Senior IT Consultant Jobs

Senior IT Consultant
UK

The median Senior IT Consultant salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 899 915
Rank change year-on-year +205 +16 +292
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Consultant 14 15 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.015% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.015% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 10
10th Percentile £40,250 £33,750 £44,625
25th Percentile £42,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £36,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £58,750 £71,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +28.57% -40.43% +95.83%

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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Senior IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Consultant in the UK

Senior IT Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Consultant in the UK

Senior IT Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Consultant over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Consultant in the UK

Senior IT Consultant
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +181 14 £45,000 +28.57% 13
London +105 10 £65,000 -18.75% 11
UK excluding London +191 4 £45,000 +28.57% 5
Work from Home +120 4 £42,500 +21.43% 5
Midlands - 4 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Senior IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 7 (50.00%) ERP
4 6 (42.86%) SAP
4 6 (42.86%) Law
4 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (35.71%) Analytics
5 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 5 (35.71%) Business Strategy
5 5 (35.71%) Games
6 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 4 (28.57%) Migration
6 4 (28.57%) SQL
6 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
6 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (21.43%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
7 3 (21.43%) SAP IS-U
7 3 (21.43%) Order to Cash
7 3 (21.43%) Record to Report
7 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
7 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
7 3 (21.43%) SAP IBP
7 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (21.43%) ITGC
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 3 (21.43%) SAP BW

Senior IT 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 3 (21.43%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP CO
1 3 (21.43%) SAP FI
1 3 (21.43%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (21.43%) SAP FSCM
1 3 (21.43%) SAP IBP
1 3 (21.43%) SAP IS-U
1 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.14%) Lorenzo
2 1 (7.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SAP BW
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Law
3 5 (35.71%) Games
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Aviation
6 1 (7.14%) Billing
6 1 (7.14%) Dutch Language
6 1 (7.14%) French Language
6 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Warfare
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Unix
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ERP
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Analytics
3 5 (35.71%) Business Strategy
4 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 3 (21.43%) Benchmarking
5 3 (21.43%) Business Transformation
5 3 (21.43%) Logistics
5 3 (21.43%) Order to Cash
5 3 (21.43%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
5 3 (21.43%) Record to Report
5 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Requirements Management
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) Business Development
6 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) CISA
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ITGC
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.14%) DICOM
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) HL7
3 1 (7.14%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Cerner
3 1 (7.14%) Foundry
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) InterSystems
3 1 (7.14%) MEDITECH
3 1 (7.14%) Palantir