Senior Consultant
UK

The median Senior Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 477 639
Rank change year-on-year +33 +162 -202
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 542 618 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.61% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.67% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 360 370 475
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +12.00%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Consultant in the UK

Senior Consultant
Top 17 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 9 May 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 +99 461 £70,000 -3.45% 218
UK excluding London +39 276 £60,000 -14.29% 100
Work from Home +70 245 £70,000 -6.67% 132
London +91 217 £75,000 -6.25% 119
North of England +42 68 £63,750 -4.14% 23
South East +32 55 £57,500 -23.33% 26
Midlands +10 55 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North West -1 53 £70,000 +7.69% 16
West Midlands +27 44 £62,500 -3.85% 13
South West -4 33 £60,000 -15.79% 15
East of England +5 22 £45,000 -21.74% 10
Scotland -74 21 £65,000 -7.14% 13
Wales +18 17 £47,500 +3.92% 1
Yorkshire +92 14 £55,000 -34.33% 5
East Midlands -11 11 £37,500 -46.43% 1
Northern Ireland - 6 £85,000 - 3
North East - 1 £70,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 142 (26.20%) Finance
2 137 (25.28%) Social Skills
3 121 (22.32%) Microsoft
4 92 (16.97%) Azure
5 84 (15.50%) Project Management
6 79 (14.58%) Security Cleared
7 73 (13.47%) SAP
8 71 (13.10%) Roadmaps
9 65 (11.99%) Presales
10 61 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (9.78%) Agile
11 53 (9.78%) AWS
12 51 (9.41%) Mentoring
12 51 (9.41%) Migration
12 51 (9.41%) Presentation Skills
13 50 (9.23%) Project Delivery
13 50 (9.23%) Actionable Insight
14 49 (9.04%) Azure Certification
15 47 (8.67%) Analytics
16 46 (8.49%) Public Sector
17 45 (8.30%) Customer Service
17 45 (8.30%) Degree
18 43 (7.93%) Dynamics 365
19 42 (7.75%) Data Lake
19 42 (7.75%) Artificial Intelligence
20 40 (7.38%) JavaScript
20 40 (7.38%) AWS Certification
21 39 (7.20%) Workflow
21 39 (7.20%) Strategic Roadmap
22 38 (7.01%) Data Architecture

