Consultant Jobs in Wales

Consultant
UK > Wales

The median Consultant salary in Wales is £55,000 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 40 87 112
Rank change year-on-year +47 +25 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 73 49 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.78% 2.87% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 3.31% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 33 24 21
10th Percentile £31,250 £47,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £67,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +21.74% +43.75%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 - £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,789 1,481 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 86.61% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 806 1,206
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Consultant in Wales

Consultant
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Wales region 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
South Wales +33 59 £45,000 -35.71% 1
West Wales +21 6 £55,000 +12.24% 1
North Wales - 6 £40,000 -
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 24 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.51%) Actionable Insight
3 21 (28.77%) Finance
4 20 (27.40%) Microsoft
5 17 (23.29%) Data Centre
6 16 (21.92%) Oracle
7 15 (20.55%) Firewall
8 12 (16.44%) Palo Alto
8 12 (16.44%) Project Management
8 12 (16.44%) Migration
9 11 (15.07%) VMware Infrastructure
9 11 (15.07%) VMware
10 10 (13.70%) Azure
10 10 (13.70%) Red Hat
10 10 (13.70%) ITIL
10 10 (13.70%) Windows
10 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.70%) Ansible
10 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
11 9 (12.33%) Strategic Roadmap
11 9 (12.33%) Presales
11 9 (12.33%) Data Architecture
12 8 (10.96%) Retail
12 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
12 8 (10.96%) SAP
12 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
13 7 (9.59%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (9.59%) Virtual Machines
13 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure Management
13 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (6.85%) Apache
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) Azure
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.85%) Amazon S3
3 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.48%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.11%) OCI
5 3 (4.11%) SaaS
6 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.55%) Firewall
2 7 (9.59%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (9.59%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (9.59%) LAN
2 7 (9.59%) TCP/IP
2 7 (9.59%) WAN
3 6 (8.22%) VPN
4 5 (6.85%) Internet
4 5 (6.85%) IPsec
4 5 (6.85%) SNMP
5 3 (4.11%) DHCP
5 3 (4.11%) DNS
6 1 (1.37%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (6.85%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.48%) Data Lake
2 4 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.11%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 24 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.77%) Finance
3 8 (10.96%) Retail
4 7 (9.59%) Advertising
4 7 (9.59%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.22%) Marketing
6 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Law
9 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.85%) YAML
2 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.37%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.29%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.22%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.22%) Social Media
3 5 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.74%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Replication
5 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Windows
2 6 (8.22%) Linux
3 5 (6.85%) AIX
3 5 (6.85%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (6.85%) Solaris
3 5 (6.85%) Unix
3 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.74%) VMS
5 1 (1.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Actionable Insight
2 12 (16.44%) Migration
2 12 (16.44%) Project Management
3 10 (13.70%) ITIL
3 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
4 9 (12.33%) Data Architecture
4 9 (12.33%) Presales
4 9 (12.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
6 7 (9.59%) Agile
6 7 (9.59%) Change Control
6 7 (9.59%) Change Management
6 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.59%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (9.59%) Network Design
6 7 (9.59%) Service Delivery
7 6 (8.22%) Analytics
7 6 (8.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) Python
2 1 (1.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.59%) CCNA
2 7 (9.59%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (9.59%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) Degree
4 4 (5.48%) AWS Certification
4 4 (5.48%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.48%) MCSE
4 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.37%) CISSP
5 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.37%) GIAC
5 1 (1.37%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (15.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.59%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.85%) Docker
3 5 (6.85%) Firmware
4 2 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Ansible
2 5 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.85%) Prometheus
2 5 (6.85%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.92%) Oracle
3 12 (16.44%) Palo Alto
4 11 (15.07%) VMware
5 10 (13.70%) Red Hat
6 8 (10.96%) SAP
7 7 (9.59%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.59%) Cisco
7 7 (9.59%) Fortinet
7 7 (9.59%) McAfee
8 6 (8.22%) Sage
9 5 (6.85%) NetApp
9 5 (6.85%) SolidFire
10 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
11 1 (1.37%) Sophos
11 1 (1.37%) Thales
11 1 (1.37%) Veeam