Technical Consultant Job Trends

Technical Consultant
UK

The median Technical Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 201 465
Rank change year-on-year -159 +264 +122
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 322 798 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.49% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.60% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 212 217 209
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -15.32% -0.80%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Consultant in the UK

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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 -154 263 £65,000 +30.00% 36
UK excluding London -165 208 £60,000 +26.32% 27
Work from Home -3 113 £62,500 +8.70% 28
London +46 81 £77,500 +19.23% 14
North of England -157 70 £77,500 +82.35% 6
Yorkshire -111 43 £24,000 -56.36% 1
Midlands +18 37 £55,000 +29.41% 2
South West 0 37 £60,000 +6.67% 9
South East +17 28 £55,000 +15.79% 6
North West +20 27 £85,000 +100.00% 5
East Midlands +1 19 £55,000 +37.50%
West Midlands +4 18 £100,000 +135.29% 2
Scotland +4 14 £67,500 -22.86%
East of England +15 9 £55,000 -
Wales +11 8 £60,000 +9.09%
Isle of Man - 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Technical Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (14.91%) ServiceNow
3 40 (12.42%) ITSM
4 33 (10.25%) Degree
5 31 (9.63%) Security Cleared
6 29 (9.01%) SC Cleared
7 27 (8.39%) Microsoft Office
7 27 (8.39%) Physics
8 24 (7.45%) DevOps
9 21 (6.52%) Microsoft
10 19 (5.90%) JavaScript
11 18 (5.59%) Presales
12 17 (5.28%) SQL
13 16 (4.97%) Agile
13 16 (4.97%) AI
13 16 (4.97%) Azure
13 16 (4.97%) ITIL
14 15 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (4.66%) Service Management
15 14 (4.35%) JSON
15 14 (4.35%) VPN
16 13 (4.04%) Linux
17 12 (3.73%) Business Intelligence
17 12 (3.73%) Decision-Making
17 12 (3.73%) User Acceptance Testing
18 11 (3.42%) Business Strategy
18 11 (3.42%) Incident Management
18 11 (3.42%) Observability
18 11 (3.42%) Problem Management
18 11 (3.42%) Security Operations

Technical Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (8.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.97%) Azure
2 10 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (3.11%) SaaS
3 8 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.86%) AWS
5 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.24%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (0.93%) Datadog
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.62%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.62%) GCP
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.31%) Serverless
8 1 (0.31%) Social Studio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.35%) VPN
2 6 (1.86%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.24%) Junos
3 4 (1.24%) LAN
3 4 (1.24%) WAN
3 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.11%) Electronic Patient Records
1 10 (3.11%) MySQL
2 4 (1.24%) GIS
3 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.62%) Metadata
4 2 (0.62%) MS Access
4 2 (0.62%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.31%) DB2
5 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
General
1 51 (15.84%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.56%) Finance
3 32 (9.94%) Marketing
4 24 (7.45%) Spanish Language
5 16 (4.97%) Legal
5 16 (4.97%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.04%) Law
7 11 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.11%) Health Technology
9 9 (2.80%) Banking
9 9 (2.80%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.48%) Retail
11 6 (1.86%) Advertising
12 3 (0.93%) Billing
12 3 (0.93%) German Language
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.31%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.35%) JSON
2 10 (3.11%) FHIR
3 6 (1.86%) HTML
4 5 (1.55%) CSS
4 5 (1.55%) XML
5 4 (1.24%) SAP Basis
6 3 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.62%) .NET
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.62%) SAPUI5
7 2 (0.62%) Web Services
8 1 (0.31%) Kafka
8 1 (0.31%) React
8 1 (0.31%) REST
8 1 (0.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
1 10 (3.11%) NHS
2 3 (0.93%) Private Cloud
3 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.62%) Low-Code
3 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
3 2 (0.62%) Replication
3 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.31%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.31%) CMDB
4 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.31%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.31%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.04%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) SUSE
3 2 (0.62%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) AIX
4 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (12.42%) ITSM
3 27 (8.39%) Physics
4 24 (7.45%) DevOps
5 18 (5.59%) Presales
6 16 (4.97%) Agile
6 16 (4.97%) AI
6 16 (4.97%) ITIL
7 15 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (4.66%) Service Management
8 12 (3.73%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (3.73%) Decision-Making
8 12 (3.73%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (3.42%) Business Strategy
9 11 (3.42%) Incident Management
9 11 (3.42%) Observability
9 11 (3.42%) Problem Management
9 11 (3.42%) Security Operations
9 11 (3.42%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (2.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.90%) JavaScript
2 17 (5.28%) SQL
3 8 (2.48%) Java
4 6 (1.86%) Python
5 5 (1.55%) C#
6 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.62%) VBA
7 2 (0.62%) X++
8 1 (0.31%) C++
8 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.31%) R
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (10.25%) Degree
2 31 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.01%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.55%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.24%) CCNA
5 4 (1.24%) CCNP
5 4 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.24%) JNCIA
5 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.93%) PhD
7 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.31%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.11%) HL7
2 4 (1.24%) GRC
2 4 (1.24%) QA
3 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (14.91%) ServiceNow
2 21 (6.52%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.80%) Cisco
4 8 (2.48%) Avaloq
5 5 (1.55%) Oracle
6 4 (1.24%) Juniper
6 4 (1.24%) SAP
7 3 (0.93%) AppDynamics
7 3 (0.93%) BigPanda
7 3 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.93%) Splunk
8 2 (0.62%) Genesys
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.31%) Adobe
9 1 (0.31%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.31%) Google
9 1 (0.31%) Palantir
9 1 (0.31%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.31%) Samsung