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 19 (3.51%) IIS
2 17 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.48%) Apache
4 8 (1.48%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 27 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.21%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.21%) SAP FI
3 12 (2.21%) SAP SCM
4 10 (1.85%) SAP CO
4 10 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (1.66%) SAP HR
6 8 (1.48%) SAP SD
7 7 (1.29%) Adobe Campaign
7 7 (1.29%) C-CURE
8 6 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (1.11%) SAP PP
8 6 (1.11%) SAP Travel Management
9 5 (0.92%) SAP CRM
9 5 (0.92%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.92%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.74%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.74%) SAP GRC
10 4 (0.74%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 92 (16.97%) Azure
2 53 (9.78%) AWS
3 43 (7.93%) Dynamics 365
4 25 (4.61%) Power Platform
5 22 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.95%) SaaS
7 14 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (2.21%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (2.03%) Azure Stack
11 10 (1.85%) Boomi
11 10 (1.85%) IaaS
11 10 (1.85%) PaaS
12 6 (1.11%) GCP
13 5 (0.92%) AWS IoT
13 5 (0.92%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.74%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.74%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.74%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.35%) Firewall
2 23 (4.24%) WAN
3 20 (3.69%) LAN
4 13 (2.40%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
6 11 (2.03%) Network Security
7 9 (1.66%) VPN
8 8 (1.48%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.48%) Internet
9 7 (1.29%) BGP
9 7 (1.29%) IGRP
9 7 (1.29%) MPLS
9 7 (1.29%) VPLS
9 7 (1.29%) VRRP
10 6 (1.11%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (1.11%) SSL
10 6 (1.11%) Wireless
11 4 (0.74%) DHCP
11 4 (0.74%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.75%) Data Lake
2 36 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (6.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 30 (5.54%) SQL Server
5 18 (3.32%) Power BI
6 10 (1.85%) Big Data
6 10 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.11%) Tableau
8 5 (0.92%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.74%) DB2
9 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.55%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.37%) GIS
11 2 (0.37%) Power Query
11 2 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.18%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.55%) Git
2 3 (0.55%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 142 (26.20%) Finance
2 137 (25.28%) Social Skills
3 51 (9.41%) Presentation Skills
4 46 (8.49%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.98%) Marketing
6 26 (4.80%) Retail
7 22 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.32%) Law
9 15 (2.77%) Legal
9 15 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.58%) Military
11 12 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Aviation
14 9 (1.66%) Electronics
15 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.48%) Publishing
16 7 (1.29%) Games
17 6 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.72%) HTML
2 17 (3.14%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.95%) EDI
4 15 (2.77%) Web Services
4 15 (2.77%) XML
5 8 (1.48%) PySpark
6 6 (1.11%) .NET
6 6 (1.11%) Ajax
6 6 (1.11%) CSS
6 6 (1.11%) LDAP
6 6 (1.11%) SAP TM
6 6 (1.11%) SOAP
7 5 (0.92%) Node.js
8 3 (0.55%) JSON
8 3 (0.55%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.37%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.37%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.37%) XSD
9 2 (0.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.80%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.06%) Data Centre
3 15 (2.77%) Driving Licence
3 15 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.58%) CESG
5 12 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.03%) IoT
6 11 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.29%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.29%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.11%) CMDB
9 5 (0.92%) Acoustics
9 5 (0.92%) Cyberattack
9 5 (0.92%) Life Science
9 5 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.74%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.74%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.87%) Windows
2 16 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.85%) Linux
4 4 (0.74%) Unix
5 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (15.50%) Project Management
2 71 (13.10%) Roadmaps
3 65 (11.99%) Presales
4 61 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (9.78%) Agile
6 51 (9.41%) Mentoring
6 51 (9.41%) Migration
7 50 (9.23%) Actionable Insight
7 50 (9.23%) Project Delivery
8 47 (8.67%) Analytics
9 45 (8.30%) Customer Service
10 42 (7.75%) Artificial Intelligence
11 39 (7.20%) Strategic Roadmap
11 39 (7.20%) Workflow
12 38 (7.01%) Data Architecture
13 37 (6.83%) CRM
13 37 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (6.64%) Requirements Gathering
15 35 (6.46%) Thought Leadership
16 33 (6.09%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 40 (7.38%) JavaScript
2 37 (6.83%) SQL
3 29 (5.35%) Python
4 10 (1.85%) Bicep
5 8 (1.48%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.29%) C#
6 7 (1.29%) R
7 5 (0.92%) Java
7 5 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.74%) VB
9 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.37%) XPath
10 1 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.18%) Bash
10 1 (0.18%) Go
10 1 (0.18%) Lua
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
10 1 (0.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.04%) Azure Certification
3 45 (8.30%) Degree
4 40 (7.38%) AWS Certification
5 36 (6.64%) SC Cleared
6 22 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.58%) CISMP
8 14 (2.58%) CISSP
9 12 (2.21%) IISP
10 11 (2.03%) CCNA
11 10 (1.85%) CISM
12 9 (1.66%) CCNP
12 9 (1.66%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.29%) CISA
13 7 (1.29%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.29%) CRISC
13 7 (1.29%) PCI QSA
13 7 (1.29%) RIBA
14 6 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.17%) NIST
2 15 (2.77%) NIST 800
3 14 (2.58%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (2.03%) QA
5 11 (2.03%) RMADS
6 10 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.66%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.66%) GDPR
8 8 (1.48%) NCSC
8 8 (1.48%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.11%) GRC
10 5 (0.92%) PMO
11 4 (0.74%) ITGC
12 3 (0.55%) GMP
12 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.03%) Terraform
2 6 (1.11%) HP UCMDB
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.55%) Nessus
3 3 (0.55%) Nmap
4 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 121 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 73 (13.47%) SAP
3 30 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 28 (5.17%) Cisco
4 28 (5.17%) Oracle
5 19 (3.51%) Fortinet
6 17 (3.14%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.95%) Databricks
8 14 (2.58%) CheckPoint
9 11 (2.03%) McAfee
10 10 (1.85%) Dell
11 9 (1.66%) Meraki
12 7 (1.29%) Aderant
12 7 (1.29%) Adobe
12 7 (1.29%) HP
13 6 (1.11%) BMC
13 6 (1.11%) Remedy
13 6 (1.11%) Sage
13 6 (1.11%) VMware
14 5 (0.92%) Salesforce