Consultant Job Trends in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 82 57
Rank change year-on-year +41 -25 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 225 107 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.63% 3.09% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 3.44% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 168 78 193
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £24,150
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +10.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,125 £94,125 £73,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 8,033 3,108 6,108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 89.88% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,942 2,113 4,016
10th Percentile £31,711 £27,800 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,656 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Birmingham 0 127 £80,000 +23.08% 42
Warwickshire +7 20 £62,500 -3.85% 3
Staffordshire +12 18 £32,500 -50.00% 5
Worcestershire -10 13 £50,000 - 5
Solihull +24 12 £58,750 - 2
Coventry -12 12 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Wolverhampton - 11 £50,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £35,000 -
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 40 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (17.33%) SAP
3 34 (15.11%) ERP
4 30 (13.33%) Presales
5 24 (10.67%) Microsoft
6 21 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (8.00%) Business Development
7 18 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 17 (7.56%) AI
9 16 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (7.11%) SaaS
9 16 (7.11%) SAP Basis
10 15 (6.67%) Decision-Making
10 15 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (6.22%) Migration
11 14 (6.22%) Sage
11 14 (6.22%) Security Cleared
12 13 (5.78%) Commercial Awareness
12 13 (5.78%) SAP S/4HANA
13 12 (5.33%) Azure
13 12 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (5.33%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (4.89%) NetSuite
15 10 (4.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 10 (4.44%) Logistics
15 10 (4.44%) Roadmaps
16 8 (3.56%) .NET
16 8 (3.56%) Ariba
16 8 (3.56%) Azure DevOps

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (1.78%) CICS
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (5.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.89%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.67%) Sage 50
3 6 (2.67%) Sage X3
4 4 (1.78%) Odoo
5 3 (1.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.33%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.89%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.89%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.89%) MFGPRO
6 2 (0.89%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.89%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 2 (0.89%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.89%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.89%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.89%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.89%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.44%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
1 16 (7.11%) SaaS
2 12 (5.33%) Azure
3 8 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.56%) GitHub
3 8 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
4 6 (2.67%) AWS
5 4 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.78%) OpenShift
5 4 (1.78%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.33%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.89%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.44%) Boomi
8 1 (0.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.44%) OCI
8 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (2.67%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.78%) Db2
4 2 (0.89%) Power BI
4 2 (0.89%) Power Query
4 2 (0.89%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.56%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (21.33%) Finance
2 35 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.44%) Manufacturing
4 18 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.00%) Law
6 9 (4.00%) Retail
7 7 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.67%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.22%) Banking
9 5 (2.22%) Legal
10 4 (1.78%) Automotive
10 4 (1.78%) Billing
10 4 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Advertising
12 2 (0.89%) Back Office
12 2 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.11%) SAP Basis
2 8 (3.56%) .NET
2 8 (3.56%) ISPF
2 8 (3.56%) Spring
2 8 (3.56%) Spring Boot
3 4 (1.78%) XML
4 2 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.78%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.56%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (3.56%) Mainframe
2 8 (3.56%) NHS
2 8 (3.56%) SystemC
3 6 (2.67%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.22%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.33%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.89%) FMCG
6 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.89%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.89%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.67%) Android
1 6 (2.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (15.11%) ERP
3 30 (13.33%) Presales
4 21 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (8.00%) Business Development
5 18 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 17 (7.56%) AI
7 15 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (6.22%) Migration
9 13 (5.78%) Commercial Awareness
10 12 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (5.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (4.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 10 (4.44%) Logistics
11 10 (4.44%) Roadmaps
12 8 (3.56%) CI/CD
12 8 (3.56%) Process Improvement
12 8 (3.56%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.56%) COBOL
1 8 (3.56%) Java
1 8 (3.56%) JCL
2 5 (2.22%) SQL
3 2 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.89%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (6.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.11%) Degree
3 2 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (0.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.44%) CISM
4 1 (0.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.22%) SLA
2 4 (1.78%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.89%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.44%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) GRC
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) NIST
4 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.44%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (1.33%) Ansible
1 3 (1.33%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.33%) Terraform
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.44%) SCCM
2 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (17.33%) SAP
2 24 (10.67%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.22%) Sage
4 8 (3.56%) Ariba
5 6 (2.67%) Xero
6 4 (1.78%) Broadcom
6 4 (1.78%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.33%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.89%) Epicor
8 2 (0.89%) Infor
8 2 (0.89%) Oracle
8 2 (0.89%) QAD
8 2 (0.89%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.44%) Apple
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco
9 1 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.44%) Dell
9 1 (0.44%) IFS
9 1 (0.44%) Meraki
9 1 (0.44%) OutSystems