12%) Strategic Roadmap
13 50 (9.92%) Data Architecture
14 49 (9.72%) AWS Certification
14 49 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
15 48 (9.52%) Workflow
15 48 (9.52%) Data Lake
16 47 (9.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 46 (9.13%) Actionable Insight
17 46 (9.13%) SAP
18 45 (8.93%) Firewall
18 45 (8.93%) Degree
19 43 (8.53%) Cisco
19 43 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
20 41 (8.13%) Public Sector
20 41 (8.13%) Migration
21 39 (7.74%) Palo Alto
22 38 (7.54%) ERP
23 37 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
23 37 (7.34%) Analytics

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 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.79%) IIS
2 4 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.60%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 26 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (1.39%) SAP FI
4 7 (1.39%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.99%) Adobe Campaign
5 5 (0.99%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.79%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 4 (0.79%) ResourceLink
7 3 (0.60%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.60%) SAP Travel Management
7 3 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.40%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.40%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.40%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.20%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 86 (17.06%) Azure
2 70 (13.89%) AWS
3 24 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.17%) SaaS
6 15 (2.98%) IaaS
7 14 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.18%) Azure Stack
8 11 (2.18%) PaaS
9 9 (1.79%) OCI
10 6 (1.19%) GCP
11 5 (0.99%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.79%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.79%) Serverless
13 3 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.60%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.93%) Firewall
2 35 (6.94%) WAN
3 27 (5.36%) SD-WAN
4 24 (4.76%) Network Security
5 21 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
6 19 (3.77%) LAN
7 16 (3.17%) Cisco ASA
8 15 (2.98%) Wireless
9 10 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (1.98%) NGFW
10 9 (1.79%) MPLS
11 7 (1.39%) BGP
11 7 (1.39%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.39%) IGRP
11 7 (1.39%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.39%) VPLS
11 7 (1.39%) VRRP
12 4 (0.79%) Internet
12 4 (0.79%) VPN
12 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
2 48 (9.52%) Data Lake
3 47 (9.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.18%) Power BI
6 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.79%) Tableau
8 3 (0.60%) DB2
8 3 (0.60%) GIS
8 3 (0.60%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.40%) Big Data
9 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.20%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.60%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.40%) GitLab
3 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 110 (21.83%) Finance
2 88 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 57 (11.31%) Presentation Skills
4 41 (8.13%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.57%) Marketing
8 17 (3.37%) Retail
9 15 (2.98%) Law
10 14 (2.78%) Legal
11 12 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.98%) Back Office
12 10 (1.98%) Publishing
13 7 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.19%) Electronics
15 5 (0.99%) Billing
16 4 (0.79%) Banking
16 4 (0.79%) Military
17 3 (0.60%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.36%) HTML
2 16 (3.17%) AngularJS
2 16 (3.17%) EDI
3 9 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (1.79%) Web Services
4 7 (1.39%) .NET
4 7 (1.39%) XML
5 4 (0.79%) CSS
5 4 (0.79%) HTML5
6 3 (0.60%) SAP TM
6 3 (0.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 3 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.40%) Node.js
7 2 (0.40%) SOAP
8 1 (0.20%) LDAP
8 1 (0.20%) RESTful
8 1 (0.20%) SAML
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (0.20%) XSL
8 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 17 (3.37%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.79%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.59%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.39%) IoT
8 6 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.60%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.60%) Social Network
11 2 (0.40%) CCTV
11 2 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.40%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.40%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.20%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.57%) Windows
2 14 (2.78%) Linux
3 9 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.39%) Unix
5 3 (0.60%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.87%) Presales
2 75 (14.88%) Roadmaps
3 65 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
4 51 (10.12%) Strategic Roadmap
5 50 (9.92%) Data Architecture
6 48 (9.52%) Workflow
7 46 (9.13%) Actionable Insight
8 43 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (8.13%) Migration
10 38 (7.54%) ERP
11 37 (7.34%) Analytics
11 37 (7.34%) Customer Service
12 36 (7.14%) Mentoring
13 35 (6.94%) Project Management
14 31 (6.15%) Coaching
15 30 (5.95%) Service Delivery
16 28 (5.56%) CRM
16 28 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
17 27 (5.36%) Agile
18 26 (5.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (5.75%) JavaScript
2 25 (4.96%) SQL
3 21 (4.17%) Python
4 10 (1.98%) Bicep
4 10 (1.98%) C#
5 8 (1.59%) R
6 7 (1.39%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.99%) Java
8 4 (0.79%) C++
8 4 (0.79%) Perl
9 3 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.20%) Go
11 1 (0.20%) SAPscript
11 1 (0.20%) Scala
11 1 (0.20%) VB
11 1 (0.20%) VBA
11 1 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 59 (11.71%) Azure Certification
3 49 (9.72%) AWS Certification
4 45 (8.93%) Degree
5 37 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (5.36%) SC Cleared
7 23 (4.56%) CCNP
8 19 (3.77%) CCIE
9 17 (3.37%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.18%) CISM
11 10 (1.98%) CISSP
12 9 (1.79%) CCNA
13 7 (1.39%) CCSA
13 7 (1.39%) CCSE
13 7 (1.39%) CISA
13 7 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.19%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.99%) CRISC
15 5 (0.99%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.78%) GDPR
2 10 (1.98%) NIST
3 9 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.19%) NCSC
4 6 (1.19%) QA
5 4 (0.79%) NIST 800
5 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.60%) GRC
6 3 (0.60%) ITGC
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
7 2 (0.40%) GMP
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.40%) RMADS
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 11 (2.18%) VMware NSX
2 9 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.79%) Lustre
4 4 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.40%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.20%) NFS
7 1 (0.20%) Shibboleth
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (2.38%) Terraform
2 8 (1.59%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.60%) Avamar
3 3 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (0.60%) Nessus
3 3 (0.60%) Nmap
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.40%) VxRail
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) HP UCMDB
5 1 (0.20%) Matomo
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.20%) Puppet
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 91 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.13%) SAP
3 43 (8.53%) Cisco
4 39 (7.74%) Palo Alto
5 34 (6.75%) Oracle
6 32 (6.35%) Fortinet
7 22 (4.37%) ServiceNow
8 21 (4.17%) F5
9 20 (3.97%) CheckPoint
9 20 (3.97%) VMware
10 19 (3.77%) Juniper
11 17 (3.37%) Aruba
12 13 (2.58%) Meraki
13 9 (1.79%) Arista
14 7 (1.39%) Dell
14 7 (1.39%) McAfee
14 7 (1.39%) Workday
15 5 (0.99%) Adobe
15 5 (0.99%) Sage
16 4 (0.79%) JD Edwards