Technical Consultant Jobs

Technical Consultant
UK

The median Technical Consultant salary in the UK is £57,500 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 331 581 820
Rank change year-on-year +250 +239 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 711 328 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.41% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.44% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 447 253 381
10th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +15.00%

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%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical Consultant
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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 +230 602 £57,500 -11.54% 68
UK excluding London +239 488 £50,000 -16.67% 54
Work from Home +72 220 £55,000 -18.52% 56
North of England +148 196 £57,500 -11.54% 9
Yorkshire +151 142 £27,250 -54.58% 3
London +87 139 £70,750 -2.41% 20
South East +52 80 £50,000 - 14
South West +59 77 £52,500 - 9
Midlands +2 57 £42,500 -34.62% 6
North West +27 48 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands +17 43 £42,500 -37.04% 5
East of England +34 40 £57,500 +6.48% 12
Isle of Man - 19 - -
East Midlands -20 14 £24,000 -50.77% 1
Wales +35 8 £47,500 -20.83%
Scotland -39 7 £90,000 - 4
North East - 6 £30,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 2 £60,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 241 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (31.93%) Social Skills
3 169 (23.77%) Degree
4 149 (20.96%) Marketing
5 138 (19.41%) Microsoft Office
6 137 (19.27%) Microsoft
7 97 (13.64%) French Language
8 83 (11.67%) Finance
9 72 (10.13%) Azure
10 70 (9.85%) ServiceNow
10 70 (9.85%) Presales
11 69 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
12 68 (9.56%) SQL
13 65 (9.14%) Dynamics 365
14 63 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
15 60 (8.44%) Security Cleared
16 54 (7.59%) Oracle
17 47 (6.61%) JavaScript
17 47 (6.61%) Windows
18 45 (6.33%) Active Directory
18 45 (6.33%) Public Sector
19 44 (6.19%) Entra ID
20 40 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
20 40 (5.63%) German Language
21 38 (5.34%) Migration
21 38 (5.34%) VMware
21 38 (5.34%) Firewall
22 36 (5.06%) PL/SQL
23 35 (4.92%) XML
23 35 (4.92%) HTML

Technical 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 40 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.56%) IIS
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
Applications
1 138 (19.41%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (1.55%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (0.98%) Oracle iProcurement
6 5 (0.70%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.14%) Maximo
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP PA-EC
8 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (10.13%) Azure
2 69 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (9.14%) Dynamics 365
4 44 (6.19%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.94%) AWS
6 15 (2.11%) SaaS
7 12 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.55%) GCP
9 10 (1.41%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.98%) OCI
12 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.42%) IaaS
13 3 (0.42%) PaaS
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.28%) AWS KMS
14 2 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
15 1 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.34%) Firewall
2 20 (2.81%) DHCP
2 20 (2.81%) DNS
3 16 (2.25%) TETRA
4 15 (2.11%) SD-WAN
5 14 (1.97%) WAN
6 13 (1.83%) VLAN
7 12 (1.69%) Unified Communications
8 11 (1.55%) Cisco Firepower
8 11 (1.55%) TCP/IP
9 10 (1.41%) Network Security
10 9 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (1.27%) LAN
10 9 (1.27%) VPN
11 5 (0.70%) Wireless
12 4 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.42%) NGFW
13 3 (0.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (1.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 12 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.70%) MySQL
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.70%) Power BI
7 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.42%) GIS
9 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.28%) SQLite
10 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) DB2
10 1 (0.14%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.14%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 13 (1.83%) PowerBuilder
2 6 (0.84%) SoapUI
2 6 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (0.84%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.56%) Git
4 3 (0.42%) JIRA
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 227 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 149 (20.96%) Marketing
3 97 (13.64%) French Language
4 83 (11.67%) Finance
5 63 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.33%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.63%) German Language
8 18 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.11%) Retail
10 13 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.69%) Law
12 8 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.70%) Legal
15 4 (0.56%) Banking
15 4 (0.56%) Electronics
15 4 (0.56%) Publishing
16 3 (0.42%) Advertising
16 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.92%) HTML
1 35 (4.92%) XML
2 27 (3.80%) Web Services
3 20 (2.81%) .NET
4 19 (2.67%) AngularJS
5 11 (1.55%) CSS
6 8 (1.13%) SOAP
7 7 (0.98%) REST
8 6 (0.84%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.84%) JSON
8 6 (0.84%) WSDL
8 6 (0.84%) XML Messaging
8 6 (0.84%) XSD
9 3 (0.42%) SAML
9 3 (0.42%) Semantic UI
9 3 (0.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 2 (0.28%) LDAP
11 1 (0.14%) J2EE
11 1 (0.14%) Lightning Web Components
11 1 (0.14%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.81%) Data Centre
2 14 (1.97%) Management Information System
2 14 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (1.83%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 7 (0.98%) NHS
6 6 (0.84%) Digital Media
6 6 (0.84%) Hedge funds
6 6 (0.84%) Home Automation
6 6 (0.84%) IoT
6 6 (0.84%) PropTech
6 6 (0.84%) Smart Home
7 5 (0.70%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.70%) Mobile App
7 5 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.42%) CCTV
8 3 (0.42%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.42%) Replication
9 2 (0.28%) LIMS
9 2 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.61%) Windows
2 19 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.11%) Linux
3 15 (2.11%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.13%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (9.85%) Presales
3 38 (5.34%) Migration
4 32 (4.50%) Customer Service
4 32 (4.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 28 (3.94%) Agile
6 27 (3.80%) CRM
7 25 (3.52%) Customer Requirements
7 25 (3.52%) ERP
7 25 (3.52%) ITSM
8 24 (3.38%) Project Management
9 21 (2.95%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (2.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 20 (2.81%) Software Licensing
11 19 (2.67%) Asset Management
12 18 (2.53%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (2.53%) Mentoring
12 18 (2.53%) Service Management
12 18 (2.53%) Time Management
13 17 (2.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (9.56%) SQL
2 47 (6.61%) JavaScript
3 36 (5.06%) PL/SQL
4 28 (3.94%) C#
5 15 (2.11%) Python
6 13 (1.83%) VB.NET
7 12 (1.69%) Java
8 9 (1.27%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.56%) Bash
10 3 (0.42%) C
10 3 (0.42%) Perl
11 1 (0.14%) ABAP
11 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 169 (23.77%) Degree
2 60 (8.44%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (1.83%) CCIE
6 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.55%) CCNP
8 10 (1.41%) CEH
8 10 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.98%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.98%) CCSA
9 7 (0.98%) CCSE
10 5 (0.70%) PCI QSA
11 4 (0.56%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 4 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.42%) MCP
12 3 (0.42%) RIBA
13 2 (0.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.27%) GDPR
2 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (0.84%) GRC
2 6 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (0.84%) QA
3 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.14%) COBIT
5 1 (0.14%) NIST
5 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.80%) Hyper-V
3 22 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.27%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.28%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.28%) Shibboleth
7 2 (0.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.27%) SCCM
3 4 (0.56%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.42%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.28%) Aspera SmartTrack
5 2 (0.28%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.28%) Terraform
6 1 (0.14%) HP UCMDB
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.85%) ServiceNow
3 54 (7.59%) Oracle
4 38 (5.34%) VMware
5 21 (2.95%) Juniper
6 20 (2.81%) Cisco
7 17 (2.39%) Adobe
8 16 (2.25%) Fortinet
9 15 (2.11%) Apple
10 12 (1.69%) Aruba
10 12 (1.69%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.27%) F5
12 7 (0.98%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.98%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.84%) Veeam
14 5 (0.70%) Sun
15 4 (0.56%) Commvault
15 4 (0.56%) IBM
15 4 (0.56%) Meraki
15 4 (0.56%) Veritas